Bedford Railway Statistics

There are three railway stations in Bedford.

Busiest Stations

The three Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Bedford 3,035,712
  2. 2 Bedford St Johns 141,586
  3. 3 Kempston Hardwick 4,458

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Bedford peaked during 2018-19 with 4,257,158 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 22% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 78% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Bedford table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-981,792,195
1998-992,211,585
1999-002,374,309
2000-012,463,906
2001-022,533,089
2002-032,656,218
2003-04 
2004-052,773,792
2005-062,833,087
2006-073,039,163
2007-083,203,369
2008-093,221,404
2009-102,998,800
2010-113,193,726
2011-123,332,336
2012-133,463,872
2013-143,641,659
2014-153,894,236
2015-163,894,236
2016-174,136,996
2017-184,198,120
2018-194,257,158
2019-204,061,454
2020-21878,012
2021-222,435,926
2022-233,181,756
2023-24