Cornwall Railway Statistics

There are thirty-six railway stations in Cornwall.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Truro 1,188,052
  2. 2 St Ives 774,928
  3. 3 Penzance 618,956
  4. 4 St Austell 478,834
  5. 5 St Erth 396,262
  6. 6 Redruth 361,800
  7. 7 Camborne 333,710
  8. 8 Liskeard 322,996
  9. 9 Bodmin Parkway 279,642
  10. 10 Carbis Bay 256,874

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Coombe Junction Halt 140
  2. 2 Lelant Saltings 630
  3. 3 Sandplace 1,006
  4. 4 St Keyne Wishing Well Halt 1,506
  5. 5 Causeland 1,800
  6. 6 Luxulyan 2,660
  7. 7 Quintrell Downs 3,374
  8. 8 St Columb Road 3,396
  9. 9 Menheniot 4,598
  10. 10 Roche 5,418

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Cornwall peaked during 2017-18 with 6,453,402 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 37% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 100% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Cornwall table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-982,617,485
1998-992,700,892
1999-002,948,695
2000-012,695,337
2001-022,865,155
2002-032,991,728
2003-04 
2004-053,289,987
2005-063,334,034
2006-073,554,627
2007-083,831,976
2008-094,200,200
2009-104,436,338
2010-115,066,746
2011-126,150,928
2012-136,143,560
2013-146,146,426
2014-156,359,664
2015-166,359,664
2016-176,296,180
2017-186,453,402
2018-196,397,332
2019-206,435,570
2020-212,370,414
2021-226,147,464
2022-236,416,292
2023-24