Station Usage figures from the ORR

[whole diary]

[grahame]

The office of road and rail will be publishing their station use stats (via their web site) on Wednesday 6th December.   

http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/release-schedule

Although there are many special cases and oddities in these figures (largely born out by special case and oddities in the ticketing system), they provide a very useful if belated year on year comparison on a station by station basis.  A time of these figures for each year is available on this site via the "Station Comparator" link at the top of every forum page, and I would hope to add the new data within 24 hours of it being published.

[grahame]

Published on the ORR^» (Office of Rail and Road formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) web site (moved a week earlier since I looked)

http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0012/26130/estimates-of-station-usage-2016-17.xlsx

[charles_uk]

Just picked up on the latest Estimates of Station Usage figures for the Cotswold Line. Some interesting numbers. Possibly Oxford Parkway is having an effect. Hanborough and Charlbury have both seen big drops. Hanborough down from 271K to 239K and Charlbury 328K to 295K. Kingham is pretty much static whilst Evesham and Moreton-in-Marsh have seen small increases.

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

[edited to clarify comments related to Cotswold Line services as post has been moved to main station usage thread]

[grahame]

Here are the UK^▸ (United Kingdom) top 100 in growth from last year, but note that my list does not include stations opened since I started doing this a few years back (Christmas project!).   I have also removed stations with less than 10k passengers - leaving me with 2271 records.

Code:

