East Midlands Railway Statistics

There are 108 railway stations in East Midlands.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Nottingham 7,144,540
  2. 2 Leicester 5,303,830
  3. 3 Derby 3,496,066
  4. 4 Northampton 2,627,948
  5. 5 Lincoln 2,059,670
  6. 6 Chesterfield 1,542,920
  7. 7 Loughborough 1,287,300
  8. 8 Grantham 1,278,244
  9. 9 Kettering 1,063,076
  10. 10 Newark Northgate 957,410

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Elton and Orston 212
  2. 2 Thorpe Culvert 364
  3. 3 Havenhouse 698
  4. 4 Hubberts Bridge 806
  5. 5 Swineshead 894
  6. 6 Gainsborough Central 1,676
  7. 7 Thurgarton 2,518
  8. 8 Rolleston 3,124
  9. 9 Peartree 4,354
  10. 10 Ancaster 5,484

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for East Midlands peaked during 2018-19 with 46,393,880 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 21% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 83% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for East Midlands table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9822,103,614
1998-9924,150,642
1999-0026,024,437
2000-0126,287,138
2001-0227,423,889
2002-0328,688,858
2003-04 
2004-0530,197,837
2005-0630,441,608
2006-0732,689,023
2007-0833,597,615
2008-0935,340,940
2009-1036,048,342
2010-1137,247,340
2011-1238,540,996
2012-1338,752,850
2013-1438,950,401
2014-1541,177,784
2015-1641,177,784
2016-1744,162,724
2017-1845,141,594
2018-1946,393,880
2019-2045,942,662
2020-219,440,606
2021-2231,296,868
2022-2338,012,472
2023-24