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Strood train station

You can reach 88 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.

Direct trains from Strood

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

DestinationWeekdaySaturdaySunday
Gravesend158130106
Rochester154201143
Chatham153201143
Gillingham153201143
Rainham140191134
Dartford858070
Greenhithe858070
Higham858070
Northfleet828070
Stone Crossing828070
Swanscombe828070
Maidstone West786834
London Bridge77720
Snodland776834
Aylesford736834
Cuxton736834
Halling736834
Maidstone Barracks736834
New Hythe736834
London Blackfriars72720
Ebbsfleet International725036
Stratford International725036
St Pancras International72720
London St. Pancras International725036
Farringdon72720
Abbey Wood717263
Charlton71720
Plumstead717263
Slade Green717263
Woolwich Arsenal71720
Deptford70720
Greenwich70720
Maze Hill70720
Paddock Wood706634
Westcombe Park70720
Beltring696634
City Thameslink69480
East Farleigh696634
Wateringbury696634
Yalding696634

and 48 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 53 paths in the week beginning 21 September 2026: 7 paths on the Wednesday, 17 paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 6 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 06:00 to 07:00 on the Saturday, with 4 paths booked.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 21 September 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.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 44 stations instead of 88, a drop of about 50%. Saturday runs to 73.

Nearest other stations

Closed stations nearby

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

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Facilities at Strood station

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

Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 19:00 · Saturday: 07:45 to 14:00 · Sunday: 08:15 to 15:30

Toilets

Parking at Strood station

Cycle parking: 40 spaces (sheltered, stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 16 August 2026.

Getting to Strood station

Strood station is in Medway, South East, and is run by Southeastern.

The nearest motorway junction is M2 J2 (Merrals Shaw), 1.7 miles west.

5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.

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

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