Chester Railway Station

CHST CTR | 2412

Station Codes (TIPLOC, TLC | NLC)

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

Figures for 2023-24 show that 397,038 journeys were made between Chester and Liverpool Lime Street—that's 8% of all passenger journeys at this station!

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

Passenger Numbers

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

Passenger Estimates for Chester table
Year	Passenger Numbers
1997-98	1,936,106
1998-99	2,161,447
1999-00	2,207,580
2000-01	2,128,772
2001-02	2,168,285
2002-03	2,163,082
2003-04
2004-05	2,239,061
2005-06	2,336,893
2006-07	2,440,874
2007-08	2,607,835
2008-09	2,829,358
2009-10	2,989,704
2010-11	3,052,806
2011-12	2,957,446
2012-13	3,011,202
2013-14	4,256,524
2014-15	4,523,402
2015-16	4,620,230
2016-17	4,649,800
2017-18	4,686,322
2018-19	4,972,298
2019-20	5,093,756
2020-21	1,057,794
2021-22	3,443,368
2022-23	4,121,592
2023-24	4,727,440
2024-25