St Johns train station
You can reach 37 stations directly from St Johns on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is London Bridge, with 297 trains a day.
Direct trains from St Johns
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Bridge | 297 | 266 | 127 |
| London Cannon Street | 298 | 265 | 127 |
| New Cross | 214 | 203 | 67 |
| Lewisham | 129 | 138 | 67 |
| Blackheath | 126 | 136 | 66 |
| Abbey Wood | 142 | 134 | 60 |
| Belvedere | 142 | 134 | 60 |
| Charlton | 142 | 134 | 60 |
| Erith | 142 | 134 | 60 |
| Plumstead | 142 | 134 | 60 |
| Slade Green | 142 | 134 | 60 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 142 | 134 | 60 |
| Woolwich Dockyard | 142 | 134 | 60 |
| Dartford | 57 | 71 | 3 |
| Hither Green | 88 | 66 | 1 |
| Barnehurst | 69 | 65 | 66 |
| Bexleyheath | 69 | 65 | 66 |
| Chislehurst | 64 | 65 | 1 |
| Eltham | 69 | 65 | 66 |
| Elmstead Woods | 64 | 65 | 1 |
| Falconwood | 69 | 65 | 66 |
| Grove Park | 64 | 65 | 1 |
| Kidbrooke | 69 | 65 | 66 |
| Orpington | 64 | 65 | 1 |
| Petts Wood | 64 | 65 | 1 |
| Welling | 69 | 65 | 66 |
| Deptford | 85 | 63 | 60 |
| Greenwich | 85 | 63 | 60 |
| Maze Hill | 85 | 63 | 60 |
| Westcombe Park | 85 | 63 | 60 |
| Catford Bridge | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clock House | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eden Park | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elmers End | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hayes | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ladywell | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lower Sydenham | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| New Beckenham | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| West Wickham | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving St Johns
St Johns is on the South Eastern Main Line and the Bexleyheath Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through St Johns station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside St Johns 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 Johns station is
842,382 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 622nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between St Johns and London Bridge than any other pair: 300,802 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.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, St Johns gains 10 destinations including Higham, Gillingham, Strood, Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend.
Nearest other stations
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of St Johns, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Elverson Road · 0.3 miles
- Deptford Bridge · 0.4 miles
- Blackheath Hill closed 1917 · 0.4 miles
- Greenwich Park · 0.9 miles
- Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich · 1.0 miles
- North Greenwich · 1.4 miles
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Facilities at St Johns station
St Johns is staffed part time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:10 to 13:50 · Saturday: closed · Sunday: closed
Cycle parking: 8 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 17 April 2026.
Getting to St Johns station
St Johns station is in Lewisham, London, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M11 J4 (Charlie Brown's), 9.3 miles north.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Tyrwhitt Road/St Johns Station.
St Johns is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
St Johns 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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