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 388 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	388	346	278
St Pancras International	388	346	293
Farringdon	368	336	274
City Thameslink	351	234	0
West Hampstead Thameslink	308	283	293
Harpenden	259	216	243
Luton	259	216	243
Luton Airport Parkway	247	216	243
Brent Cross West	239	212	128
Elstree & Borehamwood	225	204	121
Mill Hill Broadway	225	204	121
Radlett	225	204	121
London Bridge	202	187	62
Bedford	183	156	191
East Croydon	180	152	175
Flitwick	176	153	190
Leagrave	175	154	190
Gatwick Airport	171	152	175
Kentish Town	170	155	121
Harlington	168	153	190
Cricklewood	166	155	121
Hendon	166	155	121
Three Bridges	163	147	124
Elephant & Castle	157	143	97
Herne Hill	144	143	97
Loughborough Junction	143	143	97
Streatham	143	143	97
Sutton	143	143	97
Tulse Hill	143	143	97
Haywards Heath	87	80	121
Horley	86	74	57
Brighton	85	80	121
Purley	85	74	56
Burgess Hill	82	78	120
Hassocks	82	78	119
Preston Park	82	78	119
Wivelsfield	82	78	119
Balcombe	78	76	118
Redhill	77	68	59
Haydons Road	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.