Some stations are much busier than others (Image: Getty)
The busiest – and the quietest – train stations in the UK have been revealed.
Denton in is the least-used train station in Great Britain. There were just 54 passenger entries and exits at the station between April 2023 and March 2024 according to the latest statistics for the Office for Rail and Road.
That’s the equivalent of just one every 6.8 days, making it the least-used station in the country.
It is an improvement on the 34 times people either started or ended their journey at the station the previous year, when it was the second least used in the country after – which had been shut for most of the year.
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London Liverpool Street is the UK’s busiest train station (Image: Getty)
Shippea Hill in Cambridgeshire was the next least used station in the country with just 70 entries and exits. That’s the equivalent of one every 5.2 days. Ince and Elton in Cheshire was next with 86 passenger entries and exits, followed by Polesworth in Warwickshire with 118, Reddish South in Greater Manchester with 128, and Coombe Junction Halt in with 140.
is Great Britain’s busiest train station for the second year in a row. A total of 94.5 million passenger entries and exits were made from the station between April 2023 and March 2024.
The station was named the top one in the country for the first time last year following a boom in numbers from Crossrail. was the next busiest in the country with 66.9 million entries and exits, followed by Tottenham Court Road with 64.2 million, Waterloo with 62.5 million, and Stratford London with 56.6 million.
was the busiest station outside of the capital, with 33.3 million entries and exits. Manchester Piccadilly was next with 25.8 million, followed by Glasgow Central with 25.0 million and Leeds with 24.9 million.
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The 20 least used stations in Great Britain
- Station: Passenger entries and exitsDenton: 54
- Shippea Hill: 70
- Ince and Elton (Cheshire): 86
- Polesworth: 118
- Reddish South: 128
- Coombe Junction Halt: 140
- Chapelton (Devon): 186
- Clifton (Manchester): 202
- Elton and Orston: 212
- Kildonan: 240
- Scotscalder: 242
- Altnabreac: 250
- Beasdale: 260
- Kirton Lindsey: 294
- Culrain: 300
- Pilning: 330
- Buckenham: 360
- Thorpe Culvert: 364
- Lochluichart: 374
- Ardwick: 396
Top 20 busiest train stations in the country
- Station: Passenger entries and exits
- London Liverpool Street: 94,499,824
- London Paddington: 66,859,098
- Tottenham Court Road: 64,219,040
- London Waterloo: 62,525,274
- Stratford (London): 56,570,866
- London Victoria: 50,829,676
- London Bridge: 50,045,010
- Farringdon: 46,049,862
- Bond Street: 38,307,986
- London Euston: 36,185,290
- London St Pancras International: 35,959,980
- Whitechapel: 35,246,924
- Birmingham New Street: 33,335,376
- Manchester Piccadilly: 25,776,162
- Glasgow Central: 24,964,246
- Leeds: 24,891,386
- London Kings Cross: 24,483,826
- Clapham Junction: 22,858,198
- Highbury and Islington: 21,827,580
- Edinburgh: 21,307,916