List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain


This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Great Britain on the National Rail network. 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 2017–18. The data count entries and exits at any station. Only tickets sold for National Rail services are included. As such, London Underground, special tours, local light rail and heritage railway tickets are excluded. Note that the data covers mainland Great Britain and surrounding small islands, 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 the top 30 stations are shown.

List

RankRailway StationAnnual entries/exits

2017–18
Annual interchanges

2017–18
LocationMain ServicesNumber of platformsInterchange systemsImage
1London Waterloo94.3455.859LondonSouth Western Main Line
West of England Main Line
London Underground
2London Victoria74.9556.126LondonBrighton Main Line
Chatham Main Line
London Underground
3London Liverpool Street66.9673.790LondonGreat Eastern Main Line
West Anglia Main Line
London Underground, London Overground, TfL Rail
4London Bridge48.4537.393LondonSouth Eastern Main Line
Brighton Main Line
Thameslink
London Underground
5London Euston44.7464.073LondonWest Coast Main LineLondon Underground, London Overground
6Birmingham New Street43.7416.870BirminghamWest Coast Main Line
Cross Country Route
West Midlands Metro
7Stratford40.0774.556LondonGreat Eastern Main Line
Lea Valley Lines
London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, London Overground, TfL Rail
8London Paddington36.5782.704LondonGreat Western Main Line
South Wales Main Line
Reading to Plymouth Line
London Underground
9London St Pancras34.6224.393LondonMidland Main Line
Thameslink
Eurostar
London Underground
10London King's Cross33.9054.687LondonEast Coast Main Line London Underground
11Glasgow Central32.9163.867GlasgowWest Coast Main LineGlasgow Subway
12Leeds31.1083.107LeedsEast Coast Main Line
Midland Main Line
Cross Country Route
13Highbury and Islington29.5085.220LondonNorth London Line
East London Line
Northern City Line
London Underground, London Overground
14Clapham Junction29.44429.604LondonSouth Western Main Line
West of England Main Line
Brighton Main Line
London Overground
15London Charing Cross28.3440.833LondonSouth Eastern Main LineLondon Underground
16Manchester Piccadilly27.7242.629ManchesterWest Coast Main LineManchester Metrolink
17East Croydon23.6346.755LondonBrighton Main LineCroydon Tramlink
18London Cannon Street23.4470.290LondonSouth Eastern Main LineLondon Underground
19Edinburgh Waverley23.3341.605EdinburghEast Coast Main Line
West Coast Main Line
Edinburgh Trams
20Vauxhall20.6190.000LondonSouth Western Main LineLondon Underground
21Gatwick Airport20.3281.212Gatwick AirportBrighton Main Line
Gatwick Express
22Wimbledon18.5091.151LondonSouth Western Main LineLondon Underground, Croydon Tramlink
23London Fenchurch Street18.3990.888LondonLondon, Tilbury & Southend Line
24Reading16.9804.179ReadingGreat Western Main Line
25Brighton16.9291.596BrightonBrighton Main Line
West Coastway Line
East Coastway Line
26London Marylebone16.6930.697LondonChiltern Main LineLondon Underground
27Liverpool Central16.4660.321LiverpoolMerseyrail services
28Glasgow Queen Street16.3982.189GlasgowGlasgow to EdinburghGlasgow Subway

Below this, station usage was as follows:
This is a list of the 20 busiest stations in the "London terminals" station group.
RankStationAnnual entries/exits

2017–18
Annual interchanges

2017–18
1'94.3455.859
2Victoria74.9556.126
3'66.9673.790
4'48.4537.393
5'44.7464.073
6'36.5782.704
7'34.6224.393
8King's Cross33.9054.687
9'28.3440.833
10'22.4460.290
11'20.6190
12'18.3990.888
13'16.6930.697
14'12.6180.168
15'10.8020.920
16'10.4340.903
17'9.9310.827
18'6.4330.016
19'4.0490.004
20'3.1720.323

Other London stations

This is a list of the 20 busiest stations in Greater London, excluding those listed above under the London termini.
RankStationAnnual entries/exits

2017–18
Annual interchanges

2017–18
1'40.0774.556
2'29.44426.904
3'29.5085.220
4'24.997<0.001
5'23.6346.755
6'18.5091.151
7'14.4420.000
8'13.4730.701
9Richmond11.4941.634
10'10.7132.201
11'10.5530.012
12'9.1370.698
13'8.7990.000
14'8.7030.732
15'8.5860.613
16'8.5511.050
17'8.4630.393
18'8.1710.366
19'8.1690.032
207.9530.028

Stations outside London

This is a list of the 20 busiest stations in Great Britain outside London.
RankRailway StationAnnual entries/exits

2017–18
Annual interchanges

2017–18
1'43.7416.870
2'32.9163.867
3'31.1083.107
4'27.7242.629
5'23.3341.605
6'20.3281.212
7'16.9804.179
8'16.9291.596
9'16.4660.321
10'16.3982.189
11'16.0321.925
12'12.9521.948
13'11.5300.551
14'11.3501.477
15'9.8331.142
16'9.6671.064
17'8.9340.032
18'8.7560.390
19'8.6190.057
20'8.5580.920