Croydon Railway Statistics

There are seventeen railway stations in Croydon.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 East Croydon 18,514,458
  2. 2 Norwood Junction 3,806,480
  3. 3 West Croydon 3,691,886
  4. 4 Purley 2,348,100
  5. 5 Norbury 1,938,210
  6. 6 Thornton Heath 1,915,222
  7. 7 Coulsdon South 1,555,754
  8. 8 Selhurst 987,942
  9. 9 South Croydon 733,102
  10. 10 Sanderstead 623,640

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Reedham 97,464
  2. 2 Coulsdon Town 99,896
  3. 3 Woodmansterne 115,096
  4. 4 Riddlesdown 220,524
  5. 5 Kenley 246,786

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Croydon peaked during 2018-19 with 52,944,218 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 28% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 72% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Croydon table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9819,780,351
1998-9924,807,696
1999-0025,939,726
2000-0125,709,187
2001-0225,860,337
2002-0326,601,028
2003-04 
2004-0527,431,605
2005-0628,346,093
2006-0740,311,187
2007-0843,566,323
2008-0941,210,712
2009-1040,211,013
2010-1142,438,903
2011-1244,715,212
2012-1346,266,528
2013-1448,045,697
2014-1550,166,922
2015-1650,166,922
2016-1750,148,518
2017-1851,092,194
2018-1952,944,218
2019-2052,466,762
2020-2114,917,922
2021-2230,511,304
2022-2337,809,046
2023-24