Watton-at-Stone train station
You can reach 23 stations directly from Watton-at-Stone on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Alexandra Palace, with 81 trains a day.
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- 23 direct destinations
- 1,490th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 19 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Watton-at-Stone
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Palace | 81 | 76 | 72 |
| Bayford | 81 | 76 | 72 |
| Bowes Park | 81 | 76 | 72 |
| Cuffley | 81 | 76 | 72 |
| Crews Hill | 81 | 76 | 72 |
| Enfield Chase | 81 | 76 | 72 |
| Finsbury Park | 81 | 76 | 72 |
| Gordon Hill | 81 | 76 | 72 |
| Grange Park | 81 | 76 | 72 |
| Hertford North | 81 | 76 | 72 |
| Palmers Green | 81 | 76 | 72 |
| Stevenage | 81 | 76 | 72 |
| Winchmore Hill | 81 | 76 | 72 |
| Drayton Park | 80 | 59 | 70 |
| Essex Road | 80 | 75 | 70 |
| Highbury & Islington | 80 | 75 | 70 |
| Moorgate | 80 | 75 | 70 |
| Old Street | 80 | 75 | 70 |
| Harringay | 71 | 75 | 70 |
| Hornsey | 71 | 75 | 70 |
| Hitchin | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Letchworth Garden City | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| London King's Cross | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Lines serving Watton-at-Stone
Watton-at-Stone is on the Hertford Loop Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Watton-at-Stone station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Watton-at-Stone station on 312 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 49 paths on the Wednesday, 72 paths on the Saturday and 1 path on the Sunday. 20 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 02:00 to 03:00 on the Saturday, with 8 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 Watton-at-Stone station is
168,318 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,490th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Watton-at-Stone and Hertford North than any other pair: 64,026 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
- Knebworth 3.0 miles
- Welwyn North 3.8 miles
- Hertford North 4.2 miles
- Hertford East 4.4 miles
- Stevenage 4.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Watton-at-Stone, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Stapleford · 1.7 miles
- Hertford Cowbridge · 4.3 miles
- Hertingfordbury · 4.7 miles
- Attimore Hall Halt · 4.9 miles
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Facilities at Watton-at-Stone station
Watton-at-Stone is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:45 to 11:50 · Saturday: closed · Sunday: closed
Waiting room
Parking at Watton-at-Stone station
- Station Car Park 19 spaces, 1 accessible
Cycle parking: 4 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 4 August 2026.
Getting to Watton-at-Stone station
Watton-at-Stone station is in East Hertfordshire, East of England, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern).
The nearest motorway junction is A1(M) J7 (Langley Sidings), 4.2 miles north-west.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Watton-at-Stone Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Watton-at-Stone 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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