England Railway Statistics

There are 1,995 railway stations in England.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 London Liverpool Street 80,448,194
  2. 2 London Paddington 59,182,926
  3. 3 London Waterloo 57,789,780
  4. 4 London Bridge 47,657,264
  5. 5 London Victoria 45,563,972
  6. 6 Stratford 44,136,784
  7. 7 Tottenham Court Road 34,877,768
  8. 8 London St Pancras International 33,296,120
  9. 9 Farringdon 31,459,904
  10. 10 London Euston 31,318,408

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Teesside Airport 2
  2. 2 Denton 34
  3. 3 Elton and Orston 56
  4. 4 Kirton Lindsey 94
  5. 5 Reddish South 100
  6. 6 Coombe Junction Halt 120
  7. 7 Ince and Elton 130
  8. 8 Shippea Hill 142
  9. 9 Polesworth 188
  10. 10 Chapelton 194

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for England peaked during 2018-19 with 2,932,102,690 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 23% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 83% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for England table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-981,183,332,087
1998-991,353,163,284
1999-001,384,299,000
2000-011,393,629,327
2001-021,404,955,138
2002-031,440,795,981
2003-04 
2004-051,504,892,117
2005-061,529,888,540
2006-071,851,631,793
2007-081,982,053,372
2008-092,069,367,096
2009-102,038,683,219
2010-112,221,691,725
2011-122,362,408,367
2012-132,440,657,584
2013-142,574,470,278
2014-152,686,475,925
2015-162,686,205,779
2016-172,835,457,230
2017-182,841,872,285
2018-192,932,102,690
2019-202,900,686,870
2020-21671,382,876
2021-221,721,137,228
2022-232,411,264,260
2023-24