Cambridgeshire station named one of quietest in the UK

A Cambridgeshire station is one of the least used in the UK, new figures have shown. Shippea Hill in Cambridgeshire was the second least-used station in the country, with just 70 entries and exits.

That’s the equivalent of one every 5.2 days. It was second only to Denton in Greater Manchester, which won the accolade of the quietest train station in Great Britain.

There were just 54 passenger entries and exits at that station between April 2023 and March 2024, according to the latest statistics from the Office for Rail and Road. That’s the equivalent of just one every 6.8 days, making it the least-used station in the country.

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It is an improvement on the 34 times people either started or ended their journey at the station the previous year, when it was the second least used in the country after Teesside Airport, which had been shut for most of the year. After Shippea Hill, Ince and Elton in Cheshire comes next with 86 passenger entries and exits, followed by Polesworth in Warwickshire with 118, Reddish South in Greater Manchester with 128, and Coombe Junction Halt in Cornwall with 140.

London Liverpool Street is Great Britain’s busiest train station for the second year in a row. A total of 94.5 million passenger entries and exits were made from the station between April 2023 and March 2024.

The station was named the top one in the country for the first time last year following a boom in numbers from Crossrail. London Paddington was the next busiest in the country with 66.9 million entries and exits, followed by Tottenham Court Road with 64.2 million, Waterloo with 62.5 million, and Stratford London with 56.6 million.

Birmingham New Street was the busiest station outside of the capital, with 33.3 million entries and exits. Manchester Piccadilly was next with 25.8 million, followed by Glasgow Central with 25.0 million and Leeds with 24.9 million.

You can see how many people passed through your local station by using our interactive table.

The 20 least used stations in Great Britain
Station: Passenger entries and exits
Denton: 54
Shippea Hill: 70
Ince and Elton (Cheshire): 86
Polesworth: 118
Reddish South: 128
Coombe Junction Halt: 140
Chapelton (Devon): 186
Clifton (Manchester): 202
Elton and Orston: 212
Kildonan: 240
Scotscalder: 242
Altnabreac: 250
Beasdale: 260
Kirton Lindsey: 294
Culrain: 300
Pilning: 330
Buckenham: 360
Thorpe Culvert: 364
Lochluichart: 374
Ardwick: 396

Top 20 busiest train stations in the country
Station: Passenger entries and exits
London Liverpool Street: 94,499,824
London Paddington: 66,859,098
Tottenham Court Road: 64,219,040
London Waterloo: 62,525,274
Stratford (London): 56,570,866
London Victoria: 50,829,676
London Bridge: 50,045,010
Farringdon: 46,049,862
Bond Street: 38,307,986
London Euston: 36,185,290
London St Pancras International: 35,959,980
Whitechapel: 35,246,924
Birmingham New Street: 33,335,376
Manchester Piccadilly: 25,776,162
Glasgow Central: 24,964,246
Leeds: 24,891,386
London Kings Cross: 24,483,826
Clapham Junction: 22,858,198
Highbury and Islington: 21,827,580
Edinburgh: 21,307,916

There were a total of 1.6 billion passenger journeys made on Britain’s rail networks between April 2023 and March 2024. That’s a 16% jump compared to a year earlier when there were just under 1.4 billion.