List of busiest London Underground stations (2019)

This is a list of busiest London Underground stations for the 2019 calendar year. The dataset for the year was the last to show typical patterns of mobility prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, with many major central London stations dropping in the ranking the following year.

The London Underground is a rapid transit system in the United Kingdom that serves London and the neighbouring counties of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Its first section opened in 1863. Annualised entry/exit counts were recorded at 268 stations in 2019.[a] In 2019, King's Cross St Pancras was the busiest station on the network, used by over 88.27 million passengers, while Kensington (Olympia) was the least used, with 109,430 passengers. Data for 2019 was published on 1 April 2020 and was revised on 29 May 2020.[1]

This table shows the busiest stations with over 33 million entries and exits in 2019.

Busiest London Underground stations (entries and exits, in millions)[1]
Rank (2019) Station Zone(s) 2019 2018[b] 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
1
King's Cross St. Pancras
Decrease 88.27
Decrease 89.82
Increase 97.92
Increase 95.03
Increase 93.41
Increase 91.98
Increase 84.87
Increase 80.97
Increase 77.11
Increase 72.58
2
Victoria
Increase 85.47
Increase 84.47
Decrease 79.36
Increase 83.50
Decrease 82.89
Increase 86.73
Increase 84.58
Increase 82.96
Increase 82.25
Increase 79.93
3
Waterloo
Increase 82.93
Decrease 76.54
Decrease 91.27
Increase 100.36
Increase 95.14
Increase 91.49
Increase 89.40
Increase 88.16
Increase 84.12
Increase 81.57
4
Oxford Circus
Increase 78.07
Decrease 76.40
Increase 84.09
Decrease 83.26
Decrease 92.36
Increase 98.51
Increase 85.25
Increase 80.55
Increase 77.09
Increase 70.12
5
London Bridge
Increase 74.34
Increase 70.20
Decrease 69.05
Decrease 70.74
Decrease 71.96
Increase 74.98
Increase 69.88
Increase 67.16
Increase 65.44
Decrease 60.79
6
Liverpool Street
Increase 67.20
Decrease 65.03
Decrease 67.74
Decrease 71.61
Decrease 73.26
Increase 73.66
Increase 67.89
Increase 64.23
Increase 63.65
Increase 62.72
7
Stratford
Increase 64.85
Increase 64.73
Decrease 61.99
Increase 67.05
Increase 61.44
Increase 59.31
Increase 54.50
Increase 50.96
Increase 48.57
Increase 29.82
8
Bank and Monument[c]
Increase 61.79
Decrease 54.77
Decrease 61.80
Increase 64.26
Increase 57.51
Increase 52.31
Increase 48.88
Decrease 47.75
Increase 47.80
Increase 43.50
9
Paddington[d]
Increase 48.61
Decrease 44.60
Decrease 48.82
Decrease 49.48
Increase 49.64
Decrease 49.28
Increase 49.71
Decrease 46.33
Increase 46.48
Increase 44.00
10
Canary Wharf
Increase 47.69
Decrease 43.62
Decrease 50.91
Increase 54.79
Increase 54.44
Increase 51.81
Increase 50.05
Increase 48.04
Increase 46.59
Increase 41.53
11
Tottenham Court Road[e]
Increase 41.99
Decrease 38.73
Increase 41.33
Increase 39.35
Decrease 16.25
Decrease 36.76
Increase 38.06
Increase 36.01
Decrease 23.99
Decrease 34.55
12
Euston
Increase 41.09
Decrease 31.51
Decrease 43.07
Increase 43.10
Increase 42.16
Increase 41.33
Increase 38.03
Increase 37.53
Increase 35.32
Increase 33.57
13
Green Park
Increase 39.06
Decrease 37.81
Decrease 39.34
Increase 41.24
Decrease 39.55
Increase 39.83
Increase 35.46
Increase 33.99
Increase 31.72
Increase 29.37
14
Piccadilly Circus
Decrease 38.40
Decrease 39.61
Decrease 40.82
Decrease 41.29
Decrease 42.80
Increase 42.93
Decrease 41.70
Increase 42.36
Increase 40.58
Increase 39.68
15
Bond Street
Decrease 37.49
Decrease 36.75
Decrease 38.80
Increase 39.53
Increase 37.12
Decrease 19.80
Increase 39.65
Increase 38.07
Decrease 36.02
Increase 36.87
16
Leicester Square
Decrease 34.56
Decrease 35.07
Decrease 36.73
Decrease 37.84
Increase 43.75
Increase 43.31
Increase 38.60
Decrease 38.51
Increase 38.78
Increase 36.94
18
South Kensington
Decrease 33.07
Decrease 32.25
Increase 33.86
Decrease 33.60
Decrease 33.87
Increase 36.46
Increase 32.75
Increase 32.50
Increase 30.61
Increase 29.78

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Bank and Monument stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics.
  2. ^ The method of calculating usage changed in 2018 from estimates based on survey counts carried out on a few days to actual counts of gate entry date for each day.[1]
  3. ^ Bank and Monument stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics.
  4. ^ The two Paddington stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics.
  5. ^ The ranking of Tottenham Court Road was affected in 2011, as the Northern Line was not stopping there between 3 April and 28 November, and in 2015, as the Central line was not stopping there between 5 January and 7 December.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.