This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Great Britain on the National Rail network for the 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 financial year. The dataset records patterns of mobility for the first full year after travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom were completely eliminated, with increased levels of mobility when compared with the 2021–22 data although still not fully recovered from 2019–20. During 2022–23 there were 1,385million passenger journeys on the network, compared to 990million in 2021–22 and 1,739 million in 2019–20. The opening of the Elizabeth line during 2022 increased passenger numbers at several stations and caused new entries to appear in the ranking at Tottenham Court Road (7th) and Bond Street (19th). The busiest station was London Liverpool Street, replacing which was top of the ranking the previous year. Waterloo had been the busiest station for over a decade, except for during 2020-21 when was the busiest station.
Methodology The figures are collected by the Office of Rail and Road, and are estimates based on ticket usage data use of an Origin Destination Matrix, a comprehensive matrix of rail flows between stations throughout Great Britain in the financial year 2022–23. The data count entries and exits at all stations. The data cover mainland 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. Only tickets sold for National Rail services are included; some stations are also served by underground metro or urban light rail networks. Stations serving solely the London Underground, light rail, special tours or heritage railways are therefore excluded. The London Overground and Elizabeth line are included in the data. Data for 2022–23 were published on 14 December 2023.
List of stations During 2022–23 there were 18 stations with more than 20million entries and exits, compared to 9 stations the previous year and 20 in 2019–20. RankRailway stationAnnual entries/exits (millions)CityMain servicesNumber ofplatformsInterchange systemsImage2022–232021–221London Liverpool Street80.44832.165London One platform was removed and two added with the opening of the Elizabeth line London Underground 2London Paddington59.18223.870London Excluding London Underground, platform 13 closed, two platforms were added with the opening of the Elizabeth lineLondon Underground 3London Waterloo57.78941.426London Platforms 25 and 26 are part of the London Underground London Underground4London Bridge47.65733.309London London Underground5London Victoria45.56336.776London London Underground 6Stratford44.13628.182LondonExcluding London Underground and Docklands Light Railway, 4 and 7 disused, 3A, 4A, 4B, and 10A exist 7Tottenham Court Road34.877N/ALondonElizabeth lineExcluding London Underground London Underground 8London St Pancras International33.29618.995London 9Farringdon31.4596.865London London Underground10London Euston31.31823.097London London Underground 11Birmingham New Street30.72622.682Birmingham West Midlands Metro12Leeds23.96419.263Leeds 13Manchester Piccadilly23.55819.581Manchester West Coast Main Line Manchester Metrolink14Whitechapel23.3079.273London London Underground 15London King's Cross23.28720.476LondonEast Coast Main Line Platform numbering starts at 0London Underground16Clapham Junction20.79017.397London 17Glasgow Central20.76715.322GlasgowWest Coast Main Line Glasgow SubwaySt Enoch station is close by18Highbury & Islington20.60117.816London London Underground 19Bond Street19.400N/ALondonElizabeth lineExcluding London Underground London Underground 20East Croydon18.51414.504London Tramlink
See also List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain (2021–22) List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain (2020–21) List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain (2019–20) List of busiest London Underground stations List of busiest railway stations in Europe List of busiest railway stations in North America List of busiest railway stations in West Yorkshire
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