This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Great Britain on the National Rail network for the 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 financial year. The dataset records increased levels of mobility when compared with the 2022–2023 data although still not fully recovered from the peak of 2019–2020. During 2023–2024 there were 1,610million passenger journeys on the network, compared to 1,385million in 2022–2023 and 1,739 million in 2019–2020. The busiest station was London Liverpool Street for a second year.
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 of 2023–2024. The data count entries and exits at any station. Note that the data covers 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 may also be 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 2023–2024 was published on 21 November 2024.
All stations During 2023–2024 there were 20 stations with more than 20million entries and exits, compared to 18 stations the previous year and 20 in 2019–2020. RankRailway stationAnnual entries/exits (millions)
2023–24Annual entries/exits (millions)
2022–23LocationMain servicesNumber of platformsInterchange systemsImage1London Liverpool Street94.49980.448London One platform was removed and two added with the opening of the Elizabeth line London Underground 2London Paddington66.85959.182London Excluding London Underground, platform 13 closed, two platforms were added with the opening of the Elizabeth lineLondon Underground 3Tottenham Court Road64.21934.877LondonElizabeth lineExcluding London UndergroundLondon Underground 4London Waterloo62.52557.789London Platforms 25 and 26 are part of the London Underground London Underground5Stratford56.57044.136LondonExcluding London Underground and Docklands Light Railway, 4 and 7 disused, 3A, 4A, 4B, and 10A exist 6London Victoria50.82945.563London London Underground 7London Bridge50.04547.657London London Underground8Farringdon46.04931.459London London Underground9Bond Street38.30719.400LondonElizabeth lineExcluding London UndergroundLondon Underground 10London Euston36.18531.318London London Underground 11London St Pancras International35.95933.296London 12Whitechapel35.24623.307London London Underground 13Birmingham New Street33.33530.726Birmingham West Midlands Metro14Manchester Piccadilly25.77623.558Manchester West Coast Main Line Manchester Metrolink15Glasgow Central24.96420.767GlasgowWest Coast Main Line Glasgow SubwaySt Enoch station is close by16Leeds24.89123.964Leeds 17London King's Cross24.48323.287LondonEast Coast Main Line Platform numbering starts at 0London Underground18Clapham Junction22.85820.790London 19Highbury & Islington21.82720.601London London Underground 20Edinburgh Waverley21.30718.213EdinburghEast Coast Main LineWest Coast Main Line Edinburgh Trams
See also List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain (2022–23) 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 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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External links Station usage - Main page