Swale Railway Statistics

There are nine railway stations in Swale.

Busiest Stations

The nine Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Sittingbourne 2,084,144
  2. 2 Faversham 1,327,828
  3. 3 Sheerness-On-Sea 407,550
  4. 4 Kemsley 200,242
  5. 5 Queenborough 179,236
  6. 6 Teynham 168,386
  7. 7 Newington 126,302
  8. 8 Selling 90,862
  9. 9 Swale 8,014

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Swale peaked during 2008-09 with 5,069,144 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 32% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 0% by 2024.

Passenger Estimates for Swale table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-983,543,346
1998-993,858,238
1999-004,172,722
2000-014,196,174
2001-024,346,535
2002-034,302,690
2003-04 
2004-054,460,190
2005-064,547,628
2006-074,746,489
2007-085,009,855
2008-095,069,144
2009-104,676,838
2010-114,671,854
2011-124,564,712
2012-134,340,666
2013-144,274,390
2014-154,471,982
2015-164,471,982
2016-174,724,268
2017-184,925,390
2018-195,031,166
2019-204,972,590
2020-211,584,120
2021-223,707,936
2022-234,147,332
2023-24