This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Great Britain on the National Rail network for the 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 financial year. The dataset records increased levels of mobility when compared with the 2023–2024 data and nearing a return to the peak of 2019–2020. During 2024–2025 there were 1,730million passenger journeys on the network, compared to 1,610million in 2023–2024 and 1,739 million in 2019–2020. The busiest station was London Liverpool Street for a third 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 2024–2025. 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 2024–2025 was published on 4 December 2025.
All stations During 2024–2025 there were 22 stations with more than 20million entries and exits, compared to 20 stations the previous year and 20 in 2019–2020. Out of the 22 busiest stations, 16 are in London. RankRailway stationAnnual entries/exits (millions)
2024–25Annual entries/exits (millions)
2023–24LocationMain servicesNumber of platformsInterchange systemsImage1London Liverpool Street98.01694.499London One platform was removed and two added with the opening of the Elizabeth line London Underground 2London Waterloo70.39062.525London Platforms 25 and 26 are part of the London Underground London Underground3London Paddington69.89766.859London Excluding London Underground, platform 13 closed, two platforms were added with the opening of the Elizabeth lineLondon Underground 4Tottenham Court Road68.13464.219LondonElizabeth lineExcluding London UndergroundLondon Underground 5London Bridge53.78450.045London London Underground6London Victoria53.78450.829London London Underground 7Stratford51.47456.570LondonExcluding London Underground and Docklands Light Railway, 4 and 7 disused, 3A, 4A, 4B, and 10A exist 8Farringdon50.17146.049London London Underground9Bond Street42.75238.307LondonElizabeth lineExcluding London UndergroundLondon Underground 10London Euston40.24936.185London London Underground 11London St Pancras International38.84335.959London 12Whitechapel37.14135.246London London Underground 13Birmingham New Street36.62433.335Birmingham West Midlands Metro14London King's Cross27.72724.483LondonEast Coast Main Line Platform numbering starts at 0London Underground15Manchester Piccadilly27.40225.776Manchester West Coast Main Line Manchester Metrolink16Leeds27.31024.891Leeds Platform numbering starts at 0 17Glasgow Central25.29424.964GlasgowWest Coast Main Line Glasgow SubwaySt Enoch station is close by18Clapham Junction24.44822.858London 19Highbury & Islington23.98321.827London London Underground 20Edinburgh Waverley22.75521.307EdinburghEast Coast Main LineWest Coast Main Line Edinburgh Trams21East Croydon21.21119.605LondonBrighton Main Line Tramlink22Gatwick Airport20.59219.490CrawleyBrighton Main Line
See also List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain (2023–24) 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