# List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain (2021–22)

This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Great Britain on the National Rail network for the 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 financial year. The dataset records patterns of mobility during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, with significantly reduced levels of mobility compared with the 2019–20 data. Extended periods of significantly reduced commuting and long distance travel caused many major stations to drop in the ranking. During 2021–22 there were 990million passenger journeys on the network, compared to 388million in 2020–21 and 1,739 million in 2019–20. With pandemic restrictions eliminated during the year, passenger levels during 2021–22 were more than double those of the previous year. The busiest station was London Waterloo, replacing Stratford which was top of the ranking the previous year.

## 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 2021–22. The data count entries and exits at any station. 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. Only tickets sold for National Rail services are included; some stations may also be served by underground metro or urban light rail networks. Stations serving solely the London Underground, light rail, special tours or heritage railways are therefore excluded. The London Overground, TfL Rail and Merseyrail are included in the data. Data for 2021–22 was published on 24 November 2022.

## All stations

During 2021–22 there were 24 stations with more than 10 million entries and exits, compared to five stations the previous year and 43 in 2019–20.
| Rank | Railway station | Annual entries/exits (millions) 2021–22 | Annual entries/exits (millions) 2020–21 | Location | Main services | Number of platforms | Interchange systems |
| 1 | London Waterloo | 41.426 | 12.215 | London | South West Main LineWest of England Main Line | 24 | London Underground |
| 2 | London Victoria | 36.776 | 13.791 | London | Brighton Main LineChatham Main Line | 19 | London Underground |
| 3 | London Bridge | 33.309 | 13.764 | London | South Eastern Main LineBrighton Main LineThameslink | 15 | London Underground |
| 4 | London Liverpool Street | 32.165 | 11.212 | London | Great Eastern Main LineWest Anglia Main LineLondon OvergroundTfL Rail | 17 | London Underground |
| 5 | Stratford | 28.182 | 13.985 | London | Great Eastern Main LineLea Valley LinesLondon OvergroundTfL Rail | 9 | London UndergroundDocklands Light Railway |
| 6 | London Paddington | 23.870 | 6.392 | London | Great Western Main LineSouth Wales Main LineReading to Plymouth LineTfL Rail | 13 | London Underground |
| 7 | London Euston | 23.097 | 6.607 | London | West Coast Main LineLondon Overground | 18 | London Underground |
| 8 | Birmingham New Street | 22.682 | 7.351 | Birmingham | West Coast Main LineCross Country Route | 13 | West Midlands Metro |
| 9 | London King's Cross | 20.476 | 4.668 | London | East Coast Main Line | 11 | London Underground |
| 10 | Manchester Piccadilly | 19.581 | 5.188 | Manchester | West Coast Main Line | 14 | Manchester Metrolink |
| 11 | Leeds | 19.263 | 5.854 | Leeds | East Coast Main LineMidland Main LineCross Country Route | 18 | |
| 12 | London St Pancras International | 18.995 | 6.363 | London | Midland Main LineThameslinkHigh Speed 1 | 15 | London UndergroundEurostar |
| 13 | Highbury & Islington | 17.816 | 8.661 | London | London OvergroundNorthern City Line | 6 | London Underground |
| 14 | Clapham Junction | 17.397 | 8.371 | London | South West Main LineWest of England Main LineBrighton Main LineLondon Overground | 17 | |
| 15 | London Charing Cross | 15.733 | 5.373 | London | South Eastern Main Line | 6 | London Underground |
| 16 | Glasgow Central | 15.322 | 5.325 | Glasgow | West Coast Main Line | 17 | Glasgow Subway |
| 17 | East Croydon | 14.504 | 6.695 | London | Brighton Main Line | 6 | Tramlink |
| 18 | Canada Water | 13.645 | 5.576 | London | London Overground | 2 | London Underground |
