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Shropshire Railway Statistics

There are sixteen railway stations in Shropshire.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Shrewsbury 1,848,336
  2. 2 Ludlow 234,958
  3. 3 Gobowen 194,734
  4. 4 Shifnal 142,132
  5. 5 Whitchurch 116,474
  6. 6 Church Stretton 110,636
  7. 7 Craven Arms 93,000
  8. 8 Wem 86,506
  9. 9 Albrighton 69,556
  10. 10 Cosford 62,352

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Broome 622
  2. 2 Hopton Heath 724
  3. 3 Bucknell 3,044
  4. 4 Prees 4,230
  5. 5 Yorton 7,292

Passenger Numbers

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

Usage dropped to 24% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 83% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Shropshire 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