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Pre-release speculation here: comments (5)

diamond geezer | Homepage | 11.12.18 - 7:00 a.m. | #

Are there any forecasts that could show what the daily passenger league table would look like if crossrail had actually opened this week?

peter | 11.12.18 - 8:08 a.m. | #

Amazing that the draughty old tin-shed that is Highbury & Islington is to within ~10% of 'proper terminus' King's Cross.

Kevin | 11.12.18 - 10:05 a.m. | #

As I have been involved in a number of arguments about how railway money should be split between "the South" and "the North", this little bit of regional analysis of these entrance/exit figures makes interesting reading -

Total entrance/exits in 2017/2018 - 2,950m

Percentage by region:
London - 49%
South East - 13%
North West - 8%
East - 8%
Scotland - 7%
West Midlands - 5%
Yorkshire And The Humber - 4%
South West - 3%
Wales - Cymru - 2%
East Midlands - 2%
North East - 1%

Jimbo | 11.12.18 - 10:12 a.m. | #

Most extreme declines (London)

1) Drayton Green -67.2% (first full year with no through trains on branch)
2) South Greenford -50.1% (first full year with no through trains on branch)
3) Castle Bar Park -47.1% (first full year with no through trains on branch)
4) Greenford -34.4% (first full year with no through trains on branch)
5) Manor Park -32.6% (Engineering works)
6) Woolwich Dockyard -19.3% (London Bridge works)
7) Queenstown Road (Battersea) -18.0 (Waterloo blockade August)
8) Chessington South -16.5% (Waterloo blockade August)
9) Plumstead -15.3% (London Bridge works)
10) Tolworth -14.7% (Waterloo blockade August)

Most extreme increases (London)

1) Leyton Midland Road 177.5%
2) Leytonstone High Road 171.1%
3) Wanstead Park 164.9%
4) Woodgrange Park 161.7%
5) Walthamstow Queens Road 128.9%
6) Blackhorse Road 84.5%
7) South Tottenham 82.8%
8) Harringay Green Lane 76.9%
9) Upper Holloway 67.7%
10) Crouch Hill 65.0%
(all because the Goblin reopened)

Most extreme increases (London, imp-free edition)

1) Turkey Street 35.8% (consistant increase since Overgroundisation)
2) Birkbeck 30.9% (last years figures affected by timetable and strikes)
3) Lea Bridge 23.6% (continued growth from recent opening)
4) Stratford International 19.8%
5) Sudbury & Harrow Road 16.8%
6) Loughborough Junction 14.1%
7) New Cross 13.1% (growth on SE routes post-works)
=8) Coulsden South 11.7% (last years figures affected by timetable and strikes)
=8) Gordon Hill 11.7%
10) Crofton Park 11.5%

Si | 11.12.18 - 10:14 a.m. | #

I wonder why Stratford has dropped 5%

scrumpy | 11.12.18 - 10:34 a.m. | #

Waterloo's drop was probably also affected by the blockade in summer 2017.

timbo again | Homepage | 11.12.18 - 11:01 a.m. | #

Expect Denton and Reddish South's numbers to decline even further next year: the May timetable changed moved their service from Friday to Saturday (albeit now running both from Stalybridge to Stockport and back); however, with the RMT continually striking on Saturdays, these stations haven't seen a passenger service for ages.

TheLupineOne | 11.12.18 - 11:29 a.m. | #

What about Newhaven Marine in the list of least used stations? I thought that it was technically still in existence although inaccessible.

Martin | 11.12.18 - 12:28 p.m. | #

I've never ridden the Romminster shuttle but from afar the figures for Emerson Park seem remarkably high.

And away from London I've been ticking off the Cornwall branch lines over the last few summers so am looking forward to getting to Combe Junction and finally visiting one of these mythical least used stations.

cjw714 | 11.12.18 - 3:46 p.m. | #

The ten "non-TfL" stations on your list may be operated by NR TOCs, but the stats for six of them will also be boosted, just as they are for H&I etc, by people changing to or from the Tube, DLR or tram.

Surbiton appears to be the busiest station in London outside Z1 which is not an interchange.

I wonder how much Clapham Junctions stats were reduced because of the Waterloo shutdown and the woes on Southern?

timbo again again | Homepage | 11.12.18 - 5:47 p.m. | #

I expect IBM to appear in the list next year because as of a few days ago, no trains are scheduled to stop there.

Jon Combe | 11.12.18 - 8:10 p.m. | #

@Jon Combe

Possible, but note that IBM has been open for two-thirds of the current reporting year.

IBM's figures dropped by 87.3% last year - the largest drop in the country, and it went from 185th to 44th in the least-used rankings. (51st place to 14th in Scotland) A further 87.3% fall would bring it below 100, and would, on this year's figures, have put it in sixth place.

A 95% drop would be needed to take IBM below BSC Redcar's total for 2017/18.

timbo again again again | Homepage | 13.12.18 - 11:53 a.m. | #

Belmont's numbers should go up in years to come - there's now a half-hourly service on the line (except, annoyingly, for a gap around 15:00) and a Sunday service as well, making the station a bit more useful. The cancer hub should bring a further boost.

(However Cheam now has six trains an hour and Sutton even more so it will still be a walking distance only catchment area.)

If Angel Road/Meriden Water also rises out of the top ten then that leaves two slots. Crews Hill is quite often in the bottom ten but what would be the other natural contender?

Tim Roll-Pickering | Homepage | 19.12.18 - 7:46 p.m. | #











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