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Data preview
| station name | postcode | sector | town or city | region | country | longitude | latitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Wood Train Station | SE2 9RH | SE2 9 | London | London | England | 0.1215600 | 51.4903210 |
| Aber Train Station | CF83 1AQ | CF83 1 | St Martins | Wales | -3.2292650 | 51.5760220 | |
| Abercynon Train Station | CF45 4SE | CF45 4 | Abercynon | Wales | -3.3268690 | 51.6446500 | |
| Aberdare Train Station | CF44 0PU | Aberdare | |||||
| Aberdour Train Station | KY3 0SN | KY3 0 | Burntisland | Scotland | -3.3014040 | 56.0543840 |
Data dictionary
- station_name
- Published railway-station name.
- station_slug
- Stable URL-safe station identifier in the source data.
- address
- Published station address converted to plain text.
- postcode
- Published station postcode.
- outcode
- Outward postcode district.
- sector
- Postcode sector derived from the matched postcode.
- postcode_area
- Alphabetic postcode area.
- town_or_city
- Best available locality label: city, then suburb, then post town.
- admin_district
- Local administrative district matched through the postcode.
- county
- Administrative county matched through the postcode.
- region
- Region matched through the postcode.
- country
- England, Scotland or Wales where matched.
- longitude
- Longitude in decimal degrees where the station postcode is matched.
- latitude
- Latitude in decimal degrees where the station postcode is matched.
- explorer_url
- Permanent Postcodes UK Train Station Explorer page.
Methodology and sources
All 2,478 National Rail station records are included. Of these, 2,214 match a full postcode and receive postcode-derived coordinates, sector and administrative geography; unmatched derived fields are left blank. Coverage is England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland, London Underground-only, tram and light-rail stops are not included.
- National Rail station information
- Office for National Statistics postcode products
- Postcodes UK geographic matching
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Licence and suggested attribution
You may use this compilation for research, analysis and publishing with attribution to Postcodes UK and compliance with the applicable underlying source licences. The download does not transfer or override third-party rights.
Suggested attribution:
Source: Postcodes UK (postcodesuk.com), “Great Britain Train Stations”, September 2026, https://postcodesuk.com/data-downloads/train-stations. Based on National Rail station information; postcode matching includes public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Additional source terms apply.
Office for National Statistics and other public-sector information is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcode geography may contain Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail rights. HM Land Registry aggregates are derived from Price Paid Data. School fields derive from Department for Education and Ofsted sources.
National Rail station information remains subject to applicable source terms. Postcode-derived geography contains public-sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 and may include additional postcode rights.