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
| Rank | Railway Station | Annual entries/exits 2017–18 | Annual interchanges 2017–18 | Location | Main Services | Number of platforms | Interchange systems | Image |
| 1 | London Waterloo | 94.345 | 5.859 | London | South Western Main Line West of England Main Line | London Underground | ||
| 2 | London Victoria | 74.955 | 6.126 | London | Brighton Main Line Chatham Main Line | London Underground | ||
| 3 | London Liverpool Street | 66.967 | 3.790 | London | Great Eastern Main Line West Anglia Main Line | London Underground, London Overground, TfL Rail | ||
| 4 | London Bridge | 48.453 | 7.393 | London | South Eastern Main Line Brighton Main Line Thameslink | London Underground | ||
| 5 | London Euston | 44.746 | 4.073 | London | West Coast Main Line | London Underground, London Overground | ||
| 6 | Birmingham New Street | 43.741 | 6.870 | Birmingham | West Coast Main Line Cross Country Route | West Midlands Metro | ||
| 7 | Stratford | 40.077 | 4.556 | London | Great Eastern Main Line Lea Valley Lines | London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, London Overground, TfL Rail | ||
| 8 | London Paddington | 36.578 | 2.704 | London | Great Western Main Line South Wales Main Line Reading to Plymouth Line | London Underground | ||
| 9 | London St Pancras | 34.622 | 4.393 | London | Midland Main Line Thameslink Eurostar | London Underground | ||
| 10 | London King's Cross | 33.905 | 4.687 | London | East Coast Main Line | London Underground | ||
| 11 | Glasgow Central | 32.916 | 3.867 | Glasgow | West Coast Main Line | Glasgow Subway | ||
| 12 | Leeds | 31.108 | 3.107 | Leeds | East Coast Main Line Midland Main Line Cross Country Route | |||
| 13 | Highbury and Islington | 29.508 | 5.220 | London | North London Line East London Line Northern City Line | London Underground, London Overground | ||
| 14 | Clapham Junction | 29.444 | 29.604 | London | South Western Main Line West of England Main Line Brighton Main Line | London Overground | ||
| 15 | London Charing Cross | 28.344 | 0.833 | London | South Eastern Main Line | London Underground | ||
| 16 | Manchester Piccadilly | 27.724 | 2.629 | Manchester | West Coast Main Line | Manchester Metrolink | ||
| 17 | East Croydon | 23.634 | 6.755 | London | Brighton Main Line | Croydon Tramlink | ||
| 18 | London Cannon Street | 23.447 | 0.290 | London | South Eastern Main Line | London Underground | ||
| 19 | Edinburgh Waverley | 23.334 | 1.605 | Edinburgh | East Coast Main Line West Coast Main Line | Edinburgh Trams | ||
| 20 | Vauxhall | 20.619 | 0.000 | London | South Western Main Line | London Underground | ||
| 21 | Gatwick Airport | 20.328 | 1.212 | Gatwick Airport | Brighton Main Line Gatwick Express | |||
| 22 | Wimbledon | 18.509 | 1.151 | London | South Western Main Line | London Underground, Croydon Tramlink | ||
| 23 | London Fenchurch Street | 18.399 | 0.888 | London | London, Tilbury & Southend Line | |||
| 24 | Reading | 16.980 | 4.179 | Reading | Great Western Main Line | |||
| 25 | Brighton | 16.929 | 1.596 | Brighton | Brighton Main Line West Coastway Line | East Coastway Line | ||
| 26 | London Marylebone | 16.693 | 0.697 | London | Chiltern Main Line | London Underground | ||
| 27 | Liverpool Central | 16.466 | 0.321 | Liverpool | Merseyrail services | |||
| 28 | Glasgow Queen Street | 16.398 | 2.189 | Glasgow | Glasgow to Edinburgh | Glasgow Subway |
Below this, station usage was as follows:
- Whitechapel, Barking, Cardiff Central, Farringdon, Cambridge, Richmond, Bristol Temple Meads, London Blackfriars, Lewisham, West Ham, and Moorgate reported over 10 million passengers.
