St Albans City railway station

St Albans City is a major interchange: 106 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is London Blackfriars, with 385 trains a day.

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St Albans City is the nearest station for postcodes in AL1, AL4. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from St Albans City

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
London Blackfriars	385	344	219
St Pancras International	385	344	234
Farringdon	365	334	215
City Thameslink	348	234	0
West Hampstead Thameslink	306	281	234
Harpenden	256	214	186
Luton	256	214	186
Luton Airport Parkway	244	214	186
Brent Cross West	238	210	124
Elstree & Borehamwood	224	203	118
Mill Hill Broadway	224	203	118
Radlett	224	203	118
London Bridge	199	187	114
Bedford	181	146	123
East Croydon	178	152	118
Flitwick	174	142	124
Leagrave	173	143	124
Kentish Town	170	154	118
Gatwick Airport	169	152	118
Cricklewood	166	154	118
Hendon	166	154	118
Harlington	166	142	124
Three Bridges	161	147	117
Elephant & Castle	156	141	97
Herne Hill	143	141	97
Loughborough Junction	143	141	97
Streatham	143	141	97
Sutton	143	141	97
Tulse Hill	143	141	97
Haywards Heath	86	80	64
Horley	85	74	56
Purley	85	74	55
Brighton	84	80	64
Burgess Hill	81	78	63
Hassocks	81	78	62
Preston Park	81	78	62
Wivelsfield	81	78	62
Balcombe	77	76	61
Haydons Road	73	73	51
Morden South	73	73	51

and 66 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy St Albans City is

6,668,998 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 74th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 110,208 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between St Albans City and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 2,067,040 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 80 stations instead of 106, a drop of about 25%. Saturday runs to 79.

Nearest other stations

St Albans Abbey 0.8 miles
Park Street 1.8 miles
How Wood 2.4 miles
Bricket Wood 3.4 miles
Radlett 4.5 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of St Albans City, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

St Albans (London Road) · 0.4 miles
Salvation Army Halt · 0.5 miles
Hill End · 1.3 miles
Napsbury · 1.7 miles
Smallford · 2.6 miles
Nast Hyde Halt · 3.4 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.