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29.03.12

Usage figures highlight busiest stations

Waterloo is the busiest station in Great Britain, with over 91 million passenger entries and exits, statistics from the ORR suggest.

The latest station usage figures for April 2010- March 2011 estimated that Waterloo had 91,750,382 entries and exits, an increase of 6.2% compared to 2009-10 figures.

The top ten busiest stations were Waterloo, London Victoria, London Liverpool Street, London Bridge, Charing Cross, Euston, Paddington, Kings Cross, Glasgow Central and Birmingham New Street.

Most stations had increased in the number of passenger entries and exits, with the largest percentage increase at Euston, which rose by 13.3%.

For more information, visit: http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529

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