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London Waterloo remains the most heavily used station in Britain clocking nearly 96 million passenger entries and exits last year – an increase of 1.8m (or 1.9%) compared to 2011-12, reveals latest data published today by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR).
The report for station usage across Britain for the period April 2012 - March 2013 also shows that:
- The number of people using stations across Britain in 2012-13 increased by over 82m – a 3.3% rise compared to the year before.
- The list of top 10 stations has remained unchanged since 2011-12 with eight of the 10 stations located in London.
- All the top 10 stations reported a rise in usage with the largest increase at London Euston, which saw an increase of 1.8m entries and exits – due to the increasing demand for London Overground services.
- Of the top 20 most used stations in Great Britain, the largest growth was seen at Stratford, aided by the London Olympics.
Table: Top 10 most used stations in England, Scotland and Wales based on estimated entries and exits for 2012/13:
|
Station |
2012-13 entries & exits |
2011-12 entries & exits |
% change |
GB rank 2012-13 |
GB rank 2011-12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Waterloo |
95,936,542 |
94,127,282 |
1.9 |
1 |
1 |
|
Victoria |
77,346,676 |
76,163,428 |
1.6 |
2 |
2 |
|
Liverpool Street |
58,448,814 |
57,105,400 |
2.4 |
3 |
3 |
|
London Bridge |
53,351,116 |
52,603,158 |
1.4 |
4 |
4 |
|
Charing Cross |
38,607,238 |
38,113,546 |
1.3 |
5 |
5 |
|
Euston |
38,299,206 |
36,520,544 |
4.9 |
6 |
6 |
|
Paddington |
34,143,220 |
33,709,272 |
1.3 |
7 |
7 |
|
Birmingham New Street |
32,090,346 |
31,235,638 |
2.7 |
8 |
8 |
|
King's Cross |
28,454,460 |
27,840,484 |
2.2 |
9 |
9 |
|
Glasgow Central |
27,185,020 |
26,610,016 |
2.2 |
10 |
10 |
Top 10 most used stations in England (excluding London) based on estimated entries and exits for 2012/13:
|
Station |
2012-13 entries & exits |
2011-12 entries & exits |
% change |
GB rank 2012-13 |
GB rank 2011-12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Birmingham New Street |
32,090,346 |
31,235,638 |
2.7 |
8 |
8 |
|
Leeds |
26,200,916 |
25,051,436 |
4.6 |
11 |
11 |
|
Manchester Piccadilly |
23,158,477 |
22,925,411 |
1.0 |
15 |
13 |
|
Brighton |
16,187,024 |
16,052,520 |
0.8 |
23 |
23 |
|
Reading |
15,412,998 |
15,121,768 |
1.9 |
24 |
24 |
|
Gatwick Airport |
15,353,056 |
14,759,610 |
4.0 |
25 |
25 |
|
Liverpool Central |
13,522,391 |
14,224,147 |
-4.9 |
28 |
26 |
|
Liverpool Lime Street |
13,166,539 |
13,849,827 |
-4.9 |
29 |
27 |
|
Cambridge |
9,168,938 |
8,823,236 |
3.9 |
33 |
34 |
|
Bristol Temple Meads |
9,099,368 |
8,884,626 |
2.4 |
34 |
33 |
To view the full station usage dataset and accompanying report, see https://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates
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Notes to editors
- ORR is the independent safety and economic regulator for Great Britain's railways. Follow ORR on Twitter @railregulation.
- Estimates of station usage statistics record the number of passengers travelling to and from each station (entries and exits) in England, Scotland and Wales. Figures are based on ticket sales data recorded in rail industry systems.
- There are limitations to the dataset, as the figures are estimates and do not represent exact numbers. There have been a number of methodological improvements to the data in 2012-13 and details of these can be found in the report that accompanies the release.
- The figures are presented in alphabetical order according to station name but can be reordered by a variety of categories – e.g. number of passenger entries and exits, country or region, county or unitary authority. Guidance notes on how to filter the data are published alongside the Excel spreadsheet.