Cambridge crowned busiest station in the East

The most and least used railway stations have been revealed with contrasting fortunes in Cambridgeshire.

The Office for Rail and Road has revealed the most and least used railway stations in the East of England, based on the number of entries and exits between April 2023 and March 2024.

Cambridge is top with 10 million, beating Stansted Airport, and saw over double the amount of passengers Peterborough saw in the same period.

Shippea Hill, in the East Cambridgeshire Fens, counted only 70 passengers, the least of any station in the East of England, and the second-least in Britain.

Top 10 Most Used Stations:
Cambridge - 10,000,000
Stansted Airport - 9,300,000
Chelmsford - 6,500,000
Shenfield - 6,500,000
Watford Junction - 6,500,000
St Albans City - 6,300,000
Peterborough - 4,700,000
Luton Airport Parkway - 4,300,000
Stevenage - 4,300,000
Norwich - 4,200,000

Top 10 Least Used Stations:
Shippea Hill - 70
Buckenham - 360
Lakenheath - 480
Spooner Row - 698
Berney Arms - 800
Eccles Road - 1,568
Kempston Hardwick - 2,296
Millbrook - 2,312
Aspley Guise - 3,320
Harling Road - 3,364

Nationally, London Liverpool Street station retained its title as Britain's most used railway station in 2023-24, with 94,500,000 passengers.

Meanwhile, Denton in Greater Manchester was the least used station, with 54 passengers, beating Shippea Hill by 16 to the wooden spoon.