     1	  3.1716 BIT 413432 1311238 Bicester Town
     2	  2.9172 FNW 13166 38408 Farnworth
     3	  2.6322 TRY 70864 186526 Treorchy
     4	  2.2504 KSL 15512 34908 Kearsley
     5	  2.1134 MSS 10354 21882 Moses Gate
     6	  1.8699 ISP 10482 19600 Islip
     7	  1.7211 HAC 2266824 3901394 Hackney Downs
     8	  1.7097 TPN 43858 74984 Ton Pentre
     9	  1.5725 ENT 10596 16662 Entwistle
    10	  1.5145 HKM 71056 107614 Hykeham
    11	  1.5057 WHG 129344 194752 Westhoughton
    12	  1.4877 PAT 49468 73596 Patricroft
    13	  1.4741 OLD 3611484 5323546 Old Street
    14	  1.3999 TNP 82036 114840 Tonypandy
    15	  1.3851 EBB 167642 232206 Ebbsfleet International
    16	  1.3834 FRF 24554 33968 Fairfield
    17	  1.3736 DWN 235122 322972 Darwen
    18	  1.3509 HID 116428 157280 Hall I' Th' Wood
    19	  1.3352 BRL 10150 13552 Barrhill
    20	  1.3324 WFF 247372 329588 Whifflet
    21	  1.3248 DGC 21072 27916 Denham Golf Club
    22	  1.3227 WOS»  (Worcester Shrub Hill - next trains) 618467 818070 Worcester Shrub Hill
    23	  1.3183 LTG 41900 55236 Lostock Gralam
    24	  1.3181 FSK 20302 26760 Fiskerton
    25	  1.3147 NCT 572285 752394 Newark Castle
    26	  1.3107 SWD 11034 14462 Swinderby
    27	  1.3083 SFA 1632646 2135940 Stratford International
    28	  1.3050 MPK 143090 186728 Mosspark
    29	  1.3044 SOV 1439480 1877587 Southend Victoria
    30	  1.2999 WDL 46248 60116 Woodhall
    31	  1.2989 LPW 35586 46224 Lapworth
    32	  1.2984 DAK 283204 367722 Dalmarnock
    33	  1.2974 ROO 45084 58492 Roose
    34	  1.2915 HYH 158564 204786 Hythe
    35	  1.2864 ALK 23766 30572 Aslockton
    36	  1.2833 SCS 111316 142850 Starcross
    37	  1.2816 CTO 36344 46578 Carlton
    38	  1.2756 KNS 62120 79240 Kennishead
    39	  1.2756 CLM 80726 102974 Collingham
    40	  1.2694 SSD 6012526 7632108 Stansted Airport
    41	  1.2671 PRA 93026 117870 Prestwick Internat'nl Airport
    42	  1.2645 YSR 44600 56398 Ystrad Rhondda
    43	  1.2584 FLI 103654 130442 Flixton
    44	  1.2560 RSG 57258 71916 Rose Grove
    45	  1.2485 RNR 12814 15998 Roughton Road
    46	  1.2446 QBR 123064 153166 Queenborough
    47	  1.2432 FPK 5656786 7032726 Finsbury Park
    48	  1.2396 BIO 126234 156480 Baillieston
    49	  1.2360 BMC 291754 360602 Bromley Cross
    50	  1.2312 LHO 35734 43996 Langho
    51	  1.2311 SUD 30656 37742 Sudbury & Harrow Road
    52	  1.2306 MKM»  (Melksham (Station code) - next trains) 60676 74666 Melksham
    53	  1.2304 DCW 134105 164997 Dorchester West
    54	  1.2280 WBQ 1110400 1363569 Warrington Bank Quay
    55	  1.2278 CTE 85898 105464 Chatelherault
    56	  1.2275 HTY 64320 78956 Hattersley
    57	  1.2242 MOG 8849564 10833978 Moorgate
    58	  1.2236 DDK 318086 389204 Dagenham Dock
    59	  1.2225 SDB 233638 285622 Sandbach
    60	  1.2217 LOC 205408 250940 Lockerbie
    61	  1.2203 BCJ 38396 46854 Burscough Junction
    62	  1.2133 PDG 124232 150728 Padgate
    63	  1.2123 DST 137312 166458 Duke Street
    64	  1.2109 WEH 8778194 10629626 West Ham
    65	  1.2097 HRR 25016 30262 Harrington
    66	  1.2088 WMS 166472 201228 Wemyss Bay
    67	  1.2086 AGR 27754 33544 Angel Road
    68	  1.2076 SJP 72712 87804 St.James' Park
    69	  1.2069 BGI 95214 114912 Bargeddie
    70	  1.2052 ADN 20068 24186 Ardrossan Town
    71	  1.2018 SLD 955878 1148814 Salford Crescent
    72	  1.1999 KWD 138888 166648 Kirkwood
    73	  1.1981 LTN▸  (Low Traffic Neighbourhood) 3188146 3819812 Luton Airport Parkway
    74	  1.1974 LYC 54026 64690 Lympstone Commando
    75	  1.1952 HYC 81512 97422 Hyde Central
    76	  1.1919 SVB 260784 310818 Severn Beach
    77	  1.1897 SNK 144868 172346 Sankey For Penketh
    78	  1.1896 LOT 232442 276514 Lostock Parkway
    79	  1.1884 EDG 170904 203094 Edge Hill
    80	  1.1876 GTR 42852 50892 Goostrey
    81	  1.1875 NNP 105784 125622 Ninian Park
    82	  1.1858 IRL 305590 362358 Irlam
    83	  1.1845 WSH 464828 550612 Wishaw
    84	  1.1843 CLH 240112 284362 Clitheroe
    85	  1.1841 HTN 43798 51862 Hatton
    86	  1.1839 CBH 646748 765702 Cambridge Heath
    87	  1.1836 UMB 31324 37076 Umberleigh
    88	  1.1830 BET 1062062 1256376 Bethnal Green
    89	  1.1820 DGL 91448 108090 Dingle Road
    90	  1.1812 ECC 161298 190518 Eccles
    91	  1.1794 BGA 12176 14360 Brundall Gardens
    92	  1.1790 LAY 72370 85324 Layton
    93	  1.1786 TUR 603754 711572 Turkey Street
    94	  1.1785 DFR 68438 80654 Drumfrochar
    95	  1.1780 KMH 10022 11806 Kempston Hardwick
    96	  1.1779 RTR 1385260 1631718 Rochester
    97	  1.1767 NAN 183814 216292 Nantwich
    98	  1.1760 TEO 351986 413936 Theobalds Grove
    99	  1.1739 CML 132454 155484 Carmyle
   100	  1.1735 WGN 1380716 1620278 Wigan North Western

and worst cases:

Code:

