West Hampstead Thameslink railway 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 333 trains a day.

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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	333	297	285
St Pancras International	333	297	300
Farringdon	313	287	281
St Albans City	308	283	293
City Thameslink	294	189	0
Brent Cross West	239	212	128
Elstree & Borehamwood	225	204	121
Mill Hill Broadway	225	204	121
Radlett	225	204	121
Kentish Town	181	165	128
Harpenden	179	153	243
Luton Airport Parkway	179	153	243
Luton	179	153	243
Cricklewood	166	155	121
Elephant & Castle	166	147	100
Hendon	166	155	121
Herne Hill	146	147	100
Loughborough Junction	145	147	100
Streatham	145	147	100
Sutton	145	147	100
Tulse Hill	145	147	100
London Bridge	138	134	66
Bedford	110	100	191
Flitwick	108	97	190
Harlington	108	97	190
Leagrave	108	98	190
East Croydon	102	89	175
Gatwick Airport	101	89	175
Three Bridges	100	89	124
Brighton	80	80	121
Haywards Heath	80	80	121
Burgess Hill	77	78	120
Hassocks	77	78	119
Preston Park	77	78	119
Wivelsfield	77	78	119
Haydons Road	74	74	51
Morden South	74	74	51
St. Helier	74	74	51
South Merton	74	74	51
Sutton Common	74	74	51

and 63 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy West Hampstead Thameslink 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: 81 stations instead of 103, a drop of about 21%. 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
Queen's Park station, Brent, London · 1.1 miles
Queen's Park · 1.1 miles
Haverstock Hill · 1.5 miles
Primrose Hill · 1.7 miles
Ladbroke Grove · 2.0 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.