St. Helens Railway Statistics

"St. Helens" is a county in the North West region of England. There are ten railway stations in St. Helens.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Newton-le-willows 909,560
  2. 2 St Helens Central 619,262
  3. 3 Lea Green 318,812
  4. 4 Earlestown 301,522
  5. 5 St Helens Junction 194,372
  6. 6 Rainhill 173,758
  7. 7 Thatto Heath 142,354
  8. 8 Garswood 131,796
  9. 9 Eccleston Park 67,274
  10. 10 Rainford 21,072

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 22% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 75% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for St. Helens table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-981,207,828
1998-991,259,266
1999-001,366,262
2000-011,418,361
2001-021,468,703
2002-031,363,956
2003-04 
2004-051,656,278
2005-061,819,903
2006-071,840,352
2007-081,860,202
2008-093,410,274
2009-103,380,234
2010-113,632,006
2011-123,751,722
2012-133,602,138
2013-144,045,122
2014-154,043,526
2015-164,043,526
2016-174,455,422
2017-184,832,860
2018-193,105,022
2019-203,470,158
2020-21768,418
2021-222,445,462
2022-232,587,906
2023-24 
2024-25