Railway station · SE1 8SW

London Waterloo station

WATRun by Network RailStep-free category AStaffed: full time

181

stations reached without changing

70.4 million

passengers a year (2024-25)

busiest station in Great Britain

Clapham Junction

most common journey

Direct trains from London Waterloo

The busiest places you can reach without changing, with trains on a weekday, the fastest journey and the first and last train.

Direct to	Trains a weekday	Fastest	First – last
Clapham Junction South Western Railway	442	7 min	05:05 – 23:53
Vauxhall South Western Railway	441	3 min	05:05 – 23:53
Reading South Western Railway	37	1h 18m	05:26 – 23:48
Wimbledon South Western Railway	296	13 min	05:05 – 23:53
Richmond (London) South Western Railway	177	18 min	05:26 – 23:48
Surbiton South Western Railway	172	15 min	05:05 – 23:56
Woking South Western Railway	216	23 min	05:05 – 23:56
Guildford South Western Railway	118	32 min	05:05 – 23:53
Southampton Central South Western Railway	40	1h 13m	05:18 – 23:35
Putney South Western Railway	181	13 min	05:22 – 23:52
Earlsfield South Western Railway	266	12 min	05:20 – 23:53
Twickenham South Western Railway	180	22 min	05:26 – 23:48
Basingstoke South Western Railway	104	40 min	05:18 – 23:42
Winchester South Western Railway	55	56 min	05:18 – 23:35
Kingston South Western Railway	108	28 min	05:30 – 23:42

Step-free access

Category A · lifts at the station

There is step free access from the main concourse to all platforms, shops and facilities. Step free exits are exit 1 (Station approach), exit 2 (with a lift to Waterloo Road and lift access to the London Underground Jubilee line), and exit 3 for taxis and onward travel towards the South Bank.

Book help in advance with Passenger Assist through your train company.

Facilities

✓ Ticket office (Mon 05:30–23:15)
✓ Toilets
✓ Accessible toilets
✓ Baby changing
✓ Wi-Fi
✓ Food and drink
✓ Shops
✓ Cash machine
✓ Left luggage
✓ Taxi rank
✓ Bus connections
✓ London Underground

Car park: 27 spaces. Cycle storage: 573 spaces.

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Nearest airports

London City Airport (LCY) — 11 km away
Biggin Hill Airport (BQH) — 22 km away
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) — 24 km away

Straight-line distance.

Sources: station facilities and step-free access from National Rail Enquiries (Knowledgebase); passenger numbers from the Office of Rail and Road, estimates of station usage 2024-25; trains from the National Rail timetable for Friday, 2 October 2026. Timetables change with engineering work; check before you travel.

Live departures and full station details: National Rail — London Waterloo.