Chester Railway Station

CHST
CTR | 2412

Chester station is managed by TfW Rail and is located in Cheshire West and Chester within the North West area of England.

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Chester peaked during 2019-20 with 5,093,756 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 21% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 81% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Chester table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-981,936,106
1998-992,161,447
1999-002,207,580
2000-012,128,772
2001-022,168,285
2002-032,163,082
2003-04 
2004-052,239,061
2005-062,336,893
2006-072,440,874
2007-082,607,835
2008-092,829,358
2009-102,989,704
2010-113,052,806
2011-122,957,446
2012-133,011,202
2013-144,256,524
2014-154,523,402
2015-164,620,230
2016-174,649,800
2017-184,686,322
2018-194,972,298
2019-205,093,756
2020-211,057,794
2021-223,443,368
2022-234,121,592
2023-24