List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain

This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Great Britain on the National Rail network. The figures are collected by the Office of Rail Regulation, and are estimates based on ticket sales in the financial year of 2014–15.^[1] The data count entries and exits at any station. Only tickets sold for National Rail services are included. As such, London Underground, special tours, local light rail and heritage railway tickets are excluded. Note that these data cover Great Britain and surrounding small islands (such as the Isle of Wight), not the United Kingdom, and so exclude tickets within Northern Ireland and Eurostar. There are various further limits to the data due to the variety of ticketing options available on rail services within the UK; these are outlined in full in the report on the data.^[2] The top 30 stations are shown.

List

Rank	Railway Station	Annual entries/exits (millions) 2014–15	Annual interchanges (millions) 2014–15	Location	Main Services	Number of platforms	Interchange systems	Image
1	London Waterloo	99.202	10.189	London	South Western Main Line West of England Main Line	22	London Underground
2	London Victoria	85.338	9.638	London	Brighton Main Line Chatham Main Line	19	London Underground
3	London Liverpool Street	63.631	3.144	London	Great Eastern Main Line West Anglia Main Line	18	London Underground, London Overground, TfL Rail
4	London Bridge	49.519	8.454	London	South Eastern Main Line Thameslink	15	London Underground
5	London Charing Cross	42.979	1.068	London	South Eastern Main Line	6	London Underground
6	London Euston	42.952	3.535	London	West Coast Main Line	18	London Underground, London Overground
7	London Paddington	35.725	2.843	London	Great Western Main Line South Wales Main Line Reading to Plymouth Line	14	London Underground
8	Birmingham New Street	35.313	5.379	Birmingham	West Coast Main Line Cross Country Route	13	Midland Metro
9	London King's Cross	31.347	3.736	London	East Coast Main Line	12	London Underground
10	Stratford	30.974	3.053	London	Great Eastern Main Line Lea Valley Lines	15	London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, London Overground, TfL Rail
11	Glasgow Central	28.965	3.499	Glasgow	West Coast Main Line	17	Glasgow Subway (close by)
12	Leeds	28.848	2.890	Leeds	East Coast Main Line Midland Main Line Cross Country Route	17
13	London St Pancras	26.466	3.888	London	Midland Main Line Thameslink High-Speed 1 Eurostar	15	London Underground
14	Clapham Junction	26.466	28.426	London	South Western Main Line West of England Main Line Brighton Main Line	17	London Overground
15	Manchester Piccadilly	24.615	2.722	Manchester	West Coast Main Line	14	Manchester Metrolink
16	East Croydon	22.767	7.516	London	Brighton Main Line	6	Croydon Tramlink
17	London Cannon Street	22.130	2.351	London	South Eastern Main Line	7	London Underground
18	Vauxhall	21.111	0.000	London	South Western Main Line	8	London Underground
19	Edinburgh Waverley	21.107	1.257	Edinburgh	East Coast Main Line West Coast Main Line	18	Edinburgh Trams
20	Highbury and Islington	19.976	2.893	London	North London Line East London Line	8	London Underground, London Overground
21	Wimbledon	19.527	1.405	London	South Western Main Line	10	London Underground, Croydon Tramlink
22	London Fenchurch Street	17.598	0.616	London	London, Tilbury & Southend Line	4
23	Gatwick Airport	17.494	1.046	Gatwick Airport	Brighton Main Line Gatwick Express	7
24	Brighton	17.171	1.849	Brighton	Brighton Main Line West Coastway Line East Coastway Line	8
25	Glasgow Queen Street	16.959	1.715	Glasgow	Glasgow to Edinburgh	9	Glasgow Subway (close by)
26	Reading	16.340	3.925	Reading	Great Western Main Line	15
27	London Marylebone	15.978	0.496	London	Chiltern Main Line	6	London Underground
28	Liverpool Central	15.273	0.399	Liverpool	Merseyrail services (Wirral and Northern lines)	3
29	London Blackfriars	15.149	1.199	London	Thameslink	4	London Underground
30	Liverpool Lime Street	14.871	1.237	Liverpool	West Coast Main Line Liverpool to Manchester Lines	10

Below this, station usage was as follows:

