Little Sutton Railway Station

LTLSUTN LTT | 2156

Station Codes (TIPLOC, TLC | NLC)

Little Sutton station is managed by Merseyrail and is located in Cheshire West and Chester within the North West area of England.

Figures for 2023-24 show that 37,504 journeys were made between Little Sutton and Ellesmere Port—that's 22% of all passenger journeys at this station!

Passenger numbers for Little Sutton peaked during 2023-24 with 170,902 estimated passengers.

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 41% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 123% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Little Sutton table
Year	Passenger Numbers
1997-98	66,971
1998-99	69,237
1999-00	49,797
2000-01	33,368
2001-02	31,097
2002-03	61,328
2003-04
2004-05	56,010
2005-06	49,925
2006-07	30,721
2007-08	36,185
2008-09	44,910
2009-10	106,302
2010-11	128,048
2011-12	114,892
2012-13	94,718
2013-14	137,136
2014-15	145,410
2015-16	151,722
2016-17	135,486
2017-18	109,506
2018-19	116,676
2019-20	122,576
2020-21	50,684
2021-22	118,016
2022-23	150,754
2023-24	170,902
2024-25

Data Notes

2019-2020: The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the Merseyside PTE area has increased 6% as a result of additional tickets being included in the dataset for 2019-20. Recovery from platform upgrade works in 2018-19.
2017-2018: Industrial action in 2017-18
2012-2013: Reason for decrease unclear - could be a result of changing ticket purchase patterns not captured by current PTE infill methodology for Merseyside
2011-2012: Cause of large decrease not clear
2009-2010: It is understood that ticket vending machines were installed during 2009
2008-2009: PTE Urban Area Station (Within Merseyrail area)
2007-2008: unknown
2006-2007: Single Tickets
2003-2004: Estimates of station usage for the year April 2003 to March 2004 were not produced.
2001-2002: Difference in entries and exits explained by single tickets
2000-2001: Difference in entries and exits explained by singles tickets|Change in service pattern. The three consecutive stations: Ellesmere Port/Little Sutton/Overpool all show significant decrease in usage (consistent with last year).
1999-2000: Difference in entries and exits explained by singles tickets|Change in service pattern. The three consecutive stations: Ellesmere Port/Little Sutton/Overpool all show significant decrease in usage.