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County Durham Railway Statistics

There are eight railway stations in County Durham.

Busiest Stations

The eight Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Durham 2,604,076
  2. 2 Bishop Auckland 156,458
  3. 3 Chester-Le-Street 152,994
  4. 4 Seaham 145,128
  5. 5 Horden 136,780
  6. 6 Newton Aycliffe 77,578
  7. 7 Shildon 54,624
  8. 8 Heighington 34,084

Passenger Numbers

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

Usage dropped to 20% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 0% by 2024.

Passenger Estimates for Heighington 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