London Liverpool Street station was the most used railway station in Great Britain in 2023-24.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) confirmed this, with the station seeing more than 14 million additional entries and exits compared to the previous year.
This brings the total to 94.5 million entries and exits.
The ORR's statistics also revealed that Denton railway station in Greater Manchester was the least used station in Great Britain, with only 54 entries and exits.
The impact of the Elizabeth line continues to drive massive increases in station usage, with the latest stats being the first to show a whole year’s worth of data.
After entering the top 10 for the first time in the previous year, Tottenham Court Road leapt four places, gaining just under 30 million entries and exits to take third place from London Waterloo.
London St Pancras dropped out of the top 10, while Bond Street was a new entry, going from 19th most used last year to ninth this year.
London Paddington retained second place by adding an additional six million entries and exits.
Feras Alshaker, director of planning and performance at the ORR, said: "These statistics provide crucial insights for passengers, the rail industry and its stakeholders and demonstrate clearly how travel patterns are changing across the country.
"Alongside our rail usage statistics they show that since the pandemic rail usage continues to increase and that the investment put into the Elizabeth line is fundamentally reshaping passenger journeys into and around London."
The busiest stations in England outside of London were Birmingham New Street (33.3 million), Manchester Piccadilly (25.8 million) and Leeds (24.9 million).
In Scotland, the busiest stations were Glasgow Central (25.0 million), Edinburgh Waverley (21.3 million) and Glasgow Queen Street (14.5 million).
In Wales, Cardiff Central (11.5 million), Newport (2.7 million), and Swansea (2.2 million) were the busiest.
The top 10 most used stations in Great Britain were all in London, with London Liverpool Street, London Paddington, and Tottenham Court Road taking the top three spots.
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