Swanscombe train station

You can reach 64 stations directly from Swanscombe on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Dartford, with 161 trains a day.

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Swanscombe is the nearest station for postcodes in DA10. Check your own postcode.

64 direct destinations
1,098th busiest in Britain
Staffed part time
4 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Swanscombe

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Dartford	161	158	205
Greenhithe	161	158	205
Gravesend	161	158	205
Northfleet	161	158	205
Stone Crossing	161	158	205
London Bridge	153	74	128
Higham	82	80	75
Rochester	82	80	5
Strood	82	80	75
Chatham	81	80	5
Gillingham	81	80	5
Bexley	77	78	65
Crayford	77	78	65
Hither Green	77	2	65
Lee	77	2	65
Mottingham	77	2	65
New Eltham	77	2	65
Sidcup	77	78	65
Charing Cross	75	2	65
Waterloo East	75	2	65
Abbey Wood	72	72	63
Albany Park	72	78	65
London Blackfriars	72	72	56
Charlton	72	72	63
Plumstead	72	72	63
Rainham	72	72	3
Slade Green	72	72	63
St Pancras International	72	72	56
Woolwich Arsenal	72	72	63
Farringdon	72	72	56
Deptford	70	72	63
Greenwich	70	72	63
Maze Hill	70	72	63
Westcombe Park	70	72	63
City Thameslink	69	48	0
West Hampstead Thameslink	59	60	7
Harpenden	51	49	0
Luton Airport Parkway	51	49	0
Luton	51	49	0
St Albans City	51	50	3

and 24 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Swanscombe

Swanscombe is on the North Kent Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Swanscombe station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Swanscombe station on 468 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 90 paths on the Wednesday, 24 paths on the Saturday and 5 paths on the Sunday. 32 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 20:00 to 21:00 on the Monday, with 9 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 Swanscombe station is

339,604 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,098th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Swanscombe and Gravesend than any other pair: 64,594 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.