Willesden Junction train station

You can reach 46 stations directly from Willesden Junction on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Kensal Green, with 782 trains a day.

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• 46 direct destinations
• 67th busiest in Britain
• Staffed full time
• Step-free throughout
• 4 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Willesden Junction

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

and 18 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Willesden Junction

Willesden Junction is on the West Coast Main Line, the North London Line, the DC Electric Lines and the West 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 Willesden Junction station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Willesden Junction station on 378 paths in the week beginning 21 September 2026: 62 paths on the Wednesday, 44 paths on the Saturday and 4 paths on the Sunday. 32 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 01:00 to 02:00 on the Thursday, with 11 paths booked.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 21 September 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.

Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Willesden Junction station is

7,041,954 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 67th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 2,424,898 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Willesden Junction and Wembley Central than any other pair: 574,954 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

• Harlesden 0.7 miles
• Kensal Green 0.8 miles
• Kensal Rise 1.0 miles
• Acton Main Line 1.5 miles
• Brondesbury Park 1.5 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Willesden Junction, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

• Willesden Logistics Hub · 0.4 miles
• Kensal Green and Harlesden · 0.4 miles
• Old Oak Common · 0.5 miles
• West London Junction · 0.6 miles
• Mitre Bridge Exchange · 0.6 miles
• Old Oak Lane Halt · 0.8 miles

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Facilities at Willesden Junction station

Willesden Junction is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.

Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:30 to 20:15 · Saturday: 06:30 to 20:15 · Sunday: 09:15 to 18:30

Toilets · WiFi

Cycle parking: 60 spaces (sheltered, stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 26 August 2026.

Getting to Willesden Junction station

Willesden Junction station is in Brent, London, and is run by London Overground.

The nearest motorway junction is M1 J1 (Staples Corner), 2.9 miles north.

4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Willesden Junction Station.

Willesden Junction is inside the London Travelcard area.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Willesden Junction 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