St James Street train station
You can reach 8 stations directly from St James Street on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Chingford, with 150 trains a day.
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Direct trains from St James Street
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chingford | 150 | 150 | 137 |
| Clapton | 150 | 150 | 137 |
| Hackney Downs | 150 | 150 | 137 |
| Highams Park | 150 | 150 | 137 |
| London Liverpool Street | 150 | 150 | 137 |
| Walthamstow Central | 150 | 150 | 137 |
| Wood Street | 150 | 150 | 137 |
| Bethnal Green | 148 | 150 | 28 |
Lines serving St James Street
St James Street is on the Clapton Junction and Chingford Branch. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through St James Street station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside St James Street station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy St James Street station is
1,551,778 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 356th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between St James Street and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 683,038 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.
Nearest other stations
- Walthamstow Queen's Road 0.4 miles
- Walthamstow Central 0.5 miles
- Blackhorse Road 0.6 miles
- Lea Bridge 1.0 miles
- Tottenham Hale 1.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of St James Street, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Shern Hall Street · 1.1 miles
- St Ann's Road · 2.1 miles
- West Green · 2.5 miles
- Victoria Park · 2.6 miles
- Mildmay Park closed 1934 · 3.1 miles
- Old Ford · 3.1 miles
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Facilities at St James Street station
St James Street is staffed part time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:00 to 10:00
WiFi
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 May 2026.
Getting to St James Street station
St James Street station is in Waltham Forest, London, and is run by London Overground.
The nearest motorway junction is M11 J4 (Charlie Brown's), 3.4 miles east.
10 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being St James Street Station.
St James Street is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
St James Street station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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