Watlington train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from Watlington on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Cambridge, with 56 trains a day.
Watlington is the nearest station for postcodes in PE33. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Watlington
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Cambridge North | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Downham Market | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Ely | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| King's Lynn | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Littleport | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Waterbeach | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Cambridge South | 54 | 0 | 1 |
| London King's Cross | 54 | 0 | 1 |
| Royston | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| Letchworth Garden City | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| Ashwell & Morden | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Baldock | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Finsbury Park | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hitchin | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stevenage | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Watlington
Watlington is on the Fen Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Watlington station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Watlington station on 35 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 5 paths on the Wednesday, 6 paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 6 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 09:00 to 10:00 on the Monday, with 3 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 Watlington station is
133,888 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,598th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Watlington and Kings Lynn than any other pair: 49,822 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: 11 stations instead of 16, a drop of about 31%. Saturday runs to 0.
Nearest other stations
- Downham Market 4.8 miles
- King's Lynn 5.7 miles
- March 14.5 miles
- Littleport 14.8 miles
- Manea 14.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Watlington, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Holme · 1.1 miles
- Magdalen Gate · 1.3 miles
- St Germain's · 1.8 miles
- Stow Bardolph · 2.5 miles
- Middle Drove · 4.0 miles
- South Lynn · 4.4 miles
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Facilities at Watlington station
Watlington is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Waiting room
Parking at Watlington station
- Station Car Park 42 spaces, 3 accessible
Cycle parking: 30 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 4 August 2026.
Getting to Watlington station
Watlington station is in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, East of England, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern).
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Watlington 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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