# List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain (2022–23)

This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Great Britain on the National Rail network for the 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 financial year. The dataset records patterns of mobility for the first full year after travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom were completely eliminated, with increased levels of mobility when compared with the 2021–22 data although still not fully recovered from 2019–20. During 2022–23 there were 1,385million passenger journeys on the network, compared to 990million in 2021–22 and 1,739 million in 2019–20. The opening of the Elizabeth line during 2022 increased passenger numbers at several stations and caused new entries to appear in the ranking at Tottenham Court Road (7th) and Bond Street (19th). The busiest station was London Liverpool Street, replacing London Waterloo 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 2022–23. The data count entries and exits at all stations. The data cover 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 are also 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 and Elizabeth line are included in the data. Data for 2022–23 were published on 14 December 2023.

## List of stations

During 2022–23 there were 18 stations with more than 20 million entries and exits, compared to 9 stations the previous year and 20 in 2019–20.
| Rank | Railway station | Annual entries/exits (millions) | Annual entries/exits (millions) | City | Main services | Number of platforms | Interchange systems | Image |
| Rank | Railway station | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | City | Main services | Number of platforms | Interchange systems | Image |
| 1 | London Liverpool Street | 80.448 | 32.165 | London | Great Eastern Main LineWest Anglia Main LineElizabeth lineLondon Overground | 19 | London Underground | |
| 2 | London Paddington | 59.182 | 23.870 | London | Great Western Main LineSouth Wales Main LineReading to Plymouth LineElizabeth line | 15 | London Underground | |
| 3 | London Waterloo | 57.789 | 41.426 | London | South West Main LineWest of England Main Line | 24 | London Underground | |
| 4 | London Bridge | 47.657 | 33.309 | London | South Eastern Main LineBrighton Main LineThameslink | 15 | London Underground | |
| 5 | London Victoria | 45.563 | 36.776 | London | Brighton Main LineChatham Main Line | 19 | London Underground | |
| 6 | Stratford | 44.136 | 28.182 | London | Great Eastern Main LineLea Valley linesElizabeth lineLondon Overground | 9 | London UndergroundDocklands Light Railway | |
| 7 | Tottenham Court Road | 34.877 | N/A | London | Elizabeth line | 2 | London Underground | |
| 8 | London St Pancras International | 33.296 | 18.995 | London | Midland Main LineThameslinkHigh Speed 1 | 15 | London UndergroundEurostar | |
| 9 | Farringdon | 31.459 | 6.865 | London | ThameslinkElizabeth line | 4 | London Underground | |
| 10 | London Euston | 31.318 | 23.097 | London | West Coast Main LineLondon Overground | 18 | London Underground | |
| 11 | Birmingham New Street | 30.726 | 22.682 | Birmingham | West Coast Main LineCross Country Route | 12 | West Midlands Metro | |
| 12 | Leeds | 23.964 | 19.263 | Leeds | East Coast Main LineMidland Main LineCross Country Route | 18 | | |
| 13 | Manchester Piccadilly | 23.558 | 19.581 | Manchester | West Coast Main Line | 14 | Manchester Metrolink | |
| 14 | Whitechapel | 23.307 | 9.273 | London | London OvergroundElizabeth line | 4 | London Underground | |
| 15 | London King's Cross | 23.287 | 20.476 | London | East Coast Main Line | 11 | London Underground | |
| 16 | Clapham Junction | 20.790 | 17.397 | London | South West Main LineWest of England Main LineBrighton Main LineLondon Overground | 17 | | |
| 17 | Glasgow Central | 20.767 | 15.322 | Glasgow | West Coast Main Line | 17 | Glasgow Subway | |
| 18 | Highbury & Islington | 20.601 | 17.816 | London | Northern City LineLondon Overground | 6 | London Underground | |
| 19 | Bond Street | 19.400 | N/A | London | Elizabeth line | 2 | London Underground | |
| 20 | East Croydon | 18.514 | 14.504 | London | Brighton Main LineThameslink | 6 | Tramlink | |