Saturday 16th November 2024 As the Office of Rail & Road is soon to announce updated numbers of passengers using every railway station in Britain for the year ended March 2024, this monthly blog series counting down the previous year's top ten busiest stations finally reaches number 1 - which, for the first time, is... Continue Reading →
Saturday 19th October 2024 If you just look at Paddington's traditional platforms at ground level you would justifiably wonder how the station holds the title of second place Busiest Railway Station in Britain. It does so, of course, because of its two subterranean Platforms A and B for the Elizabeth Line. They make all the... Continue Reading →
Saturday 21st September 2024 We're now into the top three of this year's run down, month by month, of Britain's busiest railway stations, using the Office of Road and Rail’s statistics for the year ended March 2023. Which brings us to Waterloo. Pre-pandemic and pre-Elizabeth line, Waterloo always proudly held the top spot, but nothing's... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 13th August 2024 We're up to number 4 in this Pick of the Pops style countdown of Britain's busiest railway stations and after looking at Victoria in fifth place last month with its 45,563,972 passengers, just ahead of it in fourth place is fellow Brighton Line companion, London Bridge, boasting a couple of million... Continue Reading →
Saturday 13th July 2024 I’m back on the the top ten countdown of Britain's Busiest Railway Stations and at Number 5 it’s Victoria where Southern and Gatwick Express meet Southeastern in a divided station which historically was two separate entities from rival companies. Southeastern uses eight platforms (1-8) Southern uses nine (9-12 and 15-19) with... Continue Reading →
Saturday 18th May 2024 It's a measure of the impact of the Elizabeth line on London's public transport that yet another station that sees purple trains calling has a place in the Top 10 chart of Britain's busiest railway stations. Stratford appears at sixth place having clocked up 44,136,784 passenger entries and exits in the... Continue Reading →
Saturday 20th April 2024 The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) are at pains to point out on its website how its statistics on rail station usage can only be estimates: "as Great Britain does not have a fully gated rail network, a complete recording of passenger flows through stations is not possible, so some... Continue Reading →
Saturday 23rd March 2024 I still call it St Pancras even though it gained its International suffix back in 2007 and if you want to buy a ticket from a ticket machine to travel there you have to know to type in London St Pancras International. At 33,296,120 passenger journeys a year, it lies in... Continue Reading →
Thursday 22nd February 2024 I'm counting down Britain's (aka London's) top ten busiest railway stations according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), and after last month's entry, taking a look at Euston (at No 10), it's the turn of Farringdon. The station has stormed into the top ten thanks to the Elizabeth line... Continue Reading →
Saturday 27th January 2024 A new monthly blog series for 2024 kicks off today, taking a look at Britain's Top Ten Busiest Railway Stations. Except without giving away any spoilers, as well as being 'Britain's Top Ten' they're also 'London's Top Ten', as perhaps not surprisingly, that's where they're all located. So let's begin the... Continue Reading →
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