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.
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.
Rank (2023) | Station | Zone(s) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 [c] | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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1 | King's Cross St Pancras | 72.12 | 69.94 | 36.73 | 18.84 | 88.27 | 89.82 | 97.92 | 95.03 | 93.41 | 91.98 | |
2 | Waterloo | 70.33 | 68.72 | 29.87 | 16.62 | 82.93 | 76.54 | 91.27 | 100.36 | 95.14 | 91.49 | |
3 | Victoria | 59.57 | 56.43 | 33.48 | 22.95 | 85.47 | 84.47 | 79.36 | 83.50 | 82.89 | 86.73 | |
4 | Tottenham Court Road [d] | 58.72 | 48.95 | 16.04 | 6.04 | 41.99 | 38.73 | 41.33 | 39.35 | 16.25 | 36.76 | |
5 | Liverpool Street | 57.23 | 55.83 | 26.60 | 16.27 | 67.20 | 65.03 | 67.74 | 71.61 | 73.26 | 73.66 | |
6 | London Bridge | 54.77 | 56.20 | 30.86 | 24.72 | 74.34 | 70.20 | 69.05 | 70.74 | 71.96 | 74.98 | |
7 | Stratford [e] | 54.38 | 47.88 | 29.10 | 25.07 | 64.85 | 64.73 | 61.99 | 67.05 | 61.44 | 59.31 | |
8 | Oxford Circus | 51.11 | 54.02 | 32.86 | 14.60 | 78.07 | 76.40 | 84.09 | 83.26 | 92.36 | 98.51 | |
9 | Paddington [f] | 48.55 | 46.65 | 20.44 | 11.42 | 48.61 | 44.60 | 48.82 | 49.48 | 49.64 | 49.28 | |
10 | Farringdon | 40.07 | 30.07 | 8.50 | 5.90 | 25.92 | 23.64 | 18.71 | 15.87 | 23.77 | 23.63 | |
11 | Bond Street | 37.42 | 35.41 | 15.69 | 9.68 | 37.49 | 36.75 | 38.80 | 39.53 | 37.12 | 19.80 | |
12 | Bank and Monument [g] | 37.20 | 34.40 | 17.66 | 8.59 | 61.79 | 54.77 | 61.80 | 64.26 | 57.51 | 52.31 |
Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a London railway station and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington area. The site has been the London terminus of services provided by the Great Western Railway and its successors since 1838. Much of the main line station dates from 1854 and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. As of the 2022–23 Office of Rail & Road Statistics, it is the second busiest station in the United Kingdom, after London Liverpool Street, with 59.2 million entries and exits.
Roding Valley is a London Underground station situated in Buckhurst Hill in the Epping Forest district of Essex, straddling the boundary between that council and Greater London. The station is on the Hainault loop of the Central line between Chigwell and Woodford stations. However, geographically it is midway between Woodford and Buckhurst Hill stations. It is located between Station Way and Cherry Tree Rise. Since 2 January 2007, the station has been in Travelcard Zone 4.
Limehouse is a National Rail and connected Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Limehouse, London, England. It is served by regional services operated by c2c to and from Fenchurch Street and by light metro services provided by the DLR to and from Tower Gateway or Bank. On the main line, Limehouse is located 1 mile 58 chains (2.8 km) from Fenchurch Street and the following station is West Ham; on the DLR it is between Shadwell and Westferry in Travelcard Zone 2.
Bank and Monument are two interlinked stations in the City of London that form a public transport complex served by five lines of the London Underground as well as the Docklands Light Railway (DLR).
Canary Wharf is a London Underground station at Canary Wharf and is on the Jubilee line, between Canada Water and North Greenwich stations. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 2 and was opened on 17 September 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension. Over 40 million people pass through the station each year, making it second busiest on the London Underground outside Central London after Stratford, and also the busiest that serves only a single line.
Stratford is a major multi-level interchange station serving the town of Stratford and the mixed-use development known as Stratford City, in the London Borough of Newham, East London for London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and Elizabeth line services. National Rail services also operate on the West Anglia Main Line and the Great Eastern Main Line, 4 miles 3 chains (6.5 km) from Liverpool Street.
Tower Gateway is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in the City of London and is located near the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. It adjoins the tracks to Fenchurch Street station and is located on the site of a former station called Minories. Tower Gateway is within London fare zone 1.
Chalk Farm is a London Underground station near Camden Town in the London Borough of Camden. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line between Belsize Park and Camden Town stations. For ticketing purposes, Chalk Farm falls in Travelcard Zone 2. With slightly under five million entries and exits in 2011, Chalk Farm is one of the busiest stations on the Edgware branch of the Northern line.
Edgware Road is a London Underground station on the Bakerloo line, located in the City of Westminster. It is between Paddington and Marylebone stations on the line and falls within Travelcard zone 1. The station is located on the north-east corner of the junction of Edgware Road, Harrow Road and Marylebone Road. It is adjacent to the Marylebone flyover.
Paddington is a London Underground station served by the Bakerloo, Circle and District lines. It is located on Praed Street to the south of Paddington mainline station and has entrances from Praed Street and from within the mainline station. On the Bakerloo line the station is between Warwick Avenue and Edgware Road and on the Circle and District lines it is between Bayswater and Edgware Road. It is in London Fare Zone 1.