Birmingham New Street now Britain’s 5th busiest station

Waterloo has retained its place as the busiest station in Britain as the Office of Rail and Road has published its station usage figures for 2018/19.

Ranked by the total number of passenger entries and exits, Waterloo recorded 94.2 million users in the year from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.

Behind Waterloo in the rankings were London Victoria (74.7 million), London Liverpool Street (69.5 million) and London Bridge (61.3 million).

Up to fifth, and the only non-London station in the top 10, came Birmingham New Street with 47.9 million entries and exits.

This pushed London Euston down to sixth with 46.1 million, followed by London Stratford (41.2 million), London Paddington (38.2 million) and London St Pancras International (36.0 million) with London Kings Cross (34.6 million) rounding out the top ten.

Further afield, Glasgow Central was 11^th, Edinburgh Waverly 18^th and Cardiff Central 34^th.

At the other end of the spectrum, 54 stations recorded fewer than 1,000 entries and exits in the full year. The least used stations were Denton (Greater Manchester) and Stanlow & Thornton (Cheshire), each only having an estimated 46 entries and exits during the entire year, while Reddish South (Stockport) had just 60.

In contrast, the two new stations that opened in 2918/19 fared much better. Kenilworth opened on 30 April 2018 and attracted 170,912 users in 11 months while Maghull North on Merseyside, which didn’t open until 18 June 2018, recorded 399,066 entries and exits.

The full list can be found on the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) website. Meanwhile here is the Top 50:

	Station	Entries & Exits 2018/19
1	London Waterloo	94.2 million
2	London Victoria	74.7 million
3	London Liverpool Street	69.5 million
4	London Bridge	61.3 million
5	Birmingham New Street	47.9 million
6	London Euston	46.1 million
7	Stratford (London)	41.2 million
8	London Paddington	38.2 million
9	London St Pancras International	36.0 million
10	London Kings Cross	34.6 million
11	Glasgow Central	32.8 million
12	Leeds	30.8 million
13	Highbury & Islington	30.4 million
14	Manchester Piccadilly	30.3 million
15	London Charing Cross	30.2 million
16	Clapham Junction	29.5 million
17	East Croydon	24.8 million
18	Edinburgh	23.9 million
19	Canada Water	23.7 million
20	Gatwick Airport	21.2 million
21	Vauxhall	21.0 million
22	London Cannon Street	20.6 million
23	London Fenchurch Street	18.5 million
24	Wimbledon	18.5 million
25	Brighton	17.4 million
26	Glasgow Queen Street	17.2 million
27	Reading	17.1 million
28	London Marylebone	16.1 million
29	Farringdon	15.1 million
30	Liverpool Central	14.6 million
31	Barking	14.5 million
32	Whitechapel	14.4 million
33	Liverpool Lime Street	14.2 million
34	Cardiff Central	14.2 million
35	London Blackfriars	12.1 million
36	Cambridge	12.0 million
37	Richmond (London)	11.7 million
38	Moorgate	11.5 million
39	Bristol Temple Meads	11.4 million
40	West Ham	10.7 million
41	London Waterloo East	10.5 million
42	Lewisham	10.3 million
43	York	10.0 million
44	Sheffield	9.9 million
45	Stansted Airport	9.8 million
46	Shoreditch High Street	9.4 million
47	Manchester Oxford Road	9.3 million
48	Surbiton	9.3 million
49	Romford	9.2 million
50	Manchester Victoria	8.9 million