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List of busiest London Underground stations (2021)

This is a list of busiest London Underground stations for the 2021 calendar year. The dataset records patterns of mobility during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, with significantly reduced levels of mobility when compared with the 2019 data. Extended periods of significantly reduced commuting and other travel caused many major central London stations to drop in the ranking during 2020 and for larger suburban stations to replace them. With pandemic restrictions eliminated during the year, this was reversed during 2021.

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. Annualised entry/exit counts were recorded at 270 stations in 2021.[a] In 2021, King's Cross St Pancras was the busiest station on the network, used by over 36.73 million passengers, while Kensington (Olympia) was the least used, with 34,499 passengers. Data for 2021 was published on 17 May 2022 and was revised on 8 July 2022.[1]

This table shows the busiest stations with over 14 million entries and exits in 2021.

Busiest London Underground stations (entries and exits, in millions)[1]
Rank (2021) Station Zone(s) 2021 2020 2019 2018[b] 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
1
 King's Cross St Pancras
1
Increase 36.73
Decrease 18.84
Decrease 88.27
Decrease 89.82
Increase 97.92
Increase 95.03
Increase 93.41
Increase 91.98
Increase 84.87
Increase 80.97
2
 Victoria
1
Increase 33.48
Decrease 22.95
Increase 85.47
Increase 84.47
Decrease 79.36
Increase 83.50
Decrease 82.89
Increase 86.73
Increase 84.58
Increase 82.96
3
 Oxford Circus
1
Increase 32.86
Decrease 14.60
Increase 78.07
Decrease 76.40
Increase 84.09
Decrease 83.26
Decrease 92.36
Increase 98.51
Increase 85.25
Increase 80.55
4
 London Bridge
1
Increase 30.86
Decrease 24.72
Increase 74.34
Increase 70.20
Decrease 69.05
Decrease 70.74
Decrease 71.96
Increase 74.98
Increase 69.88
Increase 67.16
5
 Waterloo
1
Increase 29.87
Decrease 16.62
Increase 82.93
Decrease 76.54
Decrease 91.27
Increase 100.36
Increase 95.14
Increase 91.49
Increase 89.40
Increase 88.16
6
 Stratford
2/3
Increase 29.10
Decrease 25.07
Increase 64.85
Increase 64.73
Decrease 61.99
Increase 67.05
Increase 61.44
Increase 59.31
Increase 54.50
Increase 50.96
7
 Liverpool Street
1
Increase 26.60
Decrease 16.27
Increase 67.20
Decrease 65.03
Decrease 67.74
Decrease 71.61
Decrease 73.26
Increase 73.66
Increase 67.89
Increase 64.23
8
 Paddington[c]
1
Increase 20.44
Decrease 11.42
Increase 48.61
Decrease 44.60
Decrease 48.82
Decrease 49.48
Increase 49.64
Decrease 49.28
Increase 49.71
Decrease 46.33
9
 Canary Wharf
2
Increase 18.29
Decrease 13.36
Increase 47.69
Decrease 43.62
Decrease 50.91
Increase 54.79
Increase 54.44
Increase 51.81
Increase 50.05
Increase 48.04
10
 Bank and Monument[d]
1
Increase 17.66
Decrease 8.59
Increase 61.79
Decrease 54.77
Decrease 61.80
Increase 64.26
Increase 57.51
Increase 52.31
Increase 48.88
Decrease 47.75
11
 Leicester Square
1
Increase 16.34
Decrease 3.95
Increase 34.56
Decrease 35.07
Decrease 36.73
Decrease 37.84
Increase 43.75
Increase 43.31
Increase 38.60
Decrease 38.51
12
 Tottenham Court Road[e]
1
Increase 16.04
Decrease 6.04
Increase 41.99
Decrease 38.73
Increase 41.33
Increase 39.35
Decrease 16.25
Decrease 36.76
Increase 38.06
Increase 36.01
13
 Green Park
1
Increase 15.94
Decrease 9.44
Increase 39.06
Decrease 37.81
Decrease 39.34
Increase 41.24
Decrease 39.55
Increase 39.83
Increase 35.46
Increase 33.99
14
 Euston
1
Increase 15.88
Decrease 8.79
Increase 41.09
Decrease 31.51
Decrease 43.07
Increase 43.10
Increase 42.16
Increase 41.33
Increase 38.03
Increase 37.53
15
 Bond Street
1
Increase 15.69
Decrease 9.68
Decrease 37.49
Decrease 36.75
Decrease 38.80
Increase 39.53
Increase 37.12
Decrease 19.80
Increase 39.65
Increase 38.07
16
 Piccadilly Circus
1
Increase 14.14
Decrease 4.17
Decrease 38.40
Decrease 39.61
Decrease 40.82
Decrease 41.29
Decrease 42.80
Increase 42.93
Decrease 41.70
Increase 42.36
17
 Finsbury Park
2
Decrease 14.05
Decrease 15.82
Increase 33.44
Decrease 23.89
Decrease 31.22
Increase 32.74
Increase 28.85
Increase 28.00
Increase 27.07
Increase 26.04

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Bank and Monument stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics. Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms were added to the network during 2021.
  2. ^ 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.[1]
  3. ^ The two Paddington stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics.
  4. ^ Bank and Monument stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics.
  5. ^ The ranking of Tottenham Court Road was affected in 2015, as the Central line was not stopping there between 5 January and 7 December.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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