List of busiest London Underground stations

Summary

This is a list of busiest London Underground stations for the 2022 calendar 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 data although still not fully recovered from 2019.

The London Underground is a rapid transit system in the United Kingdom that serves London and the neighbouring counties of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Its first section opened in 1863. Annualised entry/exit counts were recorded at 270 stations in 2022.[a] In 2022, King's Cross St Pancras was the busiest station on the network, used by over 69.94 million passengers, while Roding Valley was the least used with 259,271 passengers.[b] Data for 2022 was published on 4 October 2023.[1]

This table shows the busiest stations with over 33 million entries and exits in 2022.

Busiest London Underground stations (entries and exits, in millions)[1]
Rank (2022) Station Zone(s) 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018[c] 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
1
King's Cross St Pancras
Increase 69.94
Increase 36.73
Decrease 18.84
Decrease 88.27
Decrease 89.82
Increase 97.92
Increase 95.03
Increase 93.41
Increase 91.98
Increase 84.87
2
Waterloo
Increase 68.72
Increase 29.87
Decrease 16.62
Increase 82.93
Decrease 76.54
Decrease 91.27
Increase 100.36
Increase 95.14
Increase 91.49
Increase 89.40
3
Victoria
Increase 56.43
Increase 33.48
Decrease 22.95
Increase 85.47
Increase 84.47
Decrease 79.36
Increase 83.50
Decrease 82.89
Increase 86.73
Increase 84.58
4
London Bridge
Increase 56.20
Increase 30.86
Decrease 24.72
Increase 74.34
Increase 70.20
Decrease 69.05
Decrease 70.74
Decrease 71.96
Increase 74.98
Increase 69.88
5
Liverpool Street
Increase 55.83
Increase 26.60
Decrease 16.27
Increase 67.20
Decrease 65.03
Decrease 67.74
Decrease 71.61
Decrease 73.26
Increase 73.66
Increase 67.89
6
Oxford Circus
Increase 54.02
Increase 32.86
Decrease 14.60
Increase 78.07
Decrease 76.40
Increase 84.09
Decrease 83.26
Decrease 92.36
Increase 98.51
Increase 85.25
7
Tottenham Court Road[d]
Increase 48.95
Increase 16.04
Decrease 6.04
Increase 41.99
Decrease 38.73
Increase 41.33
Increase 39.35
Decrease 16.25
Decrease 36.76
Increase 38.06
8
Stratford[e]
Increase 47.88
Increase 29.10
Decrease 25.07
Increase 64.85
Increase 64.73
Decrease 61.99
Increase 67.05
Increase 61.44
Increase 59.31
Increase 54.50
9
Paddington[f]
Increase 46.65
Increase 20.44
Decrease 11.42
Increase 48.61
Decrease 44.60
Decrease 48.82
Decrease 49.48
Increase 49.64
Decrease 49.28
Increase 49.71
10
Bond Street
Increase 35.41
Increase 15.69
Decrease 9.68
Decrease 37.49
Decrease 36.75
Decrease 38.80
Increase 39.53
Increase 37.12
Decrease 19.80
Increase 39.65
11
Bank and Monument[g]
Increase 34.40
Increase 17.66
Decrease 8.59
Increase 61.79
Decrease 54.77
Decrease 61.80
Increase 64.26
Increase 57.51
Increase 52.31
Increase 48.88

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Bank and Monument stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics as do the two physically separate stations at Paddington.
  2. ^ Kensington (Olympia) passengers are not recorded separately from London Overground passengers.
  3. ^ The method of calculating usage changed in 2018 from estimates based on survey counts carried out on a few days to actual counts of gate entry date for each day.[1]
  4. ^ The ranking of Tottenham Court Road was affected in 2015, as the Central line was not stopping there between 5 January and 7 December.
  5. ^ Includes DLR usage.
  6. ^ The two Paddington stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics.
  7. ^ Bank and Monument stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics. Includes DLR usage.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.