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Manchester Railway Statistics

"Manchester" is a county in the North West region of England. There are fifteen railway stations in Manchester.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Manchester Piccadilly 25,776,162
  2. 2 Manchester Victoria 7,661,766
  3. 3 Manchester Oxford Road 5,096,436
  4. 4 Manchester Airport 4,855,034
  5. 5 Deansgate 1,059,228
  6. 6 Levenshulme 454,424
  7. 7 Mauldeth Road 302,858
  8. 8 East Didsbury 260,310
  9. 9 Burnage 160,364
  10. 10 Moston 94,478

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Ardwick 396
  2. 2 Belle Vue 12,580
  3. 3 Ryder Brow 25,788
  4. 4 Gorton 59,764
  5. 5 Ashburys 89,420

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 16% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 72% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Manchester table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9816,319,266
1998-9916,237,857
1999-0017,390,074
2000-0117,980,825
2001-0218,584,497
2002-0318,813,506
2003-04 
2004-0522,255,364
2005-0624,987,258
2006-0726,812,191
2007-0828,894,722
2008-0935,049,401
2009-1036,048,284
2010-1138,811,673
2011-1242,024,286
2012-1342,416,518
2013-1444,713,229
2014-1544,889,021
2015-1644,889,021
2016-1751,097,165
2017-1851,288,843
2018-1956,231,672
2019-2056,948,058
2020-218,905,750
2021-2233,357,482
2022-2341,257,562
2023-24 
2024-25