Bolton Railway Station

BOLTON BON | 2599

Station Codes (TIPLOC, TLC | NLC)

Bolton station is managed by Northern Trains and is located in Bolton within the North West area of England.

Figures for 2023-24 show that 404,120 journeys were made between Bolton and Manchester Victoria—that's 15% of all passenger journeys at this station! Previously the most common journey flow was to & from Manchester Piccadilly.

Passenger numbers for Bolton peaked during 2013-14 with 3,695,050 estimated passengers.

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 27% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 77% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Bolton table
Year	Passenger Numbers
1997-98	1,575,866
1998-99	1,544,638
1999-00	1,654,816
2000-01	1,720,713
2001-02	1,718,128
2002-03	1,612,794
2003-04
2004-05	1,867,937
2005-06	1,929,990
2006-07	1,952,364
2007-08	2,097,879
2008-09	2,743,684
2009-10	2,833,866
2010-11	3,059,186
2011-12	3,262,442
2012-13	3,583,392
2013-14	3,695,050
2014-15	3,518,716
2015-16	2,866,316
2016-17	3,240,136
2017-18	2,950,270
2018-19	3,074,022
2019-20	3,262,460
2020-21	865,704
2021-22	2,344,116
2022-23	2,499,322
2023-24	2,712,174
2024-25