List of busiest London Underground stations

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This is a list of busiest London Underground stations for the 2023 calendar year. The dataset records increased levels of mobility when compared with the 2022 data although still not fully recovered from the peak of 2019.

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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 2023, although more stations exist now. [a] In 2023, King's Cross St Pancras was the busiest station on the network, used by over 72.14 million passengers, while Roding Valley was the least used with 267,679 passengers. [b] Data for 2023 was published on 8 August 2024. [1]

This table shows the busiest stations with over 33 million entries and exits in 2023.

Busiest London Underground stations (entries and exits, in millions) [1]
Rank (2023)StationZone(s)202320222021202020192018 [c] 2017201620152014
1
King's Cross St Pancras
1
Increase2.svg 72.12
Increase2.svg 69.94
Increase2.svg 36.73
Decrease2.svg 18.84
Decrease2.svg 88.27
Decrease2.svg 89.82
Increase2.svg 97.92
Increase2.svg 95.03
Increase2.svg 93.41
Increase2.svg 91.98
2
Waterloo
1
Increase2.svg 70.33
Increase2.svg 68.72
Increase2.svg 29.87
Decrease2.svg 16.62
Increase2.svg 82.93
Decrease2.svg 76.54
Decrease2.svg 91.27
Increase2.svg 100.36
Increase2.svg 95.14
Increase2.svg 91.49
3
Victoria
1
Increase2.svg 59.57
Increase2.svg 56.43
Increase2.svg 33.48
Decrease2.svg 22.95
Increase2.svg 85.47
Increase2.svg 84.47
Decrease2.svg 79.36
Increase2.svg 83.50
Decrease2.svg 82.89
Increase2.svg 86.73
4
Tottenham Court Road [d]
1
Increase2.svg 58.72
Increase2.svg 48.95
Increase2.svg 16.04
Decrease2.svg 6.04
Increase2.svg 41.99
Decrease2.svg 38.73
Increase2.svg 41.33
Increase2.svg 39.35
Decrease2.svg 16.25
Decrease2.svg 36.76
5
Liverpool Street
1
Increase2.svg 57.23
Increase2.svg 55.83
Increase2.svg 26.60
Decrease2.svg 16.27
Increase2.svg 67.20
Decrease2.svg 65.03
Decrease2.svg 67.74
Decrease2.svg 71.61
Decrease2.svg 73.26
Increase2.svg 73.66
6
London Bridge
1
Decrease2.svg 54.77
Increase2.svg 56.20
Increase2.svg 30.86
Decrease2.svg 24.72
Increase2.svg 74.34
Increase2.svg 70.20
Decrease2.svg 69.05
Decrease2.svg 70.74
Decrease2.svg 71.96
Increase2.svg 74.98
7
Stratford [e]
2/3
Increase2.svg 54.38
Increase2.svg 47.88
Increase2.svg 29.10
Decrease2.svg 25.07
Increase2.svg 64.85
Increase2.svg 64.73
Decrease2.svg 61.99
Increase2.svg 67.05
Increase2.svg 61.44
Increase2.svg 59.31
8
Oxford Circus
1
Decrease2.svg 51.11
Increase2.svg 54.02
Increase2.svg 32.86
Decrease2.svg 14.60
Increase2.svg 78.07
Decrease2.svg 76.40
Increase2.svg 84.09
Decrease2.svg 83.26
Decrease2.svg 92.36
Increase2.svg 98.51
9
Paddington [f]
1
Increase2.svg 48.55
Increase2.svg 46.65
Increase2.svg 20.44
Decrease2.svg 11.42
Increase2.svg 48.61
Decrease2.svg 44.60
Decrease2.svg 48.82
Decrease2.svg 49.48
Increase2.svg 49.64
Decrease2.svg 49.28
10
Farringdon
1
Increase2.svg 40.07
Increase2.svg 30.07
Increase2.svg 8.50
Decrease2.svg 5.90
Increase2.svg 25.92
Increase2.svg 23.64
Increase2.svg 18.71
Decrease2.svg 15.87
Increase2.svg 23.77
Increase2.svg 23.63
11
Bond Street
1
Increase2.svg 37.42
Increase2.svg 35.41
Increase2.svg 15.69
Decrease2.svg 9.68
Decrease2.svg 37.49
Decrease2.svg 36.75
Decrease2.svg 38.80
Increase2.svg 39.53
Increase2.svg 37.12
Decrease2.svg 19.80
12
Bank and Monument [g]
1
Increase2.svg 37.20
Increase2.svg 34.40
Increase2.svg 17.66
Decrease2.svg 8.59
Increase2.svg 61.79
Decrease2.svg 54.77
Decrease2.svg 61.80
Increase2.svg 64.26
Increase2.svg 57.51
Increase2.svg 52.31

See also

Notes

  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. Kentish Town station was closed throughout 2023.
  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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.