Yorkshire and The Humber Railway Statistics

There are 187 railway stations in Yorkshire and The Humber.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Leeds 24,891,386
  2. 2 Sheffield 9,449,310
  3. 3 York 9,185,236
  4. 4 Doncaster 3,915,952
  5. 5 Huddersfield 3,021,982
  6. 6 Hull 2,639,696
  7. 7 Bradford Interchange 2,328,886
  8. 8 Wakefield Westgate 2,057,144
  9. 9 Meadowhall 1,678,346
  10. 10 Halifax 1,620,970

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Kirton Lindsey 294
  2. 2 Rawcliffe 498
  3. 3 Hensall 802
  4. 4 Broomfleet 894
  5. 5 Thornton Abbey 946
  6. 6 Wressle 948
  7. 7 Brigg 1,018
  8. 8 Saltmarshe 1,180
  9. 9 Whitley Bridge 1,202
  10. 10 Barrow Haven 1,236

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Yorkshire and The Humber peaked during 2017-18 with 118,694,496 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 22% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 80% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Yorkshire and The Humber table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9847,784,668
1998-9950,616,821
1999-0054,252,318
2000-0151,552,996
2001-0250,234,782
2002-0351,901,055
2003-04 
2004-0564,750,835
2005-0668,544,856
2006-0771,554,595
2007-0874,262,278
2008-0991,028,468
2009-1090,994,562
2010-1199,565,171
2011-12102,899,546
2012-13105,107,634
2013-14107,729,941
2014-15112,724,818
2015-16112,724,818
2016-17118,598,260
2017-18118,694,496
2018-19117,406,476
2019-20118,310,572
2020-2125,677,362
2021-2282,034,788
2022-2395,009,328
2023-24