Liverpool Street station has kept its crown as the busiest train station in the country, with 94.5 million entries and exits being made by passengers at the station in the 12 months to March 2024.
The figures have been released by the Office of Rail and Road, and show an increase of 14.1 million journeys made through the station, which is served by the Elizabeth Line, the London overground and Greater Anglia services.
Paddington and Tottenham Court make up the top three busiest stations this year, with 66.9 million and 64.2 million entries and exits, respectively.
However, the report has also shone a light on which stations in the city are the least used.
For context, the least used had fewer than some of the quietest village stations in rural areas - which can bring in 40,000 uses per year.
#5: Morden South
Located in Zone 4, Morden South station is the five least-used station in London, with 69,862 entries and exits recorded in the year up to March 2024.
The station, located in southwest London, is operated by Thameslink and runs two off-peak services an hour, one travelling to St Albans City and another to Sutton.
Between 2022 and 2023, the station recorded nearly 61,000 entries and exits, so the station does appear to be getting busier with time.
#4: Sudbury Hill Harrow
Northwest London’s Sudbury Hill Harrow station comes in fourth place, with 41,460 entries and exits - a decrease of over 6,000 from last year’s 47,630.
Also in Zone 4, the station’s services are operated by Chiltern Railways, with one off-peak service per hour running in each direction between London Marylebone and High Wycombe. On weekends, no services stop at the station.
Historically, the station hasn’t been all-too popular - in the 1960s, services were reduced from the station due to a lack of demand.
#3: South Greenford
Just 38,330 entries and exits were made from this West London station, but while this number may seem extremely low, it’s one of the better figures the station has pulled in.
The Zone 4 station - which is located in the Borough of Ealing and operated by Great Western Railway - was crowned London’s least-used station in 2018/19, with just over 28,000 entries and exits. As the 2020/21 numbers were significantly impacted by the pandemic, the station was home to only 8,810 entries and exits that year.
#2: Drayton Green
Also found in Ealing and run by Great Western Railway, the runner-up for London’s least-used station is Drayton Green, with 20,198 entries and exits, an uplift on last year’s exits and entries, which only slightly surpassed 16,000.
The station is served by two trains per hour which travel to Greenford and West Ealing. There are no ticket machines available at the station, so travellers must use their contactless bank card or an already topped-up Oyster.
The station held the title of London’s least-used station last year and the year before. Between 2021 and 2022, the entries and exits were made from the station were just shy of 11,000.
#1: Sudbury and Harrow Road
And London’s least used station in 2024 is... Sudbury and Harrow Road station, with a paltry 18,680 entries and exits between March 2023 and March 2024.
Located in the city’s Brent Borough, only four trains stop at the station every day, headed to either London Marylebone, West Ruislip and Gerrards Cross. There are no services on the weekends. It previously held the title in 2010/11, but has since come back on top as London’s emptiest station.