| 19 | Edinburgh Waverley | 13.617 | 2.958 | Edinburgh | East Coast Main LineWest Coast Main Line | 20 | Edinburgh Trams |
| 20 | Vauxhall | 11.651 | 4.987 | London | South West Main Line | 8 | London Underground |
| 21 | Barking | 11.232 | 6.743 | London | London, Tilbury and Southend lineLondon Overground | 5 | London Underground |
| 22 | Brighton | 11.228 | 4.149 | Brighton | Brighton Main LineWest Coastway lineEast Coastway line | 8 | |
| 23 | Liverpool Central | 10.747 | 3.606 | Liverpool | Merseyrail | 3 | |
| 24 | Liverpool Lime Street | 10.464 | 3.511 | Liverpool | West Coast Main LineLiverpool to Manchester LinesMerseyrail | 10 | |
| 25 | Wimbledon | 9.952 | 4.433 | London | South West Main Line | 4 | London UndergroundTramlink |
| 26 | Whitechapel | 9.273 | 4.142 | London | London Overground | 2 | London Underground |
| 27 | Reading | 8.818 | 2.963 | Reading | Great Western Main Line | 15 | |
| 28 | Glasgow Queen Street | 8.467 | 2.299 | Glasgow | Glasgow to Edinburgh line | 9 | Glasgow Subway |
| 29 | York | 8.091 | 1.836 | York | East Coast Main Line | 11 | |
| 30 | London Fenchurch Street | 7.795 | 3.200 | London | London, Tilbury and Southend line | 4 | |
| 31 | London Marylebone | 7.488 | 2.035 | London | Chiltern Main Line | 6 | London Underground |
| 32 | Cardiff Central | 7.463 | 1.975 | Cardiff | South Wales Main Line | 8 | |
| 33 | West Ham | 7.450 | 4.012 | London | London, Tilbury and Southend line | 2 | London Underground Docklands Light Railway |
| 34 | Sheffield | 7.205 | 1.907 | Sheffield | Midland Main Line | 9 | Sheffield Supertram |
| 35 | Newcastle | 7.040 | 8.815 | Newcastle | East Coast Main Line | 12 | Tyne and Wear Metro |
| 36 | London Cannon Street | 7.023 | 2.684 | London | South Eastern Main Line | 7 | London Underground |
| 37 | Cambridge | 6.952 | 2.301 | Cambridge | West Anglia Main Line | 8 | |
| 38 | Farringdon | 6.865 | 2.643 | London | Thameslink | 2 | London Underground |
| 39 | Bristol Temple Meads | 6.628 | 2.033 | Bristol | South Wales Main LineCross Country RouteWessex Main Line | 13 | |
| 40 | Richmond | 6.423 | 2.699 | London | London Overground | 7 | London Underground |
| 41 | Romford | 6.287 | 3.133 | London | Great Eastern Main LineLondon OvergroundTfL Rail | 5 | |
| 42 | Tottenham Hale | 6.096 | 2.652 | London | West Anglia Main Line | 3 | London Underground |
| 43 | London Blackfriars | 5.982 | 2.100 | London | Thameslink | 4 | London Underground |
| 44 | Gatwick Airport | 5.919 | 1.686 | Crawley | Brighton Main Line | 7 | |
| 45 | Manchester Victoria | 5.820 | 1.542 | Manchester | | 6 | Manchester Metrolink |
| 46 | Seven Sisters | 5.400 | 2.359 | London | London Overground | 2 | London Underground |
| 47 | Willesden Junction | 5.357 | 2.796 | London | London Overground | 5 | London Underground |
| 48 | Lewisham | 5.248 | 2.555 | London | North Kent LineMid-Kent Line | 4 | Docklands Light Railway |
| 49 | Nottingham | 5.202 | 1.417 | Nottingham | Midland Main Line | 7 | Nottingham Express Transit |
| 50 | Waterloo East | 5.109 | 2.194 | London | South Eastern Main LineNorth Kent Line | 4 | London Underground |
| 51 | Oxford | 5.013 | 1.575 | Oxford | Cotswold LineOxford–Bicester line | 4 | |
| 52 | Shepherd's Bush | 5.009 | 2.272 | London | London Overground | 2 | London Underground |
| 53 | Surbiton | 4.987 | 1.945 | London | South West Main Line | 4 | |
| 54 | Shoreditch High Street | 4.843 | 1.403 | London | London Overground | 2 | |
| 55 | Moorfields | 4.808 | 1.613 | Liverpool | Merseyrail | 3 | |
| 56 | Ealing Broadway | 4.768 | 2.066 | London | Great Western Main LineTfL Rail | 4 | London Underground |
| 57 | Ilford | 4.754 | 2.536 | London | TfL Rail | 4 | |
| 58 | Coventry | 4.636 | 1.747 | Coventry | West Coast Main LineCross Country Route | 4 | |
| 59 | Finsbury Park | 4.599 | 2.014 | London | Northern City LineThameslink | 4 | London Underground |
| 60 | Bromley South | 4.600 | 2.025 | London | Chatham Main LineMaidstone East LineCatford Loop Line | 4 | |