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If this is normally published in the spring, are we to assume that these are pre-lockdown figures (arguably from another era)?
The busiest stations seem to be 8 - 9% quieter than it 2017, which is a decrease but not as much as reality. |
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These are figures for the calendar year 2019.
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Fraudulent journeys, stop the count!
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Anyone else read the commentary under the top tens with the Top of the Pops music in their head?
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I disagree, Olympia should be regarded as the home of London's least used tube service (after all, there isn't an OSI as the station is shared with the Overground and Southern as opposed to being an independent entity, plus it's managed by London Overground), and Roding Valley the least used station exclusively served and managed by the tube/London Underground.
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...now when's Tube Week?
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Scott, I get Alan 'Fluff' Freeman & The Sound of the Swinging Cymbals. Alright?
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Could you explain something for me? Walthamstow Central is shown as the busiest tube station outside zone one. But in previous lists, Stratford and Brixton appeared with higher usage numbers. These stations are also outside zone one, so what am I missing?
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Booker T & the MGs, Time Is Tight.
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Thomas - the category is "London's ten busiest tube stations outside Zone 2", not Zone 1, hence the absence of Stratford (Zone 2/3) and Brixton (Zone 2).
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I agree with Still Anon, it's misleading to call Olympia the Underground's least busy STATION. If the District Line services were restored to their previous frequency, the number of people using the exact same ticket barriers at the same station wouldn't change dramatically, just their means of getting there...
I was up in Amersham on Wednesday, and was surprised how many people were catching a Londonbound train at 4:30pm, the outer Metropolitan stations aren't just one busy time a day commuter trains. |
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I am surprised the very busy London Bridge wasn't mentioned. Not as busy as I thought.
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Isn’t Brixton a National Rail station as well?
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I'm surprised both Chigwell & Grange Hill aren't higher. I would have thought the tourists looking for the classic locations of Birds of a Feather and Grange Hill would have propelled them higher.
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Jan, Brixton, like Balham has a National Rail station which is separate from the Underground and therefore NR journeys would not be included in Underground journey numbers.
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I am unsurprised to see Brixton amongst those named, given it is used by many in its un-tubed hinterland, who use connecting bus services to get there.
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Kings Cross St Pancras is a separate station from any National Rail stations - the same situation as Brixton and Balham have. So why treat that one as a National Rail station but not the others?
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There is no rail station at Brixton tube station.
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If the common gateline data isn't good enough for Olympia, Richmond and Wimbledon (shared with National Rail), then why not to other places with a common gateline for all or part of the station like Barking (C2C), Stratford (Greater Anglia, can't remember if there is a separate gateline for the Jubilee) and Highbury & Islington (Thameslink).
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It seems hard to believe that surveying those actually boarding/alighting a tube train at Wimbledon / Richmond, as opposed to counting at the gateline, hasn't made much difference. Anecdotally, it would seem to me the proportion of those passing through those gatelines to board NR/Overground/tram services would be extremely significant. Maybe not 94% significant but still. Either they're not very good surveys, or the gateline data was already 'pro-rated' for the tube somehow, or (entirely likely) I am misunderstanding matters entirely.
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Daily passenger figures for 2020 at every tube station can be found here.
This is what Leytonstone's graph looks like from January to November.  Next year's Anorak Corner will look very (very) different. |
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