- A further 55 stations had reported 5 to 10 million passengers
- 464 had reported passengers of 1–5 million
- 328 had reported passengers of 500,001–1 million
- 497 had reported passengers of 200,001–500,000
- 337 had reported passengers of 100,001–200,000
- 261 had reported passengers of 50,001–100,000
- 332 had reported passengers of 10,001–50,000
- 190 had reported passengers of 1,001–10,000
- 49 had reported passengers of 101–1,000
- In 2017–18, five stations: Stanlow & Thornton, Teesside Airport, Denton, Barry Links and Redcar British Steel had reported fewer than 100 passengers.
London termini
| Rank | Station | Annual entries/exits 2017–18 | Annual interchanges 2017–18 |
| 1 | ' | 94.345 | 5.859 |
| 2 | Victoria | 74.955 | 6.126 |
| 3 | ' | 66.967 | 3.790 |
| 4 | ' | 48.453 | 7.393 |
| 5 | ' | 44.746 | 4.073 |
| 6 | ' | 36.578 | 2.704 |
| 7 | ' | 34.622 | 4.393 |
| 8 | King's Cross | 33.905 | 4.687 |
| 9 | ' | 28.344 | 0.833 |
| 10 | ' | 22.446 | 0.290 |
| 11 | ' | 20.619 | 0 |
| 12 | ' | 18.399 | 0.888 |
| 13 | ' | 16.693 | 0.697 |
| 14 | ' | 12.618 | 0.168 |
| 15 | ' | 10.802 | 0.920 |
| 16 | ' | 10.434 | 0.903 |
| 17 | ' | 9.931 | 0.827 |
| 18 | ' | 6.433 | 0.016 |
| 19 | ' | 4.049 | 0.004 |
| 20 | ' | 3.172 | 0.323 |
Other London stations
This is a list of the 20 busiest stations in Greater London, excluding those listed above under the London termini.| Rank | Station | Annual entries/exits 2017–18 | Annual interchanges 2017–18 |
| 1 | ' | 40.077 | 4.556 |
| 2 | ' | 29.444 | 26.904 |
| 3 | ' | 29.508 | 5.220 |
| 4 | ' | 24.997 | <0.001 |
| 5 | ' | 23.634 | 6.755 |
| 6 | ' | 18.509 | 1.151 |
| 7 | ' | 14.442 | 0.000 |
| 8 | ' | 13.473 | 0.701 |
| 9 | Richmond | 11.494 | 1.634 |
| 10 | ' | 10.713 | 2.201 |
| 11 | ' | 10.553 | 0.012 |
| 12 | ' | 9.137 | 0.698 |
| 13 | ' | 8.799 | 0.000 |
| 14 | ' | 8.703 | 0.732 |
| 15 | ' | 8.586 | 0.613 |
| 16 | ' | 8.551 | 1.050 |
| 17 | ' | 8.463 | 0.393 |
| 18 | ' | 8.171 | 0.366 |
| 19 | ' | 8.169 | 0.032 |
| 20 | 7.953 | 0.028 |
Stations outside London
This is a list of the 20 busiest stations in Great Britain outside London.| Rank | Railway Station | Annual entries/exits 2017–18 | Annual interchanges 2017–18 |
| 1 | ' | 43.741 | 6.870 |
| 2 | ' | 32.916 | 3.867 |
| 3 | ' | 31.108 | 3.107 |
| 4 | ' | 27.724 | 2.629 |
| 5 | ' | 23.334 | 1.605 |
| 6 | ' | 20.328 | 1.212 |
| 7 | ' | 16.980 | 4.179 |
| 8 | ' | 16.929 | 1.596 |
| 9 | ' | 16.466 | 0.321 |
| 10 | ' | 16.398 | 2.189 |
| 11 | ' | 16.032 | 1.925 |
| 12 | ' | 12.952 | 1.948 |
| 13 | ' | 11.530 | 0.551 |
| 14 | ' | 11.350 | 1.477 |
| 15 | ' | 9.833 | 1.142 |
| 16 | ' | 9.667 | 1.064 |
| 17 | ' | 8.934 | 0.032 |
| 18 | ' | 8.756 | 0.390 |
| 19 | ' | 8.619 | 0.057 |
| 20 | ' | 8.558 | 0.920 |