List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain (2019–20)

This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Great Britain on the National Rail network for the 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 financial year. The dataset for the year was the last to show typical patterns of mobility prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, with many major stations falling down the ranking the following year. During 2019–20 there were 1,739 million passenger journeys on the network. London Waterloo was the busiest station during the year, marking 16 years at the top of the ranking.

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 2019–20. 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 (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. Data for 2019–20 was published on 1 December 2020.

All stations Only stations with annual entries and exits above 10 million passengers are shown. RankRailway stationAnnual entries/exits(millions)2019-20Annual interchanges (millions) 2019-20LocationMain servicesNumber of platformsInterchange systemsImage1London Waterloo86.9046.310 LondonSouth West Main LineWest of England Main Line Platforms 25 and 26 are part of the Underground London Underground2London Victoria73.5595.756LondonBrighton Main LineChatham Main Line London Underground 3London Liverpool Street65.9854.351LondonGreat Eastern Main LineWest Anglia Main Line London Underground, London Overground, TfL Rail 4London Bridge63.09510.678LondonSouth Eastern Main LineBrighton Main LineThameslink London Underground5Birmingham New Street46.5116.994BirminghamWest Coast Main LineCross Country Route West Midlands Metro 6London Paddington44.872.98LondonGreat Western Main LineSouth Wales Main LineReading to Plymouth Line Platforms 15 and 16 are part of the Underground, platform 13 closedLondon Underground, TfL Rail7London Euston44.7774.357LondonWest Coast Main Line London Underground, London Overground8Stratford41.9124.882LondonGreat Eastern Main LineLea Valley Lines 4 and 7 disused, 3A, 4A, 4B, and 10A exist London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, London Overground, TfL Rail 9London St Pancras International 36.0404.777LondonMidland Main LineThameslink EurostarSouth Eastern High Speed London Underground10London King's Cross32.5322.412LondonEast Coast Main Line Starts at 0London Underground11Glasgow Central32.465-GlasgowWest Coast Main Line Glasgow Subway12Manchester Piccadilly32.199-Manchester West Coast Main Line Manchester Metrolink13Leeds31.021-LeedsEast Coast Main LineMidland Main LineCross Country Route 14Highbury and Islington29.3993.397LondonNorth London LineEast London Line Northern City Line London Underground, London Overground15London Charing Cross28.3440.833LondonSouth Eastern Main Line London Underground16Clapham Junction28.89226.903LondonSouth West Main LineWest of England Main LineBrighton Main Line London Overground17East Croydon25.0065.463LondonBrighton Main Line Croydon Tramlink18Edinburgh Waverley23.0881.792EdinburghEast Coast Main Line Edinburgh Trams19Canada Water24.997<0.001LondonEast London Line London Underground20Gatwick Airport21.0511.527Gatwick AirportBrighton Main Line Gatwick Express 21Vauxhall19.997-LondonSouth West Main Line London Underground 22London Cannon Street18.513-LondonSouth Eastern Main Line London Underground23London Fenchurch Street17.717-LondonLondon, Tilbury & Southend Line 24Brighton17.3561.660BrightonBrighton Main LineWest Coastway Line East Coastway Line25Wimbledon17.2821.076LondonSouth West Main Line 10a and 10b are Croydon TramlinkLondon Underground, Croydon Tramlink26Reading16.753-ReadingGreat Western Main Line 27Glasgow Queen Street16.686-GlasgowGlasgow to Edinburgh Glasgow Subway28Farringdon16.4970.399LondonThameslink London Underground29Liverpool Central16.4550.649LiverpoolMerseyrail services (Wirral and Northern lines) 30Liverpool Lime Street16.0221.190LiverpoolWest Coast Main LineLiverpool to Manchester Lines Merseyrail Wirral line 31London Marylebone15.7960.853LondonChiltern Main Line London Underground 32Barking13.8310.627LondonLondon, Tilbury and Southend line London Underground 33Whitechapel13.8310.627LondonLondon Overground London Underground 34Blackfriars12.9932.932LondonThameslink London Underground35Cardiff Central12.6712.033CardiffSouth Wales Main Line 36Bristol Temple Meads11.6191.632BristolSouth Wales Main LineCross Country RouteWessex Main Line 37Cambridge11.6000.627CambridgeWest Anglia Main Line 38Richmond11.0031.539LondonLondon OvergroundLondon Underground39West Ham10.181-LondonLondon, Tilbury and Southend lineLondon Underground 40Sheffield10.0951.050SheffieldCross Country Route Midland Main LineSheffield Supertram41York10.0850.775YorkCross Country Route East Coast Main Line 42Waterloo East10.0750.863LondonSouth Eastern Main Line North Kent LineLondon Underground (close by)43Lewisham10.0052.564LondonMid-Kent LineDocklands Light Railway

See also List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain (2020–21) List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain (2021–22) 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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