ORR Station usage figures April 2014 to March 2015

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[grahame]

Station usage figured for 2014 - 2015 just published:

http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates

[grahame]

Station usage figured for 2014 - 2015 just published:

http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates

Very quick initial extract (sorted by passenger entrance + exit numbers (here)

[ChrisB]

Banbury's up over 7%

[grahame]

Here are ..
a) 2014-2015 figures
b) 2013-2014 figures
c) growth factor from 13/14 to 14/15
d) code
e) name
of all FGW^▸ (First Great Western) as was (now GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway)) managed stations

Code:

     6624954	     6505100	 1.018	OXF»  (Oxford - next trains)	Oxford
     6222126	     5990276	 1.039	BTH»  (Bath Spa - next trains)	Bath Spa
     5817932	     5286162	 1.101	EAL▸  (Ealing Broadway Station)	Ealing Broadway
     5561672	     5533844	 1.005	SLO	Slough
     4307576	     4203316	 1.025	MAI▸  (Maidenhead station)	Maidenhead
     3503982	     3350448	 1.046	SWI»  (Swindon - next trains)	Swindon
     3125952	     2920078	 1.071	HAY	Hayes & Harlington
     3083258	     2945108	 1.047	DID»  (Didcot Parkway - next trains)	Didcot Parkway
     2509220	     2356204	 1.065	EXD»  (Exeter St Davids - next trains)	Exeter St. David's
     2495248	     2445464	 1.020	PLY»  (Plymouth - next trains)	Plymouth
     2422096	     2305922	 1.050	STL	Southall
     2343636	     1943070	 1.206	EXC	Exeter Central
     2342234	     2059712	 1.137	WDT	West Drayton
     2340506	     2215812	 1.056	BPW»  (Bristol Parkway - next trains)	Bristol Parkway
     2038404	     1924750	 1.059	CNM»  (Cheltenham Spa - next trains)	Cheltenham Spa
     1895980	     1826348	 1.038	CPM»  (Chippenham - next trains)	Chippenham
     1885272	     1878966	 1.003	WNC	Windsor & Eton Central
     1745710	     1664408	 1.049	NBY»  (Newbury - next trains)	Newbury
     1369126	     1361892	 1.005	TWY▸  (Twyford station)	Twyford
     1364142	     1314800	 1.038	GCR»  (Gloucester - next trains)	Gloucester
     1347024	     1302320	 1.034	WEA	West Ealing
     1315144	     1261950	 1.042	TAU»  (Taunton - next trains)	Taunton
     1285000	     1226532	 1.048	BNM	Burnham
     1257040	     1238874	 1.015	TRU	Truro
     1141040	     1057340	 1.079	NTA»  (Newton Abbott - next trains)	Newton Abbot
     1099844	     1062670	 1.035	WSM	Weston-Super-Mare
     1007780	      988734	 1.019	FIT	Filton Abbey Wood
      927182	      892744	 1.039	EXM	Exmouth
      903248	      849928	 1.063	TRO»  (Trowbridge - next trains)	Trowbridge
      771406	      771838	 0.999	HOT	Henley-On-Thames
      726202	      710440	 1.022	LNY	Langley
      666162	      633510	 1.052	FNN	Farnborough North
      657754	      627810	 1.048	TOT	Totnes
      638754	      595326	 1.073	SIV	St.Ives
      631506	      567440	 1.113	PGN	Paignton
      619766	      573770	 1.080	CFN▸  (Clifton Down station)	Clifton Down
      602886	      566620	 1.064	TGM	Teignmouth
      571510	      772878	 0.739	DIG	Digby and Sowton
      556796	      484174	 1.150	DWL	Dawlish
      549730	      533258	 1.031	PNZ	Penzance
      546658	      518302	 1.055	TLH	Tilehurst
      535172	      522134	 1.025	THA	Thatcham
      534946	      499466	 1.071	BOA	Bradford-On-Avon
      529358	      486546	 1.088	WSB»  (Westbury - next trains)	Westbury
      507298	      483892	 1.048	BAW	Blackwater
      494982	      477146	 1.037	ROM	Romsey
      490546	      464842	 1.055	STD	Stroud
      475938	      466728	 1.020	THE	Theale
      467806	      461196	 1.014	SAU	St.Austell
      457724	      409600	 1.117	TQY	Torquay
      454106	      442054	 1.027	AML	Acton Main Line
      450510	      423174	 1.065	NLS	Nailsea & Backwell
      449490	      460112	 0.977	HAN	Hanwell
      447284	      407352	 1.098	TVP	Tiverton Parkway
      443887	      464485	 0.956	DPD	Deepdene