  2172	  0.8223 MRS 24264 19952 Monks Risborough
  2173	  0.8213 FGH 22646 18600 Fishguard Harbour
  2174	  0.8208 MDS 88032 72260 Morden South
  2175	  0.8198 WWD 514282 421596 Woolwich Dockyard
  2176	  0.8179 UWL 1139634 932070 Upper Warlingham
  2177	  0.8172 BUB 24572 20080 Burnley Barracks
  2178	  0.8167 CBR▸  (Cost Benefit Ratioi (1/BCR)) 45374 37058 Cooksbridge
  2179	  0.8162 WRH 2578194 2104272 Worthing
  2180	  0.8159 WNL 53558 43696 Whinhill
  2181	  0.8157 SMO 139816 114054 South Merton
  2182	  0.8156 PLN 56324 45936 Portlethen
  2183	  0.8149 TRE 113720 92672 Trefforest Estate
  2184	  0.8146 LNZ 837480 682240 Lenzie
  2185	  0.8143 DUR 665298 541740 Durrington-On-Sea
  2186	  0.8115 EPD 111946 90840 Epsom Downs
  2187	  0.8109 KND 328778 266616 Kingswood
  2188	  0.8089 ANG 865380 699978 Angmering
  2189	  0.8082 BOG 1202460 971848 Bognor Regis
  2190	  0.8077 HKC 5978530 4829020 Hackney Central
  2191	  0.8077 CBP 188120 151942 Castle Bar Park
  2192	  0.8072 TAT 283452 228812 Tattenham Corner
  2193	  0.8071 SIH 227096 183280 St.Helier
  2194	  0.8071 CCH 3231354 2608084 Chichester
  2195	  0.8066 EWR 428322 345484 East Worthing
  2196	  0.8043 GBS 583482 469302 Goring-By-Sea
  2197	  0.8038 RHO 16160 12990 Rhosneigr
  2198	  0.8028 WCB 979032 786008 Westcombe Park
  2199	  0.8027 WWO 773282 620736 West Worthing
  2200	  0.8003 PPK 91392 73138 Possilpark & Parkhouse
  2201	  0.7996 PUL 414036 331044 Pulborough
  2202	  0.7983 GSD 15684 12520 Garsdale
  2203	  0.7917 BEX 1524654 1207046 Bexhill
  2204	  0.7914 NUT 78190 61878 Nutbourne
  2205	  0.7864 CDS▸  (Off Peak Day Single [ticket type] (formerly 'Cheap Day')) 1616746 1271416 Coulsdon South
  2206	  0.7862 MCB▸  (Miniature Circuit Breaker) 422406 332108 Moulsecoomb
  2207	  0.7861 AGT 236458 185874 Aldrington
  2208	  0.7847 GLY 77738 60998 Glynde
  2209	  0.7838 TRD 48940 38358 Troed-Y-Rhiw
  2210	  0.7829 TAD 323788 253504 Tadworth
  2211	  0.7811 SSE‡(resolve) 1458128 1138952 Shoreham-By-Sea
  2212	  0.7806 EDW 1709704 1334640 East Dulwich
  2213	  0.7796 NDL 799086 622984 North Dulwich
  2214	  0.7790 DYC 664396 517586 Dyce
  2215	  0.7787 SAJ 941100 732794 St.John's
  2216	  0.7772 LAC 966792 751372 Lancing
  2217	  0.7756 ATN 436000 338164 Atherton
  2218	  0.7746 OLY 42188 32680 Ockley
  2219	  0.7743 SBV 10376 8034 St.Budeaux Victoria Road
  2220	  0.7668 GNW 3674864 2817796 Greenwich
  2221	  0.7624 PHR 41832 31894 Penshurst
  2222	  0.7591 LRB 504018 382602 London Road Brighton
  2223	  0.7583 GDN 76942 58346 Godstone
  2224	  0.7576 PEV 163996 124246 Pevensey & Westham
  2225	  0.7532 WNH 15866 11950 Warnham
  2226	  0.7515 DRM 164154 123354 Drem
  2227	  0.7480 GSC 86996 65076 Gilshochill
  2228	  0.7478 PMP 145666 108922 Plumpton
  2229	  0.7473 FSG 123724 92456 Fishersgate
  2230	  0.7452 KSW 26786 19962 Kirkby Stephen
  2231	  0.7422 ORE 194568 144410 Ore
  2232	  0.7417 BBG 783884 581422 Bishopbriggs
  2233	  0.7338 SEE 17966 13184 Southease
  2234	  0.7245 NVN 326310 236416 Newhaven Town
  2235	  0.7213 SWK 362072 261172 Southwick
  2236	  0.7201 KVD 91570 65938 Kelvindale
  2237	  0.7079 MYH 90484 64050 Maryhill
  2238	  0.7074 NSB 11536 8160 Normans Bay
  2239	  0.7068 BIK 116948 82662 Birkbeck
  2240	  0.7027 SEF 767482 539322 Seaford
  2241	  0.7011 BIP 28982 20320 Bishopstone
  2242	  0.6997 EMS▸  (Engine Management System) 384490 269038 Emsworth
  2243	  0.6972 SOB 225900 157490 Southbourne
  2244	  0.6944 COB 122668 85186 Cooden Beach
  2245	  0.6927 FSB»  (Federation of Small Businesses - about) 77846 53922 Fishbourne
  2246	  0.6828 FGT 13222 9028 Faygate
  2247	  0.6690 WBL 38764 25932 Warblington
  2248	  0.6685 DRG 153146 102372 Drayton Green
  2249	  0.6679 CLL 223718 149412 Collington
  2250	  0.6580 ASF 76500 50340 Ashfield
  2251	  0.6518 BCS 1416600 923400 Bicester North
  2252	  0.6497 SUM 152434 99042 Summerston
  2253	  0.6162 BOH 102358 63076 Bosham
  2254	  0.5849 BWG 58878 34438 Bowling
  2255	  0.5619 EBV 101634 57108 Ebbw Vale Parkway
  2256	  0.5188 KMP 116492 60440 Kempton Park
  2257	  0.4915 PEB 14742 7246 Pevensey Bay
  2258	  0.3845 BHO 2013700 774220 Blackhorse Road
  2259	  0.3776 KPA 10904840 4117608 Kensington Olympia
  2260	  0.3449 CRH 825262 284672 Crouch Hill
  2261	  0.3317 LZB 12510 4150 Lazonby & Kirkoswald
  2262	  0.3214 UHL 1291668 415180 Upper Holloway
  2263	  0.2968 STO 1379768 409534 South Tottenham
  2264	  0.2928 HRY 1395266 408558 Harringay Green Lanes
  2265	  0.2740 IBM 22016 6032 IBM
  2266	  0.2313 WMW 945750 218732 Walthamstow Queens Road
  2267	  0.2312 LGW 17870 4132 Langwathby
  2268	  0.2153 LER 977634 210496 Leytonstone High Road
  2269	  0.2138 LEM 1340438 286620 Leyton Midland Road
  2270	  0.2098 WNP 1013078 212572 Wanstead Park
  2271	  0.2007 WGR 977648 196244 Woodgrange Park

