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 for the 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 financial year. The dataset records increased levels of mobility when compared with the 2023–2024 data and nearing a return to the peak of 2019–2020. During 2024–2025 there were 1,730 million passenger journeys on the network, compared to 1,610 million in 2023–2024 and 1,739 million in 2019–2020.[1] The busiest station was London Liverpool Street for a third 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 2024–2025. 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.[2]

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 and Elizabeth line are included in the data. Data for 2024–2025 was published on 4 December 2025.

All stations

During 2024–2025 there were 22 stations with more than 20 million entries and exits, compared to 20 stations the previous year and 20 in 2019–2020.

Rank Railway station Annual entries/exits

(millions)

2024–25

Annual entries/exits

(millions)

2023–24[3]

Location Main services Number of platforms Interchange systems Image
1 London Liverpool Street 98.016 94.499 London
19[note 1] London Underground
2 London Waterloo 70.390 62.525 London
24[note 2] London Underground
3 London Paddington 69.897 66.859 London
15[note 3] London Underground
4 Tottenham Court Road 68.134 64.219 London Elizabeth line 2[note 4] London Underground
5 London Bridge 53.784 50.045 London
15 London Underground
6 London Victoria 53.784 50.829 London
19 London Underground
7 Stratford 51.474 56.570 London
9[note 5]
8 Farringdon 50.171 46.049 London
  • Thameslink
  • Elizabeth line
 4[note 4] London Underground
9 Bond Street 42.752 38.307 London Elizabeth line 2[note 4] London Underground
10 London Euston 40.249 36.185 London
16 London Underground
11 London St Pancras International 38.843 35.959 London
15
12 Whitechapel 37.141 35.246 London
  • London Overground
  • Elizabeth line
 4[note 4] London Underground
13 Birmingham New Street 36.624 33.335 Birmingham
12 West Midlands Metro
14 London King's Cross 27.727 24.483 London East Coast Main Line 11[note 6] London Underground
15 Manchester Piccadilly 27.402 25.776 Manchester West Coast Main Line 14 Manchester Metrolink
16 Leeds 27.310 24.891 Leeds
  • East Coast Main Line
  • Midland Main Line
  • Cross Country Route
 18[note 6]
17 Glasgow Central 25.294 24.964 Glasgow West Coast Main Line 17 Glasgow Subway[note 7]
18 Clapham Junction 24.448 22.858 London
  • South West Main Line
  • West of England Main Line
  • Brighton Main Line
  • London Overground
 17
19 Highbury & Islington 23.983 21.827 London
6[note 4] London Underground
20 Edinburgh Waverley 22.755 21.307 Edinburgh East Coast Main Line
West Coast Main Line		 20 Edinburgh Trams
21 East Croydon 21.211 19.605 London Brighton Main Line 6 Tramlink
22 Gatwick Airport 20.592 19.490 Crawley Brighton Main Line 7

See also

Notes

  1. ^ One platform was removed and two added with the opening of the Elizabeth line
  2. ^ Platforms 25 and 26 are part of the London Underground
  3. ^ Excluding London Underground, platform 13 closed, two platforms were added with the opening of the Elizabeth line
  4. ^ a b c d e Excluding London Underground
  5. ^ Excluding London Underground and Docklands Light Railway, 4 and 7 disused, 3A, 4A, 4B, and 10A exist
  6. ^ a b Platform numbering starts at 0
  7. ^ St Enoch station is close by

References

  1. ^ "Estimates of station usage 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025" (PDF). Office of Rail and Road. 4 December 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Station usage quality and methodology report" (PDF). Office of Rail and Road data portal. Office of Rail and Road. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Estimates of station usage". ORR Data Portal. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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