Waterloo busiest station in UK
Published: Wed, 2014-12-10 13:00UK’s busiest British station today is Waterloo, according to the Office of Rail Regulation, ORR.
The rail regulators data published on 4 December express the increased popularity of Britain’s top stations with mounting numbers of passengers using them.
Station usage statistics for April 2013-March 2014 evaluate that around 98,442,742 entries and exits were made by passengers at Waterloo – an increase of 2.6 per cent compared with 2012-2013 figures.
London Victoria is second with 81,356,330 entries and exits (an increase of 5.2 per cent) and London Liverpool Street came in third, with 63,004,002 (up 7.8 per cent).
Station usage statistics are an estimate of the number of passengers travelling to and from each station (entries and exits) in England, Scotland and Wales.
Figures are largely based on ticket sales data verified in rail industry systems. There are limits to the dataset as the figures are evaluated and do not represent exact figures.
Source: Office of Rail Regulation, Great Britain