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The UK’s top 20 busiest railways stations revealed

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The UK’s top 20 busiest railways stations revealed

One London station kept its top spot as UK’s busiest station (Picture: Shutterstock)

The busiest UK train stations have been named – and one station has retained its top spot with most passenger rail journeys.

Whether you love it or hate it, train travel remains popular judging by the number of passengers going through UK stations each year.

The festive travel season is almost upon us, and for many it will involve travelling through the busiest train station – London Liverpool Street on the Elizabeth line.

The central London travel hub was named the busiest last year to the end of March.

Passengers on the concourse of London Liverpool Street station.
London Liverpool Street is served by Greater Anglia, Stansted Express and Elizabeth line among others (Picture: Mike Kemp/Getty Images)

We have listed the top 20 busiest stations which recorded a whopping 836 million journeys between them.

UK’s busiest train stations

The ten busiest stations are all in London, while five stations outside the capital made the top 20 ranking.

London Liverpool Street took the top stop with around 94.4 million entries and exits in 2023-24, data from the Office of Rail and Road shows.

The busy station is used by commuters and tourists alike due to the Stansted Express, London Underground and National Rail connections.

The passenger numbers at Liverpool Street are up by 14.1 million from 80.4 million in 2022-23.

Top 20 busiest railway stations

  1. London Liverpool Street – 94,499,824
  2. London Paddington – 66,859,098
  3. Tottenham Court Road – 64,219,040
  4. London Waterloo – 62,525,274
  5. Stratford (London) – 56,570,866
  6. London Victoria – 50,829,676
  7. London Bridge – 50,045,010
  8. Farringdon – 46,049,862
  9. Bond Street – 38,307,986
  10. London Euston – 36,185,290
  11. London St Pancras International – 35,959,980
  12. Whitechapel – 35,246,924
  13. Birmingham New Street – 33,335,376
  14. Manchester Piccadilly – 25,776,162
  15. Glasgow Central – 24,964,246
  16. Leeds – 24,891,386
  17. London King’s Cross – 24,483,826
  18. Clapham Junction – 22,858,198
  19. Highbury and Islington – 21,827,580
  20. Edinburgh – 21,307,916

This is said to be due to the increased usage of the Elizabeth line.

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London Paddington retained the second position, while Tottenham Court Road took over London Waterloo as the third busiest.

People arriving at the London Paddington railway station train shed which dates from 1854 during Victorian times and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel on 30th June 2024 in London, United Kingdom. Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a Central London railway terminus and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington area. The site has been the London terminus of services provided by the Great Western Railway and its successors since 1838. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
London Paddington recorded around 67 million entries and exits through its ticket gates (Picture: Mike Kemp/Getty)

London Euston remained the tenth busiest station.

Outside of London, the busiest stations were Birmingham New Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Glashow Central, Leeds and Edinburgh.

What about the least used station?

The quietest station is Denton in Greater Manchester.

It only had 54 entries and exits last year and it is served by only two Northern trains per week – one to Stockport and one to Stalybridge on Saturday morning.

It might seem odd to run these services, but getting permission to close a route is harder than arranging for a train to stop.

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