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 |
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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
References
- ↑ "Estimates of station usage". Office of Rail and Road. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
- ↑ "Estimates of Station Usage 2011/12" (PDF). Office of Rail Regulation. 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
External links
- Station usage - Main page