Maidstone Railway Statistics

"Maidstone" is a county in the South East region of England. There are thirteen railway stations in Maidstone.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Maidstone East 1,283,080
  2. 2 Maidstone West 796,536
  3. 3 Staplehurst 688,210
  4. 4 Headcorn 536,506
  5. 5 Marden 446,330
  6. 6 Bearsted 290,212
  7. 7 Maidstone Barracks 255,648
  8. 8 Lenham 121,062
  9. 9 Harrietsham 90,560
  10. 10 Hollingbourne 57,744

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Beltring 15,040
  2. 2 East Farleigh 34,402
  3. 3 Yalding 37,554
  4. 4 Hollingbourne 57,744
  5. 5 Harrietsham 90,560

Passenger Numbers

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

Passenger Estimates for Maidstone table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-983,719,671
1998-993,766,822
1999-003,928,217
2000-013,922,983
2001-023,958,849
2002-034,020,825
2003-04 
2004-054,220,348
2005-064,448,411
2006-074,739,649
2007-085,173,954
2008-095,310,755
2009-104,862,702
2010-114,904,544
2011-125,015,694
2012-135,037,898
2013-145,025,809
2014-155,143,407
2015-165,143,407
2016-175,157,126
2017-185,247,581
2018-195,524,854
2019-205,443,052
2020-211,169,984
2021-223,242,030
2022-233,932,718
2023-24 
2024-25