South West Railway Statistics

There are 169 railway stations in South West.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Bristol Temple Meads 9,291,680
  2. 2 Bath Spa 5,468,466
  3. 3 Exeter St David\'s 2,617,322
  4. 4 Exeter Central 2,608,384
  5. 5 Swindon 2,588,014
  6. 6 Bournemouth 2,430,124
  7. 7 Plymouth 2,313,092
  8. 8 Cheltenham Spa 1,965,252
  9. 9 Bristol Parkway 1,823,646
  10. 10 Salisbury 1,621,562

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Coombe Junction Halt 120
  2. 2 Chapelton 194
  3. 3 Pilning 338
  4. 4 Lelant Saltings 652
  5. 5 Portsmouth Arms 798
  6. 6 Sandplace 1,154
  7. 7 St Keyne Wishing Well Halt 1,524
  8. 8 Causeland 1,588
  9. 9 Chetnole 2,048
  10. 10 St Budeaux Ferry Road 2,508

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for South West peaked during 2016-17 with 79,034,354 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 25% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 89% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for South West table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9834,338,816
1998-9934,939,940
1999-0036,748,928
2000-0136,672,507
2001-0237,845,659
2002-0340,349,480
2003-04 
2004-0543,778,836
2005-0645,800,160
2006-0749,384,092
2007-0853,355,217
2008-0957,879,037
2009-1058,471,936
2010-1163,287,362
2011-1268,000,280
2012-1369,307,392
2013-1470,895,103
2014-1574,278,098
2015-1674,278,098
2016-1779,034,354
2017-1878,567,874
2018-1978,361,954
2019-2078,704,504
2020-2119,752,930
2021-2256,756,890
2022-2370,077,000
2023-24