The study on overvoltage for 500 kV substation caused by lightning intruded wave is presented. In this paper, we calculate by using electromagnetic transient program (EMTP) and combine substation with incoming lines ,so some influence factors can be considered such as impulse voltage second characteristic of insulator strings, lightning stroke point on the incoming lines and impulse grounding resistance of towers. The results show that the method is close to the practice and some factors of incoming lines are important to overvoltage.