List of busiest London Underground stations (2020)

This is a list of busiest London Underground stations for the 2020 calendar year. The dataset records patterns of mobility during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, with significantly reduced levels of mobility when compared with the 2019 data. Extended periods of significantly reduced commuting and other travel caused many major central London stations to drop in the ranking during 2020 and for larger suburban stations to replace them.

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 2020.[a] In 2020, Stratford was the busiest station on the network, used by over 25.07 million passengers, while Kensington (Olympia) was the least used, with 40,000 passengers. Data for 2020 was published on 1 April 2021.[1]

This table shows the busiest stations with over 10 million entries and exits in 2020.

Busiest London Underground stations (entries and exits, in millions)[1]
Rank (2020) Station Zone(s) 2020 2019 2018[b] 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
1
Stratford
Decrease 25.07
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
2
London Bridge
Decrease 24.72
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
3
Victoria
Decrease 22.95
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
4
King's Cross St Pancras
Decrease 18.84
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
5
Waterloo
Decrease 16.62
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
6
Liverpool Street
Decrease 16.27
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
7
Finsbury Park
Decrease 15.82
Increase 33.44
Decrease 23.89
Decrease 31.22
Increase 32.74
Increase 28.85
Increase 28.00
Increase 27.07
Increase 26.04
Increase 24.29
8
Vauxhall
Decrease 15.46
Increase 32.30
Decrease 30.08
Decrease 30.83
Increase 32.23
Decrease 26.83
Increase 27.51
Increase 25.15
Increase 22.84
Increase 20.87
9
Oxford Circus
Decrease 14.60
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
10
Barking
Decrease 14.29
Increase 18.13
Decrease 17.87
Increase 18.20
Decrease 15.86
Increase 16.06
Increase 15.59
Increase 15.22
Increase 14.51
Increase 13.96
11
Canary Wharf
Decrease 13.36
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
12
Brixton
Decrease 12.74
Increase 32.03
Decrease 30.72
Decrease 32.84
Increase 33.46
Increase 30.83
Increase 29.37
Increase 27.22
Increase 24.82
Increase 22.51
13
Paddington[c]
Decrease 11.42
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
14
Canning Town
Decrease 10.55
Increase 14.83
Increase 13.67
Increase 13.28
Increase 11.91
Increase 10.92
Increase 10.10
Increase 9.78
Increase 8.74
Increase 8.71
15
Walthamstow Central
Decrease 10.44
Increase 18.92
Increase 17.12
Decrease 9.59
Increase 22.77
Increase 18.33
Increase 18.05
Increase 16.68
Increase 15.09
Increase 14.32
16
Seven Sisters
Decrease 10.31
Decrease 17.02
Decrease 17.92
Decrease 18.33
Increase 18.61
Increase 17.52
Increase 15.97
Increase 14.46
Increase 13.25
Increase 12.53

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. ^ The two Paddington stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.