Copeland Railway Statistics

There are fourteen railway stations in Copeland.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Whitehaven 240,888
  2. 2 Millom 167,502
  3. 3 Sellafield 136,764
  4. 4 St Bees 71,390
  5. 5 Corkickle 51,068
  6. 6 Seascale 43,038
  7. 7 Ravenglass for Eskdale 33,704
  8. 8 Bootle 11,966
  9. 9 Parton 8,202
  10. 10 Silecroft 8,038

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Nethertown 960
  2. 2 Braystones 1,282
  3. 3 Drigg 6,258
  4. 4 Green Road 7,208
  5. 5 Silecroft 8,038

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Copeland peaked during 2009-10 with 1,040,174 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 27% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 76% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Copeland table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-98695,765
1998-99678,097
1999-00675,341
2000-01831,957
2001-02630,850
2002-03709,151
2003-04 
2004-05696,560
2005-06766,810
2006-07804,225
2007-08993,844
2008-09592,818
2009-101,040,174
2010-11915,424
2011-12894,648
2012-13903,376
2013-14896,252
2014-15952,076
2015-16952,076
2016-17861,492
2017-18833,894
2018-19890,240
2019-201,039,104
2020-21285,338
2021-22729,814
2022-23788,268
2023-24