Birmingham Railway Statistics

There are thirty-four railway stations in Birmingham.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Birmingham New Street 30,726,280
  2. 2 Birmingham Moor Street 5,525,776
  3. 3 Birmingham Snow Hill 2,718,318
  4. 4 University 2,633,488
  5. 5 Selly Oak 1,994,922
  6. 6 Five Ways 1,458,854
  7. 7 Sutton Coldfield 805,404
  8. 8 Bournville 702,378
  9. 9 Longbridge 685,676
  10. 10 Kings Norton 675,768

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Bordesley 9,088
  2. 2 Adderley Park 120,046
  3. 3 Spring Road 121,042
  4. 4 Perry Barr 139,376
  5. 5 Butlers Lane 142,068
  6. 6 Small Heath 143,850
  7. 7 Tyseley 148,100
  8. 8 Hamstead 177,916
  9. 9 Witton 191,390
  10. 10 Hall Green 262,478

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Birmingham peaked during 2018-19 with 88,349,046 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 17% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 63% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Birmingham table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9816,941,478
1998-9919,010,603
1999-0018,566,526
2000-0118,169,261
2001-0219,153,638
2002-0320,237,850
2003-04 
2004-0523,500,757
2005-0625,127,364
2006-0727,034,937
2007-0828,641,904
2008-0947,708,206
2009-1048,227,786
2010-1149,235,104
2011-1261,100,264
2012-1362,094,096
2013-1466,124,600
2014-1567,462,722
2015-1667,462,722
2016-1777,313,266
2017-1880,692,602
2018-1988,349,046
2019-2087,374,932
2020-2114,914,200
2021-2241,640,332
2022-2354,785,400
2023-24