Canterbury Railway Statistics

"Canterbury" is a county in the South East region of England. There are nine railway stations in Canterbury.

Busiest Stations

The nine Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Canterbury West 2,464,836
  2. 2 Canterbury East 1,059,206
  3. 3 Whitstable 768,370
  4. 4 Herne Bay 748,286
  5. 5 Chestfield & Swalecliffe 93,938
  6. 6 Sturry 92,098
  7. 7 Chartham 86,902
  8. 8 Bekesbourne 29,130
  9. 9 Adisham 26,744

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 27% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 82% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Canterbury table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-983,363,368
1998-993,478,282
1999-003,518,704
2000-013,751,341
2001-023,737,987
2002-033,791,004
2003-04 
2004-054,115,591
2005-064,406,790
2006-074,700,325
2007-084,983,457
2008-094,989,571
2009-104,692,412
2010-114,948,001
2011-125,213,116
2012-135,014,396
2013-145,065,030
2014-155,291,824
2015-165,291,824
2016-175,644,660
2017-185,907,308
2018-196,098,792
2019-205,891,644
2020-211,564,254
2021-224,080,896
2022-234,827,356
2023-24 
2024-25