North East Railway Statistics

There are fifty-five railway stations in North East.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Newcastle 9,148,930
  2. 2 Durham 2,604,076
  3. 3 Darlington 2,349,906
  4. 4 Middlesbrough 1,466,884
  5. 5 Berwick-Upon-Tweed 629,944
  6. 6 Hartlepool 626,976
  7. 7 Sunderland 598,916
  8. 8 Thornaby 585,806
  9. 9 Morpeth 519,368
  10. 10 MetroCentre 518,700

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Acklington 550
  2. 2 Chathill 1,264
  3. 3 Pegswood 1,500
  4. 4 Widdrington 2,270
  5. 5 Bardon Mill 10,736
  6. 6 Riding Mill 29,734
  7. 7 Marton 30,386
  8. 8 Heighington 34,084
  9. 9 Manors 35,892
  10. 10 South Bank 38,302

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for North East peaked during 2019-20 with 22,237,120 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 21% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 95% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for North East table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9812,706,117
1998-9913,416,180
1999-0014,121,187
2000-0113,119,665
2001-0213,322,951
2002-0312,417,224
2003-04 
2004-0514,910,030
2005-0615,859,124
2006-0716,248,375
2007-0816,967,783
2008-0918,390,664
2009-1018,575,838
2010-1119,500,356
2011-1220,027,626
2012-1320,057,054
2013-1420,699,028
2014-1520,682,882
2015-1620,682,882
2016-1721,377,088
2017-1821,785,256
2018-1922,124,944
2019-2022,237,120
2020-214,589,448
2021-2218,364,336
2022-2321,087,790
2023-24