Ware train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from Ware on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Broxbourne, with 84 trains a day.
Ware is the nearest station for postcodes in SG12. Check your own postcode.
- 16 direct destinations
- 505th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 94 parking spaces
- 8 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Ware
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broxbourne | 84 | 73 | 66 |
| Hertford East | 84 | 73 | 66 |
| Rye House | 84 | 73 | 66 |
| St Margarets | 84 | 73 | 66 |
| Tottenham Hale | 83 | 73 | 65 |
| Enfield Lock | 81 | 73 | 64 |
| Cheshunt | 79 | 73 | 54 |
| Waltham Cross | 75 | 73 | 58 |
| Hackney Downs | 74 | 73 | 0 |
| London Liverpool Street | 74 | 73 | 9 |
| Brimsdown | 73 | 73 | 61 |
| Ponders End | 73 | 73 | 61 |
| Northumberland Park | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| Lea Bridge | 9 | 0 | 64 |
| Stratford | 9 | 0 | 65 |
| Meridian Water | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Lines serving Ware
Ware is on the Hertford East Branch. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Ware station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Ware station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Ware station is
1,068,458 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 505th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Ware and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 399,102 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.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Ware gains 1 destination including Seven Sisters.
Nearest other stations
- St Margarets 1.9 miles
- Hertford East 1.9 miles
- Hertford North 2.8 miles
- Rye House 3.0 miles
- Roydon 3.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Ware, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Mardock · 2.1 miles
- Hertford Cowbridge · 2.3 miles
- Widford · 3.2 miles
- Hertingfordbury · 3.4 miles
- Stapleford · 3.6 miles
- Hadham · 4.7 miles
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Facilities at Ware station
Ware is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:15 to 19:45 · Saturday: 07:15 to 19:45 · Sunday: 09:15 to 16:30
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Parking at Ware station
- Station Car Park 94 spaces, 4 accessible
£1.20 an hour, £8.00 a day, £30.35 a week - Premium Bay
Cycle parking: 30 spaces (racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 29 July 2026.
Getting to Ware station
Ware station is in East Hertfordshire, East of England, and is run by Greater Anglia.
The nearest motorway junction is A1(M) J6 (The Clock), 7.8 miles west.
8 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Ware Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Ware 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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