The Office for Rail and Road has today revealed the most and least used railway stations in the South West, based on the number of entries and exits between April 2023 and March 2024.

Top 10 Most Used Stations The top station was Bristol Temple Meads with 10.2 million people a year.

In fourth and fifth place, was Exeter Central with 2.8 million and Exeter St David's with 2.7million passengers a year.

The top least used station was Coombe Junction Halt140, second place was Chapelton (Devon) which had 186 people pass through the doors this year and third Pilning with 330 people.

Nationally, the Office of Rail and Road confirmed today that London Liverpool Street station retained its title as Great Britain's most used railway station in 2023-24, while Denton in Greater Manchester was Great Britain's least used station at 54 entries and exits.

The impact of the Elizabeth line continues to drive massive increases in station usage, with the latest stats being the first to show a whole year’s worth of data.

After entering the top 10 for the first time in the previous year, Tottenham Court Road leaps four places, gaining just under 30 million entries and exits to take third place from London Waterloo.

London St Pancras drops out of the top 10, while Bond Street is a new entry, going from 19th most used last year, to ninth this year.

London Paddington retains second place by adding an additional six million entries and exits.

The busiest stations in England outside of London were Birmingham New Street (33.3m), Manchester Piccadilly (25.8m) and Leeds (24.9m).

The busiest stations in Scotland were Glasgow Central (25.0m), Edinburgh Waverley (21.3m) and Glasgow Queen Street (14.5m).

The busiest stations in Wales were Cardiff Central (11.5m), Newport (2.7m), and Swansea (2.2m).

Feras Alshaker, Director, Planning and Performance at the Office of Rail and Road, said: "These statistics provide crucial insights for passengers, the rail industry and its stakeholders and demonstrate clearly how travel patterns are changing across the country.

"Alongside our rail usage statistics they show that since the pandemic rail usage continues to increase and that the investment put into the Elizabeth line is fundamentally reshaping passenger journeys into and around London."

The full Estimates of Station Usage statistical release can be read on dataportal.orr.gov.uk.