Outside London, rail access gets important real quick.
Whether a place is viable or not often comes down to how quickly and safely you can get to a station. A ten-minute walk can make somewhere feel connected. Thirty minutes by car can quietly rule it out.
That’s not a niche concern. According to YouGov, people planning a move in the next year are over 55% more likely than average to commute by train. For a growing share of buyers, rail access isn’t a bonus, it's a must-have.
That’s why we now let you search for homes based on proximity to a railway station.
This Isn’t About Loving Trains
People want station access because it simplifies life. It means fewer car journeys and a commute that doesn’t depend on traffic behaving itself. It means being able to walk home in the evening rather than plan lifts or taxis. For many women, that walk matters just as much as the journey that follows.
A station that’s genuinely walkable changes how independent a place feels.
This shows up especially among people reassessing where they live because of hybrid work. When you’re only commuting a few days a week, reliability matters more than shaving off a few minutes. People want a journey they can predict, and a route home that feels straightforward.
Where It Gets Super Powers
The interesting part is what happens when you layer station access with other powerful Jitty features.
You can look for homes that are close enough to walk, but far enough away to avoid constant rail noise. Or places near a station that still keep a London commute under an hour from a specific terminal. You can prioritise homes where the bulk of the journey is on the train, not getting to it.
Those combinations are how people actually make decisions, balancing time, comfort and trade-offs.
It also opens up places people wouldn’t normally consider. When you search by station access rather than postcode, entirely different areas start to make sense. That’s often where better value, more space, or a better balance of trade-offs appears.
Why This Was Hard Before
Until now, finding homes near stations meant cross-referencing listings with maps, station locations and journey planners, then doing the same work again for the next property. It was slow, inconsistent and easy to get wrong.
Most people either compromised early or gave up and hoped it would work out later.
What’s Changed on Jitty
Station proximity is now something that shapes results from the start.
You don’t need to click into listings and do mental maths. You don’t need to guess whether a commute will work. You can filter based on what actually matters to you and see only the homes that fit.
It turns rail access from a hopeful assumption into something concrete.
A Small Filter With Big Consequences
Being near a railway station affects more than a commute. It changes daily routines, safety, independence and how connected a place feels.
Making that searchable is part of a wider shift. Moving beyond surface-level listings and towards search that reflects how people actually live.
Now, station access is something you can decide on early, when it still shapes the search. Not something you discover too late, after you’ve already fallen for a place that doesn’t quite work.
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