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Shropshire Railway Statistics

There are sixteen railway stations in Shropshire.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Shrewsbury 2,013,398
  2. 2 Ludlow 238,466
  3. 3 Gobowen 218,022
  4. 4 Shifnal 173,102
  5. 5 Whitchurch 135,830
  6. 6 Church Stretton 105,190
  7. 7 Wem 95,654
  8. 8 Albrighton 91,340
  9. 9 Craven Arms 86,754
  10. 10 Cosford 71,394

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Hopton Heath 1,292
  2. 2 Broome 1,300
  3. 3 Bucknell 3,264
  4. 4 Prees 5,750
  5. 5 Yorton 8,240

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Yorton peaked during 2018-19 with 3,633,126 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 24% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 0% by 2024.

Passenger Estimates for Yorton table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-981,839,585
1998-991,926,609
1999-001,929,946
2000-011,965,969
2001-022,038,844
2002-032,083,243
2003-04 
2004-052,163,308
2005-062,228,940
2006-072,324,790
2007-082,569,836
2008-092,790,288
2009-102,817,310
2010-112,914,604
2011-122,996,184
2012-133,009,502
2013-143,079,708
2014-153,248,156
2015-163,248,156
2016-173,479,096
2017-183,618,702
2018-193,633,126
2019-203,609,750
2020-21848,496
2021-222,533,254
2022-232,988,178
2023-24