      435626	      416794	 1.045	YAT	Yatton
      431404	      424034	 1.017	PAN	Pangbourne
      427394	      384234	 1.112	BNP▸  (Barnstaple)	Barnstaple
      412602	      358186	 1.152	KYN	Keynsham
      411704	      387112	 1.064	NCM	North Camp
      401356	      398894	 1.006	GOR	Goring & Streatley
      388422	      370416	 1.049	WMN»  (Warminster - next trains)	Warminster
      385332	      610814	 0.631	RDW	Reading West
      357086	      344144	 1.038	LSK	Liskeard
      356078	      340766	 1.045	KEM	Kemble
      354004	      328832	 1.077	YAE	Yate
      344156	      332140	 1.036	HGD	Hungerford
      343722	      334946	 1.026	RED	Redruth
      312946	      305984	 1.023	OLF	Oldfield Park
      308856	      293924	 1.051	BWT	Bridgwater
      305284	      287778	 1.061	CBY	Charlbury
      303816	      296692	 1.024	CRN‡(resolve)	Crowthorne
      291502	      276016	 1.056	WOR	Worle
      289204	      272072	 1.063	MLW	Marlow
      280452	      283400	 0.990	CBN	Camborne
      277720	      250400	 1.109	BMY	Bramley (Hampshire)
      274708	      239380	 1.148	TRR	Torre
      272430	      239034	 1.140	CHO	Cholsey
      266580	      249462	 1.069	PYN	Penryn
      247724	      245612	 1.009	EVE	Evesham
      247068	      247418	 0.999	TAP	Taplow
      245296	      244846	 1.002	CLC▸  (Castle Cary)	Castle Cary
      244818	      252244	 0.971	BNE	Bourne End
      243568	      201284	 1.210	HND	Hanborough
      237776	      225296	 1.055	BOD	Bodmin Parkway
      237198	      217032	 1.093	MIM	Moreton-In-Marsh
      231800	      203782	 1.137	CBB	Carbis Bay
      231122	      221332	 1.044	TOP	Topsham
      224740	      193540	 1.161	IVR	Iver
      224658	      195824	 1.147	SVB	Severn Beach
      218616	      204390	 1.070	PEW	Pewsey
      213964	      206654	 1.035	COO	Cookham
      213848	      186982	 1.144	EXT	Exeter St. Thomas
      213840	      214782	 0.996	FMT	Falmouth Town
      204806	      199852	 1.025	SER	St.Erth
      201662	      194838	 1.035	PNM	Penmere
      197670	      190532	 1.037	PAR	Par
      190396	      168898	 1.127	HIG	Highbridge & Burnham
      185504	      177094	 1.047	CDU▸  (Cab Display Unit)	Cam & Dursley
      183146	      178074	 1.028	MOR	Mortimer
      180536	      172006	 1.050	KGM	Kingham
      180504	      158806	 1.137	CBP	Castle Bar Park
      178114	      157294	 1.132	SRD	Stapleton Road
      169482	      157584	 1.076	FRO»  (Frome - next trains)	Frome
      166904	      162096	 1.030	FZP	Furze Platt
      157212	      138966	 1.131	DWW	Dawlish Warren
      155342	      155198	 1.001	SND	Sandhurst
      152710	      137600	 1.110	DRG	Drayton Green
      150774	      136316	 1.106	LWH	Lawrence Hill
      148380	      140848	 1.053	SHU	Stonehouse
      138896	      118868	 1.168	RAD	Radley
      137296	      109134	 1.258	FAL	Falmouth Docks
      136644	      133264	 1.025	YVP	Yeovil Pen Mill
      135600	      125558	 1.080	SFR	Shalford
      131408	      133568	 0.984	DCW	Dorchester West
      130560	      121294	 1.076	MTP	Montpelier
      124914	      118238	 1.056	LOO	Looe
      119924	      111440	 1.076	AVN	Avonmouth
      116798	      114932	 1.016	LTS	Lelant Saltings
      116552	      106604	 1.093	POL	Polsloe Bridge
      115808	      111512	 1.039	BDW	Bedwyn
      114458	      102654	 1.115	PSN	Parson Street
      105610	       93176	 1.133	RDA▸  (Regional Development Agency)	Redland
      101004	      100178	 1.008	SCS	Starcross
      100208	       97278	 1.030	NQY▸  (Newquay (Station))	Newquay
       99052	       93978	 1.054	LYM	Lympstone Village
       95910	       92146	 1.041	WGV	Wargrave
       95310	       87956	 1.084	PSH	Pershore
       92580	       89240	 1.037	SHI	Shiplake
       92552	       85544	 1.082	KIT	Kintbury
       92540	       90404	 1.024	PWY	Patchway
       88440	      207900	 0.425	BIT	Bicester Town
       87948	       90810	 0.968	HYL	Hayle
       87542	       83242	 1.052	BMT	Bedminster
