North West Railway Statistics

There are 336 railway stations in North West.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Manchester Piccadilly 23,558,364
  2. 2 Liverpool Central 11,401,980
  3. 3 Liverpool Lime Street 11,101,930
  4. 4 Manchester Victoria 7,002,544
  5. 5 Moorfields 5,100,886
  6. 6 Manchester Oxford Road 4,657,936
  7. 7 Preston 4,236,536
  8. 8 Chester 4,121,592
  9. 9 Manchester Airport 3,916,932
  10. 10 Southport 3,339,582

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Denton 34
  2. 2 Reddish South 100
  3. 3 Ince and Elton 130
  4. 4 Clifton 208
  5. 5 Ardwick 324
  6. 6 Hoscar 914
  7. 7 Nethertown 960
  8. 8 Braystones 1,282
  9. 9 Salwick 1,532
  10. 10 New Lane 2,188

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