West Hampstead Thameslink train station
West Hampstead Thameslink is a major interchange: 103 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is London Blackfriars, with 324 trains a day.
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- 103 direct destinations
- 171st busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from West Hampstead Thameslink
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Blackfriars | 324 | 296 | 229 |
| St Pancras International | 324 | 296 | 244 |
| St Albans City | 306 | 283 | 238 |
| Farringdon | 304 | 286 | 223 |
| City Thameslink | 285 | 189 | 0 |
| Brent Cross West | 238 | 212 | 128 |
| Elstree & Borehamwood | 224 | 204 | 120 |
| Mill Hill Broadway | 224 | 204 | 120 |
| Radlett | 224 | 204 | 120 |
| Kentish Town | 181 | 165 | 126 |
| Harpenden | 177 | 153 | 191 |
| Luton Airport Parkway | 177 | 153 | 191 |
| Luton | 177 | 153 | 191 |
| Cricklewood | 166 | 155 | 120 |
| Hendon | 166 | 155 | 120 |
| Elephant & Castle | 164 | 146 | 99 |
| Herne Hill | 145 | 146 | 99 |
| Loughborough Junction | 145 | 146 | 99 |
| Streatham | 145 | 146 | 99 |
| Tulse Hill | 145 | 146 | 99 |
| Sutton | 144 | 146 | 99 |
| London Bridge | 130 | 134 | 118 |
| Bedford | 109 | 100 | 139 |
| Flitwick | 107 | 97 | 138 |
| Harlington | 107 | 97 | 138 |
| Leagrave | 107 | 98 | 138 |
| East Croydon | 101 | 89 | 123 |
| Gatwick Airport | 100 | 89 | 123 |
| Three Bridges | 99 | 89 | 97 |
| Brighton | 75 | 80 | 5 |
| Haywards Heath | 75 | 80 | 5 |
| Haydons Road | 74 | 74 | 51 |
| Preston Park | 74 | 78 | 3 |
| Tooting | 74 | 74 | 51 |
| Wimbledon | 74 | 74 | 51 |
| Burgess Hill | 73 | 78 | 4 |
| Hassocks | 73 | 78 | 3 |
| Morden South | 73 | 74 | 51 |
| St. Helier | 73 | 74 | 51 |
| South Merton | 73 | 74 | 51 |
and 63 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving West Hampstead Thameslink
West Hampstead Thameslink is on the Midland Main Line and the North London Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through West Hampstead Thameslink station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside West Hampstead Thameslink station on 212 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 46 paths on the Wednesday, 13 paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 16 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 Tuesday, with 7 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 West Hampstead Thameslink station is
3,147,648 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 171st busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 935,688 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between West Hampstead Thameslink and Elstree and Borehamwood than any other pair: 398,816 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 103, a drop of about 27%. Saturday runs to 76.
Nearest other stations
- West Hampstead 0.1 miles
- Finchley Road & Frognal 0.4 miles
- Brondesbury 0.5 miles
- Kilburn High Road 0.7 miles
- South Hampstead 0.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of West Hampstead Thameslink, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Hampstead · 1.0 miles
- Haverstock Hill · 1.5 miles
- Primrose Hill · 1.7 miles
- Ladbroke Grove · 2.0 miles
- Highgate Road railway stations · 2.1 miles
- Kensal Green and Harlesden · 2.1 miles
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Facilities at West Hampstead Thameslink station
West Hampstead Thameslink is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:15 to 19:30 · Saturday: 06:45 to 20:00 · Sunday: 07:40 to 17:15
Toilets · WiFi
Cycle parking: 42 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 9 September 2026.
Getting to West Hampstead Thameslink station
West Hampstead Thameslink station is in Camden, London, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Thameslink).
The nearest motorway junction is M1 J1 (Staples Corner), 2.2 miles north-west.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being West Hampstead Thameslink Rail Station.
West Hampstead Thameslink is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
West Hampstead Thameslink 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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