Stratford train station

Stratford is a major interchange: 128 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is London Liverpool Street, with 683 trains a day.

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• 128 direct destinations
• 7th busiest in Britain
• Staffed full time
• Step-free throughout
• 12 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Stratford

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

and 92 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Stratford

Stratford is on the Elizabeth Line, the Great Eastern Main Line, the North London Line and the Lea Valley Lines, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Stratford station, hour by hour

No freight is booked through or alongside Stratford 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 Stratford station is

51,473,518 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 7th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 4,873,825 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Stratford and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 5,181,418 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, Stratford loses 5 destinations including Barking, Grays, Dagenham Dock, Rainham, Purfleet.

Nearest other stations

• Stratford International 0.3 miles
• Maryland 0.5 miles
• Hackney Wick 0.9 miles
• West Ham 1.0 miles
• Forest Gate 1.3 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

• Stratford High Street · 0.3 miles
• Pudding Mill Lane · 0.7 miles
• Abbey Road · 0.7 miles
• Old Ford · 1.0 miles
• Victoria Park · 1.1 miles
• Bow · 1.2 miles

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Facilities at Stratford station

Stratford is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.

Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:15 to 21:30 · Saturday: 06:15 to 21:30 · Sunday: 06:40 to 21:30

WiFi

Parking at Stratford station

• Station Car Park

From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2026.

Getting to Stratford station

Stratford station is in Newham, London, and is run by Elizabeth line.

The nearest motorway junction is M11 J4 (Charlie Brown's), 4.3 miles north-east.

12 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Stratford Bus Station.

Stratford is inside the London Travelcard area.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Stratford 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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