South Gloucestershire train station revealed as least used

The station is the 13th least used railway station in Britain, according to a list released by the Office of Rail & Road.

Bristol Temple Meads was meanwhile ranked as the 44th busiest in Britain.

A Great Western Railway spokesperson said: "Pilning station has an extremely sparse service - currently only two trains, on Saturdays only and only in the eastbound direction.

"There is no service whatsoever westbound towards Wales. Customers wishing to travel westbound will first need to take either of these two services eastbound and change at Filton Abbey Wood.

"Customers wishing to alight here travelling from the east will need to travel through to Newport (South Wales) and then travel back.

"Alternatively, a much more frequent service is available to and from Patchway or Severn Beach station. "

Here is a list of the top 50 busiest and least-used railway stations in Britain in 2024/25, based on the number of passenger entries and exits.

The figures have been published by the Office of Rail & Road.

The list reads, from left to right: name of station and location; total number of passenger entries and exits in 2024/25; (in brackets) total number of entries and exits in 2023/24 plus ranking in 2023/24.

- Top 50 busiest

1 London Liverpool Street: 98,015,658 (2023/24: 94,499,824; 1st)

2 London Waterloo: 70,389,546 (62,525,274; 4th)

3 London Paddington: 69,897,084 (66,859,098; 2nd)

4 Tottenham Court Road: 68,133,826 (64,219,040; 3rd)

5 London Bridge: 54,685,648 (50,045,010; 7th)

6 London Victoria: 53,784,358 (50,829,676; 6th)

7 Stratford, London: 51,473,518 (56,570,866; 5th)

8 Farringdon, London: 50,171,290 (46,049,862; 8th)

9 Bond Street, London: 42,752,242 (38,307,986; 9th)

10 London Euston: 40,248,974 (36,185,290; 10th)

11 London St Pancras International 38,842,772 (35,959,980; 11th)

12 Whitechapel, London: 37,140,828 (35,246,924; 12th)

13 Birmingham New Street: 36,623,678 (33,335,376; 13th)

14 London Kings Cross: 27,727,108 (24,483,826; 17th)

15 Manchester Piccadilly: 27,401,610 (25,776,162; 14th)

16 Leeds: 27,309,508 (24,891,386; 16th)

17 Glasgow Central: 25,293,930 (24,964,246; 15th)

18 Clapham Junction, London: 24,447,510 (22,858,198; 18th)

19 Highbury & Islington, London: 23,982,528 (21,827,580; 19th)

20 Edinburgh: 22,755,164 (21,307,916; 20th)

21 Gatwick Airport: 21,211,048 (19,489,656; 22nd)

22 East Croydon: 20,592,106 (19,605,338; 21st)

23 London Charing Cross: 19,767,784 (17,701,302; 23rd)

24 Canada Water, London: 18,668,762 (17,517,222; 24th)

25 Canary Wharf, London: 15,927,588 (14,787,440; 26th)

26 Vauxhall, London: 15,534,168 (13,931,936; 30th)

27 Ealing Broadway, London: 15,456,598 (13,699,654; 31st)

28 Brighton: 15,328,450 (14,547,650; 27th)

29 London Blackfriars: 15,193,088 (13,945,996; 29th)

30 Glasgow Queen Street: 14,950,752 (14,503,312; 28th)

31 Liverpool Central: 14,820,216 (12,610,748; 36th)

32 Liverpool Lime Street: 14,430,214 (12,278,888; 38th)

33 Reading: 14,324,664 (13,490,220; 32nd)

34 Woolwich, London: 13,755,990 (13,237,072; 33rd)

