County Durham Railway Statistics

There are eight railway stations in County Durham.

Busiest Stations

The eight Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Durham 2,446,734
  2. 2 Bishop Auckland 153,564
  3. 3 Chester-Le-Street 118,086
  4. 4 Seaham 110,570
  5. 5 Horden 99,564
  6. 6 Newton Aycliffe 85,142
  7. 7 Shildon 56,968
  8. 8 Heighington 35,028

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for County Durham peaked during 2018-19 with 3,484,406 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 20% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 91% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for County Durham table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-981,460,232
1998-991,524,372
1999-001,657,248
2000-011,505,138
2001-021,584,536
2002-031,638,376
2003-04 
2004-052,008,786
2005-062,154,866
2006-072,227,797
2007-082,372,346
2008-092,505,410
2009-102,568,596
2010-112,719,600
2011-122,830,128
2012-132,810,444
2013-142,990,496
2014-153,092,964
2015-163,092,964
2016-173,251,648
2017-183,358,920
2018-193,484,406
2019-203,396,832
2020-21681,918
2021-222,748,672
2022-233,105,656
2023-24