Strood train station

You can reach 87 stations directly from Strood on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Gravesend, with 158 trains a day.

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Strood is the nearest station for postcodes in ME2, ME3. Check your own postcode.

87 direct destinations
471st busiest in Britain
Staffed full time
Step-free throughout
112 parking spaces
5 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Strood

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Gravesend	158	130	109
Rochester	154	131	39
Chatham	153	131	8
Gillingham	153	131	8
Rainham	140	122	6
Dartford	85	80	75
Greenhithe	85	80	75
Higham	85	80	75
Northfleet	82	80	75
Stone Crossing	82	80	75
Swanscombe	82	80	75
Maidstone West	78	68	34
London Bridge	77	72	3
Snodland	77	68	34
Aylesford	73	68	34
Cuxton	73	68	34
Halling	73	68	34
Maidstone Barracks	73	68	34
New Hythe	73	68	34
London Blackfriars	72	72	1
Ebbsfleet International	72	50	34
Stratford International	72	50	33
St Pancras International	72	72	1
London St. Pancras International	72	50	33
Farringdon	72	72	1
Abbey Wood	71	72	3
Charlton	71	72	3
Plumstead	71	72	3
Slade Green	71	72	3
Woolwich Arsenal	71	72	3
Deptford	70	72	3
Greenwich	70	72	3
Maze Hill	70	72	3
Paddock Wood	70	66	34
Westcombe Park	70	72	3
Beltring	69	66	34
City Thameslink	69	48	0
East Farleigh	69	66	34
Wateringbury	69	66	34
Yalding	69	66	34

and 47 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Strood

Strood is on the Chatham Main Line, the Medway Valley Line and the North Kent Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Strood station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Strood station on 37 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 7 paths on the Wednesday, 1 path on the Saturday and 1 path on the Sunday. Every one of them is held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.

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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Strood station is

1,167,638 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 471st busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 534,077 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Strood and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 200,212 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.