[grahame]

Same thing over 4 years (noting how hard it is to sustain growth!)

WomanWithCat:17csv grahamellis$ python g4 | sort -r | cat -n | head -20
     1    17.0986 DAK 21506 367722 Dalmarnock
     2     6.1810 MKM^» (Melksham (Station code) - next trains) 12080 74666 Melksham
     3     6.1154 BIT 214416 1311238 Bicester Town
     4     4.6512 CRS 20610 95862 Carstairs
     5     4.5765 CLP 461490 2112006 Clapham High Street
     6     3.8127 OLD 1396260 5323546 Old Street
     7     3.5451 DGL 30490 108090 Dingle Road
     8     3.1679 NCT 237509 752394 Newark Castle
     9     3.1426 HKM 34244 107614 Hykeham
    10     3.1104 OMS 727620 2263204 Ormskirk
    11     2.9737 RHI 30330 90192 Rhiwbina
    12     2.9315 BCG 19214 56326 Birchgrove
    13     2.8045 SDL 471804 1323174 Sandhills
    14     2.7157 TWN 141760 384974 Town Green
    15     2.6820 LOF 496262 1330998 London Fields
    16     2.6201 WEH 4056878 10629626 West Ham
    17     2.5996 WWR 312730 812972 Wandsworth Road
    18     2.5969 STM 387532 1006394 St.Michaels
    19     2.5808 CBH 296692 765702 Cambridge Heath
    20     2.5674 AUG 78136 200604 Aughton Park
WomanWithCat:17csv grahamellis$ python g4 | sort -r | cat -n | tail -20
  2240     0.5392 WMW 405656 218732 Walthamstow Queens Road
  2241     0.5321 AGR 63040 33544 Angel Road
  2242     0.5236 FGH 35520 18600 Fishguard Harbour
  2243     0.5158 SOV 3640338 1877587 Southend Victoria
  2244     0.5119 STO 799950 409534 South Tottenham
  2245     0.5051 MSO^▸ (Motor Standard Opens) 134966 68174 Moston
  2246     0.4610 UHL 900538 415180 Upper Holloway
  2247     0.4473 CRH 636424 284672 Crouch Hill
  2248     0.4275 HRY 955660 408558 Harringay Green Lanes
  2249     0.3429 PRA 343782 117870 Prestwick Internat'nl Airport
  2250     0.3389 WNP 627170 212572 Wanstead Park
  2251     0.3258 WGR 602428 196244 Woodgrange Park
  2252     0.3012 LEM 951730 286620 Leyton Midland Road
  2253     0.2871 LER 733060 210496 Leytonstone High Road
  2254     0.2413 LZB 17198 4150 Lazonby & Kirkoswald
  2255     0.2240 EBV 254956 57108 Ebbw Vale Parkway
  2256     0.1975 EBB 1175766 232206 Ebbsfleet International
  2257     0.1697 DLH 28102 4768 Doleham
  2258     0.1669 LGW 24752 4132 Langwathby
  2259     0.0492 IBM 122590 6032 IBM
WomanWithCat:17csv grahamellis$

[Red Squirrel]

Woman with cat?

