East of England Railway Statistics

There are 215 railway stations in East of England.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Cambridge 9,341,600
  2. 2 Stansted Airport 7,906,474
  3. 3 Chelmsford 5,784,584
  4. 4 St Albans City 5,572,152
  5. 5 Watford Junction 5,536,096
  6. 6 Shenfield 5,105,512
  7. 7 Peterborough 4,519,016
  8. 8 Stevenage 4,050,328
  9. 9 Norwich 3,963,948
  10. 10 Luton Airport Parkway 3,767,790

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Shippea Hill 142
  2. 2 Buckenham 354
  3. 3 Spooner Row 382
  4. 4 Lakenheath 562
  5. 5 Berney Arms 950
  6. 6 Eccles Road 1,830
  7. 7 Harling Road 2,104
  8. 8 Kempston Hardwick 4,458
  9. 9 Aspley Guise 4,650
  10. 10 Millbrook 6,566

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for East of England peaked during 2018-19 with 228,989,968 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 24% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 79% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for East of England table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-98104,385,813
1998-99116,147,395
1999-00125,291,011
2000-01129,127,827
2001-02132,972,637
2002-03137,243,109
2003-04 
2004-05145,402,227
2005-06148,699,081
2006-07162,558,525
2007-08173,111,802
2008-09171,947,976
2009-10164,434,282
2010-11174,132,068
2011-12181,806,848
2012-13189,184,958
2013-14195,854,995
2014-15204,183,830
2015-16203,913,684
2016-17219,450,128
2017-18223,170,262
2018-19228,989,968
2019-20220,627,086
2020-2151,856,758
2021-22134,402,930
2022-23175,361,474
2023-24