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North West Railway Statistics

There are 336 railway stations in North West.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Manchester Piccadilly 25,776,162
  2. 2 Liverpool Central 12,610,748
  3. 3 Liverpool Lime Street 12,278,888
  4. 4 Manchester Victoria 7,661,766
  5. 5 Moorfields 5,641,652
  6. 6 Manchester Oxford Road 5,096,436
  7. 7 Manchester Airport 4,855,034
  8. 8 Preston 4,835,240
  9. 9 Chester 4,727,440
  10. 10 Stockport 3,777,068

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Denton 54
  2. 2 Ince and Elton 86
  3. 3 Reddish South 128
  4. 4 Clifton 202
  5. 5 Ardwick 396
  6. 6 Hoscar 800
  7. 7 Nethertown 1,030
  8. 8 Sankey For Penketh 1,362
  9. 9 Braystones 1,532
  10. 10 Salwick 1,548

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for North West peaked during 2019-20 with 250,780,534 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 22% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 73% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for North West table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9880,735,348
1998-9981,644,127
1999-0086,639,538
2000-0185,688,515
2001-0284,745,483
2002-0383,772,746
2003-04 
2004-0598,035,073
2005-06106,905,010
2006-07111,684,879
2007-08119,300,674
2008-09185,944,689
2009-10184,981,135
2010-11194,483,107
2011-12200,131,615
2012-13196,617,966
2013-14211,171,076
2014-15215,430,851
2015-16215,430,851
2016-17229,793,302
2017-18229,883,181
2018-19233,653,058
2019-20250,780,534
2020-2154,995,220
2021-22162,141,932
2022-23182,406,492
2023-24