35 Barking, London: 13,359,426 (13,236,252; 34th)

36 Wimbledon, London: 13,244,436 (12,581,430; 37th)

37 Cardiff Central: 12,513,720 (11,499,126; 39th)

38 Romford, London: 12,143,302 (14,820,206; 25th)

39 Abbey Wood, London: 11,873,686 (10,655,006; 41st)

40 London Marylebone: 11,772,892 (10,966,304; 40th)

41 Finsbury Park, London: 11,176,026 (9,363,598; 47th)

42 West Ham, London: 11,065,018 (9,647,284; 45th)

43 Ilford, London: 10,927,468 (13,162,522; 35th)

44 Bristol Temple Meads: 10,877,308 (10,227,188; 43rd)

45 London Fenchurch Street: 10,862,630 (10,446,678; 42nd)

46 Cambridge: 10,597,572 (10,033,088; 44th)

47 Newcastle: 10,548,216 (9,148,930; 51st)

48 York: 10,464,102 (9,185,236; 50th)

49 Sheffield: 10,315,220 (9,449,310; 46th)

50 Stansted Airport: 10,090,904 (9,280,540; 48th)

- Top 50 least-used

1 Elton & Orston, Nottinghamshire: 68 (212; 9th)

2 Shippea Hill, Cambridgeshire: 76 (70; 2nd)

3 Ince & Elton, Cheshire: 98 (86; 3rd)

4 Denton, Greater Manchester: 100 (54; 1st)

5 Reddish South, Greater Manchester: 102 (128; 5th)

6 Polesworth, Warwickshire: 154 (118; 4th)

7 Chapelton, Devon: 160 (186; 7th)

8 Coombe Junction Halt, Cornwall: 224 (140; 6th)

9 Scotscalder, Highland: 226 (242; 11th)

10 Beasdale, Highland: 230 (260; 13th)

11 Ardwick, Greater Manchester: 262 (396; 20th)

12 Buckenham, Norfolk: 284 (360; 17th)

13 Pilning, Gloucestershire: 294 (330; 16th)

14 Kildonan, Highland: 312 (240; 10th)

15 Culrain, Highland: 318 (300; 15th)

16 Duncraig, Highland: 354 (448; 23rd)

17 Invershin, Highland: 362 (440; 22nd)

18 Kinbrace, Highland: 406 (606; 28th)

19 Rawcliffe, East Riding of Yorkshire: 412 (498; 25th)

20 Lochluichart, Highland: 424 (374; 19th)

21 Barry Links, Angus: 450 (666; 30th)

22 Locheilside, Highland: 462 (418; 21st)

23 Achanalt, Highland: 550 (506; 26th)

24 Hensall, North Yorkshire: 580 (802; 38th)

25 Portsmouth Arms, Devon: 596 (802; 37th)

26 Roman Bridge, Conwy: 612 (680; 31st)

27 Lelant Saltings, Cornwall: 650 (630; 29th)

28 Spooner Row, Norfolk: 686 (698; 33rd)

29 Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire: 724 (946; 48th)

30 Kirton Lindsey, Lincolnshire: 740 (294; 14th)

31 Llangynllo, Powys: 752 (780; 34th)

32 Hubberts Bridge, Lincolnshire: 764 (806; 39th)

33 Thorpe Culvert, Lincolnshire: 788 (364; 18th)

34= Berney Arms, Norfolk: 802 (800; 35th)

34= Hoscar, Lancashire: 802 (800; 36th)

36 Dolau, Powys: 818 (828; 42nd)

37 Sugar Loaf, Powys: 842 (992; 51st)

38 Acklington, Northumberland: 856 (550; 27th)

39 Whitley Bridge, North Yorkshire: 860 (1,202; 67th)

40 Achnashellach, Highland: 890 (1,004; 52nd)

41 Havenhouse, Lincolnshire: 902 (698; 32nd)

42 Duirinish, Highland: 904 (812; 40th)

43 Lakenheath, West Suffolk: 920 (480; 24th)

44 Sandplace, Cornwall: 966 (1,006; 53rd)

45 Llanbister Road, Powys: 990 (1,214; 68th)

46 Pont-y-Pant, Conwy: 994 (814; 41st)

47 Arram, East Riding of Yorkshire: 1,030 (1,790; 91st)

48 Attadale, Highland: 1,034 (1,344; 74th)

49 Wressle, East Riding of Yorkshire: 1,064 (948; 49th)

50 Cilmeri, Powys: 1,066 (874; 45th)