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London Liverpool Street retained its title as the UK's busiest railway station, recording 98.0 million entries and exits in the year to March, a 3.7 per cent increase.
London Waterloo climbed to second place with 70.4 million entries and exits, while London Paddington and Tottenham Court Road, both served by the Elizabeth line, ranked third and fourth respectively.
Birmingham New Street was the busiest station outside London, followed by Manchester Piccadilly and Leeds, with Glasgow Central leading in Scotland and Cardiff Central in Wales.
A total of 1.73 billion passenger journeys were made across the UK in the year to March, marking a 7 per cent increase from the previous year.
Elton and Orston in Nottinghamshire was the least-used station with only 68 entries and exits, served by one train per day in each direction from Monday to Saturday.