West Midlands Railway Statistics

There are 156 railway stations in West Midlands.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Birmingham New Street 30,726,280
  2. 2 Coventry 5,976,658
  3. 3 Birmingham Moor Street 5,525,776
  4. 4 Wolverhampton 4,445,864
  5. 5 Birmingham International 4,185,090
  6. 6 Birmingham Snow Hill 2,718,318
  7. 7 University 2,633,488
  8. 8 Stoke-On-Trent 2,505,388
  9. 9 Leamington Spa 2,090,736
  10. 10 Selly Oak 1,994,922

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Polesworth 188
  2. 2 Broome 622
  3. 3 Hopton Heath 724
  4. 4 Bearley 1,380
  5. 5 Bucknell 3,044
  6. 6 Claverdon 3,172
  7. 7 Prees 4,230
  8. 8 Danzey 4,860
  9. 9 Yorton 7,292
  10. 10 Bordesley 9,088

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for West Midlands peaked during 2018-19 with 167,321,566 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 19% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 68% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for West Midlands table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9841,478,443
1998-9948,026,728
1999-0045,278,034
2000-0144,422,891
2001-0245,961,541
2002-0347,556,116
2003-04 
2004-0552,704,331
2005-0656,764,128
2006-0761,018,495
2007-0864,477,127
2008-0997,728,377
2009-10100,415,364
2010-11104,146,206
2011-12119,379,578
2012-13121,953,360
2013-14129,261,796
2014-15132,420,618
2015-16132,420,618
2016-17150,596,866
2017-18156,714,634
2018-19167,321,566
2019-20164,902,954
2020-2130,913,488
2021-2287,854,222
2022-23111,807,800
2023-24