[grahame]

Woman with cat?

No spaces and capitalise the W and C.

Yes.

Name of the computer I'm working on today.   Our systems are names after Wizard of Oz characters.   End titles include "Woman With Cat" ... and that was the name chosen.   I need to re-watch the film to see where she appears, but too busy today!

[grahame]

Graphs and time series updated at:

http://www.wellho.net/demo/railuse.php

Base of page includes a box to type in postcode letters and / or change the normalising year for the graphs, or modify the following URL - this example being for Bristol based on changes from 2016

http://www.wellho.net/demo/railuse.php?place=BS&baseyear=2016

[grahame]

Finally in this series, I have updated the "Station Comparator" that's at the top of the pages - or link in to an example:

http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/smr/SOA.html

[paul7575]

In your table, gleaned from the latest figures,  I think there's possibly a group of NW stations that were impacted by a fairly long route closure while they rebuilt Farnworth tunnel.   Possibly not 'real' growth. 

No criticism intended though, it would be very difficult for you to keep abreast of everything across the whole country.

Paul

[grahame]

In your table, gleaned from the latest figures,  I think there's possibly a group of NW stations that were impacted by a fairly long route closure while they rebuilt Farnworth tunnel.   Possibly not 'real' growth. 

No criticism intended though, it would be very difficult for you to keep abreast of everything across the whole country.

Paul

There are all sorts of issues with the data when you start asking "why?" ... and I've intentionally not started to look at distortions this year across all the stations.    I have taken a look at the Melksham figure, compared it to the estimates I had, compared it to how I think we're doing this year, and factored into my historic series the ticketing abnormalities we had in the last decade.

Appreciate the comments about the North West area .... looking at the services as it develops over years, that stuff will even out.

[LiskeardRich]

Coombe junction a 10 times increase...
Remove the crowd gainer day still a four times increase.

I can guess why, all the enthusiasts were using it to see the moorswater workings as the scheduled freight working was just after a coombe service! (And me, about 20 journeys)

[grahame]

Here are the stations with under 250 passengers in either of the last 2 years:

Code:

  0.0676 RBS 740 50 British Steel Redcar
  0.3061 TEA 98 30 Tees-Side Airport
  0.3478 BRC 138 48 Breich
  0.3529 BYL 68 24 Barry Links
  0.4324 ELO 296 128 Elton & Orston
  0.4471 KIL 170 76 Kildonan
  0.6190 GOF 168 104 Golf Street
  0.6543 HVN 162 106 Havenhouse
  0.6803 SCT 294 200 Scotscalder
  0.6892 ACK 296 204 Acklington
  0.7343 TPC 286 210 Thorpe Culvert
  0.9104 BUC 134 122 Buckenham
  1.4545 SNT 88 128 Stanlow & Thornton
  1.7273 SUG 132 228 Sugar Loaf
  1.7900 KTL 200 358 Kirton Lindsey
  1.9459 DTN 74 144 Denton
  2.4737 RDS 38 94 Reddish South
  3.0345 CLI 116 352 Clifton
  4.4167 COE 48 212 Coombe
  5.0000 PIL 46 230 Pilning
  5.6600 CPN 100 566 Chapelton
 13.0000 SPP 12 156 Shippea Hill

Congratulations to Coombe, Pilning and Chapelton within the GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) area - we no longer have any "under 200" stations!

[Richard Fairhurst]

Just picked up on the latest Estimates of Station Usage figures for the Cotswold Line. Some interesting numbers. Possibly Oxford Parkway is having an effect. Hanborough and Charlbury have both seen big drops. Hanborough down from 271K to 239K and Charlbury 328K to 295K.

Very interesting. I suspect this is the double whammy of Oxford Parkway opening and GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) imposing more off-peak ticket restrictions on the Cotswold Line. Anecdotally I've been surprised how many Charlbury residents have started using Oxford Parkway for much or all of their London travel.

[Oxonhutch]

Also the swap-over between Bicester North (huge drop) and Village (significant gain)