Wigan Railway Statistics

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

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Wigan North Western 1,259,944
  2. 2 Wigan Wallgate 1,161,212
  3. 3 Atherton 204,852
  4. 4 Hindley 148,348
  5. 5 Bryn 98,146
  6. 6 Orrell 77,698
  7. 7 Gathurst 73,518
  8. 8 Hag Fold 62,586
  9. 9 Pemberton 39,210
  10. 10 Ince 35,498

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 23% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 71% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Wigan table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-981,922,871
1998-991,896,675
1999-002,051,082
2000-012,051,292
2001-022,116,025
2002-031,961,270
2003-04 
2004-052,219,891
2005-062,464,735
2006-072,484,127
2007-082,615,313
2008-093,314,407
2009-103,431,984
2010-113,797,870
2011-124,048,392
2012-134,065,222
2013-144,131,872
2014-154,161,162
2015-164,161,162
2016-174,280,690
2017-184,123,510
2018-194,303,948
2019-204,273,070
2020-21986,652
2021-222,968,188
2022-233,019,140
2023-24 
2024-25