List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain (2021–22)

This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Great Britain on the National Rail network for the 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 financial year. The dataset records patterns of mobility during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, with significantly reduced levels of mobility compared with the 2019–20 data. Extended periods of significantly reduced commuting and long distance travel caused many major stations to drop in the ranking. During 2021–22 there were 990million passenger journeys on the network, compared to 388million in 2020–21 and 1,739 million in 2019–20. With pandemic restrictions eliminated during the year, passenger levels during 2021–22 were more than double those of the previous year. The busiest station was London Waterloo, replacing Stratford which was top of the ranking the previous year.

Methodology The figures are collected by the Office of Rail and Road, and are estimates based on ticket usage data use of an Origin Destination Matrix, a comprehensive matrix of rail flows between stations throughout Great Britain in the financial year of 2021–22. The data count entries and exits at any station. Note that the data covers mainland Great Britain and surrounding small islands (such as the Isle of Wight), not the United Kingdom, and so exclude tickets within Northern Ireland and Eurostar. There are various further limits to the data due to the variety of ticketing options available on rail services within the UK; these are outlined in full in the report on the data. Only tickets sold for National Rail services are included; some stations may also be served by underground metro or urban light rail networks. Stations serving solely the London Underground, light rail, special tours or heritage railways are therefore excluded. The London Overground, TfL Rail and Merseyrail are included in the data. Data for 2021–22 was published on 24 November 2022.

All stations During 2021–22 there were 24 stations with more than 10million entries and exits, compared to five stations the previous year and 43 in 2019–20. RankRailway stationAnnual entries/exits (millions)

2021–22Annual entries/exits (millions)

2020–21LocationMain servicesNumber of platformsInterchange systemsImage1London Waterloo41.42612.215London Platforms 25 and 26 are part of the London Underground London Underground2London Victoria36.77613.791London London Underground 3London Bridge33.30913.764London London Underground4London Liverpool Street32.16511.212London One platform was removed in preparation for the Elizabeth line London Underground 5Stratford28.18213.985LondonExcluding London Underground and Docklands Light Railway, 4 and 7 disused, 3A, 4A, 4B, and 10A exist6London Paddington23.8706.392London Excluding London Underground, platform 13 closed London Underground 7London Euston23.0976.607London London Underground8Birmingham New Street22.6827.351Birmingham West Midlands Metro9London King's Cross20.4764.668LondonEast Coast Main Line Platform numbering starts at 0London Underground10Manchester Piccadilly19.5815.188Manchester West Coast Main Line Manchester Metrolink11Leeds19.2635.854Leeds 12London St Pancras International18.9956.363London 13Highbury & Islington17.8168.661LondonExcluding London Underground London Underground 14Clapham Junction17.3978.371London 15London Charing Cross15.7335.373LondonSouth Eastern Main Line London Underground16Glasgow Central15.3225.325GlasgowWest Coast Main Line Glasgow SubwaySt Enoch station is close by17East Croydon14.5046.695LondonBrighton Main Line Tramlink18Canada Water13.6455.576LondonLondon Overground London Underground19Edinburgh Waverley13.6172.958Edinburgh Edinburgh Trams20Vauxhall11.6514.987LondonSouth West Main Line London Underground 21Barking11.2326.743London London Underground 22Brighton11.2284.149Brighton 23Liverpool Central10.7473.606LiverpoolMerseyrail 24Liverpool Lime Street10.4643.511Liverpool 25Wimbledon9.9524.433LondonSouth West Main Line Excludes London Underground, 10a and 10b are Tramlink 26Whitechapel9.2734.142LondonLondon Overground London Underground 27Reading8.8182.963ReadingGreat Western Main Line 28Glasgow Queen Street8.467 2.299GlasgowGlasgow to Edinburgh line Glasgow SubwayBuchanan Street station is close by29York8.0911.836YorkEast Coast Main Line11 30London Fenchurch Street7.7953.200LondonLondon, Tilbury and Southend line 31London Marylebone7.488 2.035LondonChiltern Main Line London Underground 32Cardiff Central7.4631.975CardiffSouth Wales Main Line8 33West Ham7.4504.012LondonLondon, Tilbury and Southend lineExcluding London Underground and Docklands Light RailwayLondon Underground Docklands Light Railway 34Sheffield7.2051.907SheffieldMidland Main Line99 train, 2 tramSheffield Supertram35Newcastle7.0408.815 NewcastleEast Coast Main Line12Tyne and Wear Metro 36London Cannon Street7.023 2.684LondonSouth Eastern Main Line London Underground 37Cambridge6.9522.301CambridgeWest Anglia Main Line 38Farringdon6.865 2.643LondonThameslink London Underground 39Bristol Temple Meads6.628 2.033Bristol 40Richmond6.423 2.699LondonLondon OvergroundLondon Underground41Romford6.2873.133London542Tottenham Hale6.0962.652LondonWest Anglia Main Line3London Underground 43London Blackfriars5.982 2.100LondonThameslink London Underground44Gatwick Airport5.9191.686 CrawleyBrighton Main Line745Manchester Victoria5.820 1.542 Manchester6Manchester Metrolink46Seven Sisters5.4002.359LondonLondon Overground2London Underground47Willesden Junction5.3572.796LondonLondon Overground 5London Underground 48Lewisham5.248 2.555LondonDocklands Light Railway49Nottingham5.2021.417 NottinghamMidland Main Line7Nottingham Express Transit 50Waterloo East5.109 2.194LondonLondon Underground51Oxford5.0131.575 Oxford52Shepherd's Bush5.0092.272LondonLondon OvergroundLondon Underground 53Surbiton4.9871.945 LondonSouth West Main Line54Shoreditch High Street4.8431.403 LondonLondon Overground55Moorfields4.8081.613 LiverpoolMerseyrail56Ealing Broadway4.7682.066LondonLondon Underground57Ilford4.7542.536LondonTfL Rail4 operational; 1 disused58Coventry4.6361.747 Coventry59Finsbury Park4.5992.014LondonLondon Underground60Bromley South4.6002.025London

See also List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain (2022–23) List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain (2020–21) List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain (2019–20) List of busiest London Underground stations List of busiest railway stations in Europe List of busiest railway stations in North America List of busiest railway stations in West Yorkshire

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