       87384	       83840	 1.042	ASC	Ashchurch
       86984	       76212	 1.141	NRC	Newbury Racecourse
       74846	       77452	 0.966	AMT	Aldermaston
       68526	       73764	 0.929	STS	Saltash
       68240	       73042	 0.934	LOS	Lostwithiel
       64586	       66330	 0.974	SJP	St.James' Park
       64512	       58106	 1.110	SML	Sea Mills
       64494	       56068	 1.150	WNM	Weston Milton
       63210	       61062	 1.035	CUM	Culham
       62308	       56948	 1.094	DKT	Dorking West
       59374	       66516	 0.893	IVY	Ivybridge
       58480	       59226	 0.987	GOM	Gomshall
       57102	       54738	 1.043	SGM	St.Germans
       56178	       51400	 1.093	HYB	Honeybourne
       54972	       55910	 0.983	LYC	Lympstone Commando
       54356	       54864	 0.991	GSL	Gunnislake
       52492	       50342	 1.043	CDI	Crediton
       52480	       51542	 1.018	SHH	Shirehampton
       51858	       23930	 2.167	MKM»  (Melksham (Station code) - next trains)	Melksham
       47324	       41338	 1.145	SGN	South Greenford
       44414	       40148	 1.106	FFD	Freshford
       38068	       32016	 1.189	HYD	Heyford
       37608	       34210	 1.099	UMB	Umberleigh
       37082	       38762	 0.957	BAS	Bere Alston
       35646	       28842	 1.236	PRW	Perranwell
       34096	       32088	 1.063	BRU	Bruton
       33996	       35670	 0.953	MDG	Midgham
       33968	       31866	 1.066	DPT	Devonport
       33704	       35190	 0.958	CSK	Calstock
       29106	       26160	 1.113	EGG	Eggesford
       27366	       28854	 0.948	DBG	Dunbridge
       25910	       23466	 1.104	CHL	Chilworth
       25808	       26118	 0.988	DEN	Dean
       23078	       20774	 1.111	EXN	Exton
       22612	       20996	 1.077	TAC▸  (Track Access Contract)	Tackley
       21670	       20258	 1.070	MDN	Maiden Newton
       19514	       20084	 0.972	DMH»  (Dilton Marsh - next trains)	Dilton Marsh
       19432	       19394	 1.002	AVF	Avoncliff
       17128	       15588	 1.099	YEO	Yeoford
       16858	       17472	 0.965	BFE	Bere Ferrers
       16446	       18620	 0.883	BTO	Betchworth
       13476	       14058	 0.959	COP	Copplestone
       11822	       11416	 1.036	MRD	Morchard Road
       11184	       13376	 0.836	SAR	St.Andrew's Road
       10332	        8606	 1.201	SBV	St.Budeaux Victoria Road
        7738	        8826	 0.877	APF	Appleford
        7064	        7188	 0.983	YET	Yetminster
        6936	        7100	 0.977	KEY	Keyham
        6858	       27018	 0.254	ISP	Islip
        6300	        6970	 0.904	DOC	Dockyard
        5554	        6810	 0.816	BGL	Bugle
        4884	        5050	 0.967	SIP	Shipton
        4128	        4064	 1.016	MEN	Menheniot
        4026	        2856	 1.410	AUW	Ascott-Under-Wychwood
        3926	        4754	 0.826	SBF	St.Budeaux Ferry Road
        3422	        3748	 0.913	KGN	King's Nympton
        3144	        2708	 1.161	THO	Thornford
        2984	        3208	 0.930	OKE	Okehampton
        2874	        2494	 1.152	LEL	Lelant
        2704	        2354	 1.149	LAP	Lapford
        2510	        2760	 0.909	NTC▸  (New Track Construction)	Newton St.Cyres
        2334	        2398	 0.973	CNO	Chetnole
        2310	        1950	 1.185	ROC▸  (Rail Operating Centre - a centralised location for railway signalling and train control operations for a specific route or region)	Roche
        2170	        1654	 1.312	LUX	Luxulyan
        2094	        2198	 0.953	CAU	Causeland
        1986	        1362	 1.458	SKN	St.Keyne
        1904	        2188	 0.870	SCR	St.Columb Road
        1804	        1920	 0.940	FIN	Finstock
        1762	        1860	 0.947	SDP	Sandplace
        1510	         844	 1.789	PMA	Portsmouth Arms
        1394	        1286	 1.084	QUI	Quintrell Downs
        1248	        1684	 0.741	CME	Combe
         196	         146	 1.342	SMC	Sampford Courtenay
         192	         232	 0.828	CPN	Chapelton
          68	          88	 0.773	PIL	Pilning
          26	          42	 0.619	COE	Coombe

