Tonbridge train station
You can reach 81 stations directly from Tonbridge on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Sevenoaks, with 203 trains a day.
Address: Barden Road, TN9 1TT
Tonbridge is the nearest station for postcodes in TN9, TN11, TN10. Check your own postcode.
- 81 direct destinations
- 136th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 716 parking spaces
- 8 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Tonbridge
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevenoaks | 203 | 152 | 116 |
| London Bridge | 200 | 152 | 178 |
| Charing Cross | 185 | 152 | 116 |
| Waterloo East | 185 | 152 | 116 |
| High Brooms | 124 | 88 | 121 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 124 | 88 | 121 |
| Paddock Wood | 100 | 76 | 127 |
| Orpington | 88 | 81 | 60 |
| Ashford International | 86 | 72 | 121 |
| Headcorn | 86 | 72 | 121 |
| Staplehurst | 86 | 72 | 121 |
| Marden | 84 | 72 | 121 |
| Hildenborough | 70 | 44 | 34 |
| Battle | 69 | 72 | 119 |
| Hastings | 69 | 72 | 119 |
| St Leonards Warrior Square | 69 | 72 | 119 |
| Wadhurst | 69 | 72 | 119 |
| Pluckley | 66 | 37 | 96 |
| Etchingham | 57 | 39 | 69 |
| Robertsbridge | 57 | 39 | 69 |
| West St Leonards | 50 | 39 | 69 |
| Crowhurst | 49 | 39 | 69 |
| Edenbridge | 48 | 37 | 34 |
| Frant | 48 | 39 | 69 |
| Godstone | 48 | 37 | 34 |
| Leigh | 48 | 37 | 34 |
| Nutfield | 48 | 37 | 34 |
| Penshurst | 48 | 37 | 34 |
| Redhill | 48 | 37 | 34 |
| Stonegate | 48 | 39 | 69 |
| Ramsgate | 44 | 36 | 29 |
| Thanet Parkway | 43 | 35 | 29 |
| Canterbury West | 38 | 36 | 29 |
| Chilham | 38 | 36 | 29 |
| Chartham | 38 | 36 | 29 |
| Wye | 38 | 36 | 29 |
| Dover Priory | 37 | 36 | 30 |
| Folkestone Central | 37 | 36 | 30 |
| Folkestone West | 37 | 36 | 30 |
| Sandling | 37 | 36 | 30 |
and 41 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Tonbridge
Tonbridge is on the South Eastern Main Line and the Hastings Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
How busy Tonbridge station is
4,048,158 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 136th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 480,924 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Tonbridge and London Charing Cross than any other pair: 927,264 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: 57 stations instead of 81, a drop of about 30%. Saturday runs to 64.
Changing from 3 March 2027
From 3 March 2027, Tonbridge loses 5 destinations including St Mary Cray, Otford, London Victoria, Swanley, Bromley South.
Nearest other stations
- Hildenborough 2.4 miles
- Leigh 2.5 miles
- High Brooms 2.9 miles
- Penshurst 4.2 miles
- Tunbridge Wells 4.3 miles
Facilities at Tonbridge station
Tonbridge is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:40 to 21:40 · Saturday: 05:40 to 21:10 · Sunday: 06:30 to 21:30
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at Tonbridge station
- Station Car Park 716 spaces, 20 accessible
£8.90 off-peak, £9.80 a day, £42.60 a week
Cycle parking: 220 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Tonbridge station
Tonbridge station is in Tonbridge and Malling, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M26 J2A (Wrotham Heath), 7.9 miles north.
8 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Quarry Hill Parade.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Tonbridge 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