Waterloo East train station

Waterloo East is a major interchange: 117 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is London Bridge, with 676 trains a day.

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Address: Sandell Street, London, SE1 8SW

117 direct destinations
72nd busiest in Britain
Staffed full time
Step-free in part
4 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Waterloo East

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
London Bridge	676	634	284
Charing Cross	675	634	284
Lewisham	290	376	109
Sevenoaks	256	302	150
Hither Green	219	150	100
Dartford	215	148	66
Tonbridge	185	154	117
Orpington	165	238	95
Bexley	150	73	65
Crayford	150	73	65
New Eltham	150	73	65
Sidcup	150	73	65
Albany Park	145	73	65
Lee	144	73	65
Mottingham	144	73	65
Hayes	143	144	66
Catford Bridge	142	144	66
Clock House	142	144	66
Eden Park	142	144	66
Elmers End	142	144	66
Ladywell	142	144	66
Lower Sydenham	142	144	66
New Beckenham	142	144	66
West Wickham	142	144	66
High Brooms	113	84	58
Tunbridge Wells	113	84	58
Ashford International	81	74	58
Chelsfield	81	149	34
Greenhithe	79	2	65
Gravesend	79	2	65
Chislehurst	78	77	35
Elmstead Woods	78	77	35
Grove Park	78	77	35
Petts Wood	78	152	35
Stone Crossing	76	2	65
Northfleet	75	2	65
Swanscombe	75	2	65
Dunton Green	73	149	34
Knockholt	73	148	33
Headcorn	69	68	58

and 77 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Waterloo East

Waterloo East is on the South Eastern Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Waterloo East station, hour by hour

No freight is booked through or alongside Waterloo East 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 Waterloo East station is

6,841,002 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 72nd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 802,753 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Waterloo East and London Bridge than any other pair: 641,826 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: 75 stations instead of 117, a drop of about 36%. Saturday runs to 89.

Nearest other stations

London Waterloo 0.2 miles
London Blackfriars 0.5 miles
Charing Cross 0.7 miles
City Thameslink 0.8 miles
Elephant & Castle 0.8 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

Blackfriars (SER) · 0.2 miles
Borough Road · 0.5 miles
Bank and Monument stations · 1.1 miles
Bricklayers Arms · 1.4 miles
Walworth Road · 1.5 miles
Nine Elms · 1.6 miles

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Facilities at Waterloo East station

Waterloo East is staffed full time, with step-free access to part of the station.

Toilets · Waiting room

From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.

Getting to Waterloo East station

Waterloo East station is in Lambeth, London, and is run by Southeastern.

The nearest motorway junction is M1 J1 (Staples Corner), 7.0 miles north-west.

4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Sandell Street / Waterloo Station.

Waterloo East is inside the London Travelcard area.

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

Waterloo East 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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