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If the methodology is to take the values for one week and then extrapolate them for a year, how do we end up in the situation of Upminster Bridge only having one more annual passenger than its next nearest station?

Steeevooo | 17.04.26 - 7:27 a.m. | #

Decimal places.
Upminster Bridge's weekly average is 0.033 higher than Ruislip Gardens.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 17.04.26 - 7:32 a.m. | #

Pedants Corner: I'm not sure Camden Town counts as a tube station on one line, as it has two distinct parts of the Northern line running through it.

Steve | 17.04.26 - 8:25 a.m. | #

If it's from gateline data, do stations with OSIs that are entirely within the same station (e.g. Central line to Elizabeth line at Tottenham Court Road directs you to 'exit' and 'enter' the station) increase the count despite the supposed no interchanges rule?

ThameslinkUser | 17.04.26 - 8:27 a.m. | #

Oxford Circus, despite Crossrail partially relieving it (the second entrances for Tottenham Court Road and Bond Street being quite nearby) still has massive numbers, and is still horribly overloaded. Unlike the other Top 10 stations, it hasn't had major expansion work done to it in the last 20 years.

The Upton Park numbers are impressive for a run of the mill station.

Mikey C | 17.04.26 - 8:49 a.m. | #

South Acton will be unnaturally low as it doesn't have a gateline and people with passes just walk out.

acton gardener | 17.04.26 - 9:17 a.m. | #

Watford Junction - so how many use the Overground into London and how many do the rational thing and catch the first fast train.

Piccadilly Circus is an interesting drop, several of the 10% are Piccadilly Line stations and most (South Harrow, Sudbury Hill, Sudbury Town, Alperton, Park Royal, North Ealing) are on one particular part of the Piccadilly Line.

Still Anon | 17.04.26 - 9:19 a.m. | #

I wonder how much undercounting happens at say, Dagenham Heathway, because the gates are generally open and people just walk though.

David @DTL | Homepage | 17.04.26 - 9:36 a.m. | #

The explosive growth of Acton Main Line makes one wonder about other TFL stations across the whole network that have dramatically increased their usage once upgraded or changed mode (e.g. Silverlink to Overground, TFL Rail to Lizzie Line). AML was at less than a million passengers in 2018 and now is at 3.5 million. There must be lots of similar stories of, if you build it, they will come.

HF | 17.04.26 - 9:43 a.m. | #

What strikes me about all this fascinating data, is just how many reservations you put in. X stations which also have Y trains don't count. The system of trains in London is just so complex, in spite of welcome efforts, like contactless etc, to simplify it.

Malcolm of Kent | 17.04.26 - 9:48 a.m. | #

Whatever happened to Piccadilly Circus, Hyde Park Corner and Covent Garden?

Anonymous | 17.04.26 - 10:36 a.m. | #

Old Street also has National Rail services if we’re being pedantic about “one line”.

Graham | 17.04.26 - 10:46 a.m. | #

If the annual estimate for 2025 is made by grossing up one week in the autumn, I suspect Roding Valley's numbers are overestimates, as its westbound platform was closed for three months earlier in the year.

Nigel | 17.04.26 - 10:51 a.m. | #

Thank you for crunching the numbers and providing this analysis, it's always interesting to see the ups/downs. It continues to worry me that the Victoria line stations in the NE of London are so highly used, as the 1960s/70s infrastructure, never foresaw this level of traffic and at some point the bottleneck (Walthamstow springs to mind from personal experience) could become problematic. Thank goodness that by the time the Jubilee Line Extension came (and more recently Crossrail) these were built with some spare capacity.

Woodford Wanderer | 17.04.26 - 11:01 a.m. | #

Finchley Central figures can hardly be reliable while there's no gateline on the well-used south side.

keenreader | 17.04.26 - 12:13 p.m. | #

Obviously, in the absence of magic counting fairies, none of the figures are 100% accurate.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 17.04.26 - 12:18 p.m. | #

“All six Overground lines are represented in the Bottom 10”

Which one of those stations is on the Suffragette line?

swirlythingy | 17.04.26 - 12:53 p.m. | #

I’ve never yet written an error-free Anorak Corner, sorry.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 17.04.26 - 1:12 p.m. | #

It would be interesting to see the difference between using gateline taps vs. infrared/video based people counting (not generally installed).
And whether staff passes are removed from counts (may be immaterial)

Per the methodology explanation, stations near to cricket grounds (St. John's Wood, Oval, to a lesser extent nearby alternatives) won't include matchday crowds in their annualised count based on an autumn week (assuming the reference week is outside the cricketing season). This would also be impacted if exit gates are left open to mitigate crowding.

MilesT | 17.04.26 - 1:16 p.m. | #

Some visualisation on these stats here at tubenotifications.co.uk if anyone interested.

Tom | Homepage | 17.04.26 - 3:36 p.m. | #

DLR has no barriers, but they count people reasonably accurately with a magic gadget overhead.

scrumpy | 17.04.26 - 6:39 p.m. | #

Why has the Uxbridge branch seen a decline in numbers?

Thomas | 17.04.26 - 7:57 p.m. | #

First thing I noticed when I opened the spreadsheet... (C)

Use Character Map or ALT+0169, or even type (C) into Word or Excel, and it will be autocorrected to ©

damoirl | 19.04.26 - 9:54 a.m. | #

Am I missing something, or did Whitechapel use to appear in the top 20?

Also - am I interpreting it correctly that TfL has seen an overall decrease in passenger numbers? That’s concerning if true (as it would speak to the years of cuts finally beginning to impact passenger numbers…. A repeat of the 1980s and 1990s).

dg writes: no to both questions

Klm90 | 19.04.26 - 12:28 p.m. | #











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