Station usage

Station usage data is collated by Delta Rail and consists of estimates of the total numbers of people entering, exiting and interchanging at stations.

Notes on the latest station usage data

The latest station usage information is based on ticket sales in the financial year 2009-10 and covers all National Rail stations throughout England, Scotland and Wales. The station usage figures are subdivided by ticket type (full, reduced and season tickets), whilst information on the county and region of each station is also provided.

Station usage data are an estimate of the number of passengers travelling to and from each station (entries and exits). They are based on ticket sales data from the national ticketing database and estimates of travel using zonal/multi-modal tickets sold by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and English Integrated Transport Authorities (formerly PTEs). There are limitations to the dataset and these estimates should be treated with caution.

Pre-release access
Pre-release access to the 2009-10 data in advance of 24 hours was granted to the British Transport Police Authority, who required the data ahead of publication so that it could be included in their charges model.