Swanley train station
You can reach 94 stations directly from Swanley on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bromley South, with 192 trains a day.
Swanley is the nearest station for postcodes in BR8. Check your own postcode.
- 94 direct destinations
- 365th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free in part
- 106 parking spaces
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Swanley
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley South | 192 | 189 | 136 |
| Otford | 186 | 182 | 97 |
| St Mary Cray | 185 | 189 | 136 |
| Denmark Hill | 121 | 112 | 100 |
| London Victoria | 113 | 114 | 78 |
| Borough Green & Wrotham | 109 | 107 | 32 |
| Maidstone East | 109 | 107 | 32 |
| West Malling | 109 | 107 | 32 |
| Bellingham | 81 | 75 | 65 |
| Crofton Park | 81 | 75 | 65 |
| London Blackfriars | 79 | 75 | 58 |
| Elephant & Castle | 79 | 75 | 58 |
| Sevenoaks | 77 | 75 | 65 |
| Bickley | 76 | 76 | 65 |
| Bat & Ball | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Beckenham Hill | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Catford | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Eynsford | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Nunhead | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Peckham Rye | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Ravensbourne | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Shoreham | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Shortlands | 75 | 76 | 65 |
| Ashford International | 74 | 51 | 32 |
| Bearsted | 72 | 51 | 32 |
| Lenham | 70 | 50 | 32 |
| Charing | 68 | 49 | 31 |
| Hollingbourne | 68 | 49 | 31 |
| Harrietsham | 68 | 49 | 31 |
| Barming | 63 | 39 | 32 |
| East Malling | 63 | 39 | 32 |
| Longfield | 51 | 40 | 39 |
| Meopham | 51 | 40 | 39 |
| Rochester | 51 | 40 | 39 |
| Chatham | 50 | 40 | 2 |
| Gillingham | 50 | 40 | 2 |
| Farningham Road | 49 | 40 | 39 |
| Sole Street | 48 | 39 | 38 |
| Charing Cross | 46 | 34 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 46 | 34 | 0 |
and 54 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Swanley
Swanley is on the Chatham Main Line and the Darent Valley Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Swanley station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Swanley station on 438 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 70 paths on the Wednesday, 62 paths on the Saturday and 30 paths on the Sunday. 11 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 19:00 to 20:00 on the Friday, with 8 paths booked.
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 Swanley station is
1,523,582 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 365th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 180,928 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Swanley and London Victoria than any other pair: 413,426 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: 38 stations instead of 94, a drop of about 60%. Saturday runs to 72.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Swanley loses 6 destinations including Paddock Wood, Pluckley, Headcorn, Staplehurst, Marden, Tonbridge.
Nearest other stations
- Eynsford 2.6 miles
- St Mary Cray 2.7 miles
- Farningham Road 3.0 miles
- Bexley 3.4 miles
- Albany Park 3.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Swanley, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Lullingstone · 1.8 miles
- Horton Kirby Boys Home · 3.7 miles
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Facilities at Swanley station
Swanley is staffed full time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 18:30 · Saturday: 07:00 to 19:00 · Sunday: 08:00 to 14:30
Toilets
Parking at Swanley station
- Station Car Park 106 spaces, 4 accessible
£8.00 off-peak, £8.80 a day, £38.50 a week
Cycle parking: 36 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Swanley station
Swanley station is in Sevenoaks, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M20 J1 (Swanley), 0.9 miles east.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station Azalea Drive.
Swanley is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Swanley 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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