West Hampstead train station
You can reach 27 stations directly from West Hampstead on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Brondesbury Park, with 317 trains a day.
- 27 direct destinations
- 139th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from West Hampstead
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brondesbury Park | 317 | 281 | 221 |
| Brondesbury | 317 | 281 | 221 |
| Finchley Road & Frognal | 317 | 281 | 221 |
| Hampstead Heath | 317 | 281 | 221 |
| Kensal Rise | 317 | 281 | 221 |
| Willesden Junction | 317 | 281 | 221 |
| Gospel Oak | 317 | 281 | 220 |
| Caledonian Road & Barnsbury | 317 | 281 | 219 |
| Camden Road | 317 | 281 | 219 |
| Canonbury | 317 | 281 | 219 |
| Dalston Kingsland | 317 | 281 | 219 |
| Highbury & Islington | 317 | 281 | 219 |
| Hackney Central | 317 | 281 | 219 |
| Hackney Wick | 317 | 281 | 219 |
| Homerton | 317 | 281 | 219 |
| Kentish Town West | 317 | 281 | 219 |
| Stratford | 317 | 281 | 219 |
| Acton Central | 158 | 141 | 116 |
| Gunnersbury | 158 | 141 | 116 |
| Kew Gardens | 158 | 141 | 116 |
| Richmond | 158 | 141 | 116 |
| South Acton | 158 | 141 | 116 |
| Shepherd's Bush | 154 | 135 | 101 |
| Clapham Junction | 154 | 135 | 97 |
| Imperial Wharf | 154 | 135 | 97 |
| Kensington (Olympia) | 154 | 135 | 97 |
| West Brompton | 154 | 135 | 97 |
| Blackhorse Road | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Barking | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Crouch Hill | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Harringay Green Lanes | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Leyton Midland Road | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Leytonstone High Road | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Tottenham | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Upper Holloway | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Woodgrange Park | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Walthamstow Queen's Road | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wanstead Park | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lines serving West Hampstead
West Hampstead is on the Chiltern Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through West Hampstead station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside West Hampstead station on 1,000 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 174 paths on the Wednesday, 119 paths on the Saturday and 18 paths on the Sunday. 77 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 13:00 to 14:00 on the Tuesday, with 14 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 station is
3,944,888 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 139th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 573,653 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between West Hampstead and Hampstead Heath than any other pair: 439,428 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
- West Hampstead Thameslink 0.1 miles
- Finchley Road & Frognal 0.4 miles
- Brondesbury 0.5 miles
- Kilburn High Road 0.7 miles
- South Hampstead 0.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of West Hampstead, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Hampstead · 1.0 miles
- Haverstock Hill · 1.5 miles
- Primrose Hill · 1.6 miles
- Ladbroke Grove · 2.0 miles
- Kensal Green and Harlesden · 2.1 miles
- Edgware Road · 2.1 miles
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Facilities at West Hampstead station
West Hampstead is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:00 to 11:00, 16:00 to 18:45 · Saturday: 10:00 to 14:15 · Sunday: 11:15 to 14:45
Toilets · WiFi
From National Rail's station record, last updated 9 September 2026.
Getting to West Hampstead station
West Hampstead station is in Camden, London, and is run by London Overground.
The nearest motorway junction is M1 J1 (Staples Corner), 2.3 miles north-west.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being West Hampstead Underground Station.
West Hampstead is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
West Hampstead 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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