List of busiest London Underground stations

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.[1]

The system has 272 stations.[1] 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.[2]

With traveller numbers substantially reduced by the COVID-19 pandemic, this table lists the stations with 10 million users or more entering or exiting in 2020. The total of annual entries and exits for all stations in 2020 was 1.023.94 billion.[2]

Busiest London Underground stations (entries and exits, in millions)[2]
Rank (2020) Station Zone(s) 2020 2019 2018[lower-alpha 1] 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
1
Stratford
2/3
25.07
64.85
64.73
61.99
67.05
61.44
59.31
54.50
50.96
48.57
29.82
2
London Bridge
1
24.72
74.34
70.20
69.05
70.74
71.96
74.98
69.88
67.16
65.44
60.79
3
Victoria
1
22.95
85.47
84.47
79.36
83.50
82.89
86.73
84.58
82.96
82.25
79.93
4
King's Cross St Pancras
1
18.84
88.27
89.82
97.92
95.03
93.41
91.98
84.87
80.97
77.11
72.58
5
Waterloo
1
16.62
82.93
76.54
91.27
100.36
95.14
91.49
89.40
88.16
84.12
81.57
6
Liverpool Street
1
16.27
67.20
65.03
67.74
71.61
73.26
73.66
67.89
64.23
63.65
62.72
7
Finsbury Park
2
15.82
33.44
23.89
31.22
32.74
28.85
28.00
27.07
26.04
24.29
23.46
8
Vauxhall
1/2
15.46
32.30
30.08
30.83
32.23
26.83
27.51
25.15
22.84
20.87
19.30
9
Oxford Circus
1
14.60
78.07
76.40
84.09
83.26
92.36
98.51
85.25
80.55
77.09
70.12
10
Barking
4
14.29
18.13
17.87
18.20
15.86
16.06
15.59
15.22
14.51
13.96
13.72
11
Canary Wharf
2
13.36
47.69
43.62
50.91
54.79
54.44
51.81
50.05
48.04
46.59
41.53
12
Brixton
2
12.74
32.03
30.72
32.84
33.46
30.83
29.37
27.22
24.82
22.51
21.28
13
Paddington[lower-alpha 2]
1
11.42
48.61
44.60
48.82
49.48
49.64
49.28
49.71
46.33
46.48
44.00
14
Canning Town
2/3
10.55
14.83
13.67
13.28
11.91
10.92
10.10
9.78
8.74
8.71
8.28
15
Walthamstow Central
3
10.44
18.92
17.12
9.59
22.77
18.33
18.05
16.68
15.09
14.32
13.75
16
Seven Sisters
3
10.31
17.02
17.92
18.33
18.61
17.52
15.97
14.46
13.25
12.53
12.43

See also

Notes
  1. 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.[2]
  2. The two Paddington stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics.

References
  1. "London Underground". Transport for London. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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