Rufford Railway Station

RUFDORD RUF | 2315
Station Codes (TIPLOC, TLC | NLC)

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

Figures for 2023-24 show that 9,362 journeys were made between Rufford and Preston—that's 42% of all passenger journeys at this station!

Passenger numbers for Rufford peaked during 2023-24 with 22,168 estimated passengers.

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 19% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 81% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Rufford table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9815,920
1998-9915,809
1999-0015,087
2000-0115,793
2001-0214,842
2002-0314,334
2003-04 
2004-0516,644
2005-0616,485
2006-0718,949
2007-0818,527
2008-0921,576
2009-1018,112
2010-1119,574
2011-1218,078
2012-1319,978
2013-1419,150
2014-1517,470
2015-1616,674
2016-1718,286
2017-1818,590
2018-1915,608
2019-2021,836
2020-214,144
2021-2216,060
2022-2317,674
2023-2422,168
2024-25