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South East Railway Statistics

"South East" is a region of England. There are 430 railway stations in South East.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Gatwick Airport 19,489,656
  2. 2 Brighton 14,547,650
  3. 3 Reading 13,490,220
  4. 4 Oxford 6,786,626
  5. 5 Woking 6,013,940
  6. 6 Guildford 5,883,734
  7. 7 Southampton Central 5,795,080
  8. 8 Milton Keynes Central 5,559,150
  9. 9 Slough 5,383,958
  10. 10 Dartford 4,497,840

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Doleham 1,038
  2. 2 Finstock 1,112
  3. 3 Ascott-under-wychwood 1,392
  4. 4 Combe 1,554
  5. 5 Shipton 3,692
  6. 6 Pevensey Bay 5,828
  7. 7 Fenny Stratford 6,420
  8. 8 Appleford 7,306
  9. 9 Faygate 7,756
  10. 10 Swale 8,014

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 23% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 76% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for South East table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-98207,210,940
1998-99222,484,083
1999-00240,048,490
2000-01246,240,766
2001-02248,129,281
2002-03253,289,755
2003-04 
2004-05270,311,875
2005-06279,201,973
2006-07304,396,138
2007-08329,564,352
2008-09333,140,133
2009-10326,593,173
2010-11341,527,637
2011-12355,396,414
2012-13361,088,068
2013-14369,776,681
2014-15381,209,368
2015-16381,209,368
2016-17379,679,336
2017-18386,039,538
2018-19399,578,764
2019-20390,472,864
2020-2188,872,902
2021-22234,428,172
2022-23297,262,686
2023-24 
2024-25