[grahame]

Banbury's up over 7%

Overall growth across GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) managed stations - 4.42% ... other key stations they serve (NR^» (Network Rail - home page) managed):
Paddington up 1.8%
Temple Meads up 6.1%
Reading up 4.3%
Overall growth across UK^▸ (United Kingdom) - 4.48% ... if that continues, there will be 155 passengers for every 100 today in 10 years, and 240 for every 100 today in 20 years.

[Oxonhutch]

Some interesting numbers.  Particularly in passenger densities with little old Windsor and Eton Central with its 1,885,272 passengers spread over its single usable platform of 113m (Western SE) makes for a density of 16,684 passengers per platform metre (pppm).  Compare that to 12,990pppm for Bath Spa and 10,114pppm for Oxford.  When one realises that actual platform length used with the service of 3 car turbos (max.) is more likely 70m, that makes an actual density of 26,932pppm.

[didcotdean]

Some interesting (!) things that spring out to me.

On interchanges there are considered to be over twice as many at Didcot compared with Oxford (491,568 v 225,903).

Nearly a 17% increase at Radley, which the authors can't come up with a reason for. Contrasts with a 13% decline at Appleford, but these numbers are so small really as to be questionable as to significance.

[ChrisB]

Far better service at Radley....plus a car park.

[Bmblbzzz]

Passengers per platform metre. What a wonderfully specific measure! I've never been to Windsor (well, not by train ^ nor by car, come to that) but the platform at Bath often seems very crowded. Of course, it depends on how those numbers are spread by time as well. Perhaps the measure should be something like peak passengers per platform metre-minute?

[chrisr_75]

No more than idle curiosity on my part as I spotted a clear outlier, but does anyone know what is going on at Islip to have caused such a huge change from 13/14 to 14/15?

6858          27018    0.254   ISP   Islip

[didcotdean]

Far better service at Radley....plus a car park.

Er, yes. I was puzzled why the producers of the document couldn't have worked it out.

The existence of Radley is also now better known in Abingdon and South Oxford saving a congested journey into Oxford or Didcot.

[didcotdean]

No more than idle curiosity on my part as I spotted a clear outlier, but does anyone know what is going on at Islip to have caused such a huge change from 13/14 to 14/15?

6858          27018    0.254   ISP   Islip

Closure of Oxford to Bicester Town over the period.

[grahame]

No more than idle curiosity on my part as I spotted a clear outlier, but does anyone know what is going on at Islip to have caused such a huge change from 13/14 to 14/15?

6858          27018    0.254   ISP   Islip

The effect of bustitution ...

The station closed to rail traffic on 15 February 2014 (the last trains having run late on 14 February) in order to allow upgrade of the line between Oxford and Bicester. Reopening was planned for May 2015.[3][4] It was later delayed until 26 October 2015.

[grahame]

Looking at the outriders / special cases, I notice Manea and Bladon which I can understand (improved service), Energlyn (only open for a bit of the previous year), and a couple of stations where ticket assignment within a group of stations was changed.   Then there's

       25464           6838    3.724   PEB   Pevensey Bay
which the ORR^» (Office of Rail and Road formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) have highlighted without, it seems, any certainty of reason.   Does snyone have any local knowledge - "Tourist Flow" suggested ... surely not because it's a famous film set ... "The station was the setting for an episode of The Goon Show called 'The Pevensey Bay Disaster'"

[IndustryInsider]

Far better service at Radley....plus a car park.

Er, yes. I was puzzled why the producers of the document couldn't have worked it out.

The existence of Radley is also now better known in Abingdon and South Oxford saving a congested journey into Oxford or Didcot.

The number of services were essentially the same over those two years to/from Radley, but the opening of the car park extension and the guarantee of a parking space has definitely encouraged more users - despite a charge being introduced.