Watford North train station
You can reach 7 stations directly from Watford North on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is St Albans Abbey, with 40 trains a day.
Watford North is the nearest station for postcodes in WD24. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Watford North
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Albans Abbey | 40 | 36 | 32 |
| Watford Junction | 40 | 36 | 32 |
| Bricket Wood | 39 | 36 | 32 |
| Garston | 39 | 36 | 32 |
| How Wood | 39 | 36 | 32 |
| Park Street | 39 | 36 | 32 |
| London Euston | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Watford North
Watford North is on the Watford Junction - St Albans Abbey Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Watford North station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Watford North 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 Watford North station is
64,798 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,948th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Watford North and Watford Junction than any other pair: 28,072 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.
Nearest other stations
- Watford Junction 0.8 miles
- Garston 0.9 miles
- Watford High Street 1.6 miles
- Bushey 2.1 miles
- Bricket Wood 2.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Watford North, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Watford · 0.7 miles
- Watford West · 2.1 miles
- Croxley Green · 2.3 miles
- Rickmansworth (Church Street) · 4.2 miles
- Napsbury · 4.6 miles
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Facilities at Watford North station
Watford North is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 4 September 2026.
Getting to Watford North station
Watford North station is in Watford, East of England, and is run by West Midlands Trains (London Northwestern Railway).
The nearest motorway junction is M1 J5 (Berrygrove), 0.7 miles east.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Watford North Railway Station.
Watford North is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Watford North 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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