Dr Tim Jupp
Senior Lecturer in Mathematics

Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
University of Exeter

 

 

 


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(For clarity, the 2021 figures - which were severely affected by COVID - are not shown).

Follow the links below for maps showing the trends and peak years for railway station usage in Great Britain simce 1998.
Data source: ORR

The map can be zoomed and dragged.

Hover cursor over station to get current (2023) usage figures. The data for each year run to the end of March.

Growth is expressed as a "percentage growth rate per year averaged over the period in question".

This is like compound interest. For example an average growth rate of 5% per year would lead to 165% growth over 20 years because 1.05^20 = 2.65.

Click on each station to see a time-series graph of usage.

The colour of each station indicates trend in the relevant time period (Map 1) or the year of peak usage (Map 2).



Map 1: 'Long-term' trend 1998 - 2023

Nearly all stations have seen long-term growth 1998 - 2023.





Map 2: Year of peak usage

Black - stations with peak usage in 2023.
Purple - stations with peak usage just before the pandemic.
Red - stations with peak usage around the millennium.