>https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/station-usageAlso by financial year. This data isn't as current as the others, as they'll only cover April 2022 to March this year, but still. The top five most used stations in the country - i.e. total entrances and exits - are, unsurprisingly, in London:
>Liverpool Street (80.4m)>Paddington (59.2m)>Waterloo (57.8m)>London Bridge (47.7m)>Victoria (45.6m)...and the five most-used non-London stations are:
>Birmingham New Street (30.7m)>Leeds (24m)>Manchester Piccadilly (23.6m)>Glasgow Central (20.8m)>Edinburgh Waverley (18.2m)The busiest flows between stations aren't particularly interesting - if you include London, it's all London commuters; if you only include a London station at one end, it's airport traffic and people headed into London; and if you exclude London altogether it's Birmingham commuters and people headed between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Ditto the station with the most interchanges: it's of course Clapham Junction.
The least-used stations in the country, which will probably appear on Youtube at some point if not already, are:
>Teeside Airport (2, but service was suspended in May last year, so...)>Denton (34)>Elton and Orston (56)>Kirton Lindsey (94)>and Reddish South (100)Eight new stations opened between April 2022 and March 2023, five of which were Elizabeth Line stations (the others being Reston, Barking Riverside, and Inverness Airport), and there were no closures.
The ORR are also looking at catering provision at stations:
>https://www.orr.gov.uk/search-news/rail-regulator-calls-greater-competition-railway-station-catering...cutting through the treacle, one company has a vast, vast foothold in station outlets, which it fills with proprietary or franchised brands - this is why you'll almost certainly find a Starbucks or an Upper Crust if there's a food outlet at a station. The problem is, when the lease is up for renewal, it's usually rolled-over without someone else getting a chance to bid.