• Cardiff Central, Putney, Cambridge, Canada Water and Bristol Temple Meads had reported over 10 million passengers. Canada Water is the busiest station with 2 National Rail platforms.
• A further 50 stations had reported 5 to 10 million passengers
• 464 had reported passengers of 1–5 million
• 325 had reported passengers of 500,001–1 million
• 488 had reported passengers of 200,001–500,000
• 337 had reported passengers of 100,001–200,000
• 250 had reported passengers of 50,001–100,000
• 350 had reported passengers of 10,001–50,000
• 188 had reported passengers of 1,001–10,000
• 41 had reported passengers of 101–1,000
• In 2014-15, eleven stations- Kildonan (96), Breich (92), Buckenham (88), Elton and Orston (88), Golf Street (86), Pilning (68), Barry Links (60), Reddish South (54), Teesside Airport (32), Coombe (26) and Shippea Hill (22) and reported fewer than 100 passengers.

London termini

This is a list of the busiest stations in the London Terminals station group.

Rank	Railway Station	Annual entries/exits (millions) 2014–15	Annual interchanges (millions) 2014–15
1	London Waterloo	99.202	10.189
2	London Victoria	85.338	9.638
3	London Liverpool Street	63.631	3.144
4	London Bridge	49.519	8.454
5	London Charing Cross	42.979	1.068
6	London Euston	42.952	3.535
7	London Paddington	35.725	2.843
8	London King's Cross	31.347	3.736
9	London St Pancras	26.466	3.888
10	London Cannon Street	22.130	2.351
11	Vauxhall	21.111	0.000
12	London Fenchurch Street	17.598	0.616
13	London Marylebone	15.978	0.496
14	London Blackfriars	15.149	1.199
15	Moorgate	9.398	0.580
16	Waterloo East	7.872	1.377
17	Kensington (Olympia)	7.249	0.003
18	Farringdon	7.007	0.113
19	City Thameslink	6.354	0.003
20	Elephant & Castle	3.257	0.118

Other London stations

This is a list of the busiest stations in Greater London, excluding those stations listed above.

Rank	Railway Station	Annual entries/exits (millions) 2014–15	Annual interchanges (millions) 2014–15
1	Stratford	30.974	3.053
2	Clapham Junction	26.466	28.426
3	East Croydon	22.767	7.516
4	Highbury and Islington	19.976	2.893
5	Wimbledon	19.527	1.405
6	Putney	11.158	0.000
7	Canada Water	10.331	0.000
8	Richmond	9.768	1.877
9	Barking	9.675	0.649
10	Surbiton	9.604	0.937
11	Lewisham	9.218	2.003
12	Romford	8.947	0.546
13	Ilford	8.022	0.023
14	Balham	7.644	0.372
15	Bromley South	7.381	0.867
16	Whitechapel	7.163	0.000
17	Sutton (Surrey)	6.779	0.644
18	Earlsfield	6.553	0.000
19	Dalston Kingsland	6.389	0.000
20	Finsbury Park	6.264	1.045

Other stations in Great Britain

This is a list of the busiest stations in Great Britain outside of London.

Rank	Railway Station	Annual entries/exits (millions) 2014–15	Annual interchanges (millions) 2014–15
1	Birmingham New Street	35.313	5.379
2	Glasgow Central	28.965	3.499
3	Leeds	28.848	2.890
4	Manchester Piccadilly	24.615	2.722
5	Edinburgh Waverley	21.107	1.257
6	Gatwick Airport	17.494	1.046
7	Brighton	17.171	1.849
8	Glasgow Queen Street	16.959	1.715
9	Reading	16.340	3.925
10	Liverpool Central	15.273	0.399
11	Liverpool Lime Street	14.871	1.237
12	Cardiff Central	11.939	1.755
13	Cambridge	10.420	0.558
14	Bristol Temple Meads	10.100	1.475
15	Sheffield	9.113	1.007
16	York	8.586	1.386
17	Chelmsford	8.381	0.053
18	Guildford	8.091	1.097
19	Newcastle	8.053	0.422
20	Woking	7.963	1.674

See also

• List of busiest London Underground stations
• List of busiest railway stations in West Yorkshire

References

1. "Estimates of station usage". Office of Rail and Road. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
2. "Estimates of Station Usage 2011/12" (PDF). Office of Rail Regulation. 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2013-04-09.

External links

• Station usage - Main page