TfL Publishes The Most Common London Underground Journeys For 2023

Transport for London (TfL) reveals from a Freedom of Information request the most common journeys for the London Underground for the year 2023.

The top 20 most common journeys are as follows:

Origin	Destination	Journeys
Liverpool Street LU	Tottenham Court Road	1066493
Bank	Waterloo LU (Main)	1037616
Waterloo LU (Main)	Bank	1011817
Brixton LU	Oxford Circus	1003841
Tottenham Court Road	Liverpool Street LU	994598
Oxford Circus	Victoria LU	957148
Victoria LU	Oxford Circus	935043
Canary Wharf LU	North Greenwich	923135
Oxford Circus	Brixton LU	919445
Canary Wharf LU	London Bridge LU	887287
North Greenwich	Canary Wharf LU	870863
Tottenham Court Road	Stratford	867025
London Bridge LU	Canary Wharf LU	849344
Stratford	Tottenham Court Road	798172
Oxford Circus	Kings Cross LU (North)	746539
North Greenwich	Stratford	723708
Stratford	North Greenwich	717582
London Bridge LU	Bond Street	664808
Canary Wharf LU	Waterloo LU (Colonnade)	645580
London Bridge LU	Waterloo LU (Colonnade)	635056

For the full list, you can download the spreadsheet file in the attachments to the Freedom of Information request here.

Update: 18 June 2024
Many thanks to the Financial Times (FT) for linking to my article.

Update: 8 July 2024
I have published another article to include journeys for the London Overground, Elizabeth line and the DLR.

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