Wiltshire Railway Statistics

There are thirteen railway stations in Wiltshire.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Salisbury 1,621,562
  2. 2 Chippenham 1,444,874
  3. 3 Trowbridge 734,768
  4. 4 Westbury 518,996
  5. 5 Bradford-On-Avon 426,700
  6. 6 Warminster 295,452
  7. 7 Pewsey 181,100
  8. 8 Tisbury 151,630
  9. 9 Bedwyn 81,534
  10. 10 Melksham 64,206

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Dilton Marsh 12,076
  2. 2 Avoncliff 23,402
  3. 3 Dean 28,230
  4. 4 Melksham 64,206
  5. 5 Bedwyn 81,534

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Wiltshire peaked during 2016-17 with 7,242,562 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 23% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 80% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Wiltshire table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-983,320,565
1998-993,440,901
1999-003,679,313
2000-013,811,607
2001-023,942,753
2002-034,245,890
2003-04 
2004-054,644,844
2005-064,816,007
2006-074,999,222
2007-085,203,188
2008-095,506,708
2009-105,527,724
2010-115,980,776
2011-126,284,616
2012-136,315,512
2013-146,620,317
2014-156,907,806
2015-166,907,806
2016-177,242,562
2017-187,032,316
2018-197,016,058
2019-206,960,640
2020-211,613,818
2021-224,600,314
2022-235,584,530
2023-24