Monday 8 July 2024

TfL Publishes the Most Common Station-to-Station Journeys for the National Rail, Elizabeth Line, London Overground, Underground and DLR for 2023

This is a follow-up to my previous article about the most common journeys on the London Underground for the year 2023.

I can reveal that Transport for London (TfL) has published the most common journeys for the other modes, including National Rail (NR), Elizabeth line (EL) and the Docklands Light Railway (DLR).

I can confirm that we hold the information you require, which is provided in the attached spreadsheet. This provides the total counts for origin destination pairs for all rail journeys we have data for in 2023. Note that these counts are derived from completed journeys where the customer tapped in and out using either an Oyster card or a contactless payment card. Journeys completed using a paper ticket, and incomplete journeys (i.e. where the passenger did not tap in or out for whatever reason) are not captured in the data.

As there are loads of London Underground stations at the top, I have extended the list to 100 journeys.

 

Origin

Destination

Journeys

1

Liverpool Street LU

Tottenham Court Road

1066493

2

Bank

Waterloo LU (Main)

1037616

3

Waterloo LU (Main)

Bank

1011817

4

Brixton LU

Oxford Circus

1003841

5

Tottenham Court Road

Liverpool Street LU

994598

6

Oxford Circus

Victoria LU

957148

7

Victoria LU

Oxford Circus

935043

8

Canary Wharf LU

North Greenwich

923135

9

Oxford Circus

Brixton LU

919445

10

Canary Wharf LU

London Bridge LU

887287

11

North Greenwich

Canary Wharf LU

870863

12

Tottenham Court Road

Stratford

867025

13

London Bridge LU

Canary Wharf LU

849344

14

Tottenham Court Road

Paddington Elizabeth Line

841204

15

Paddington Elizabeth Line

Tottenham Court Road

834935

16

East Croydon

London Bridge NR

824968

17

Stratford

Tottenham Court Road

798172

18

London Bridge NR

East Croydon

759709

19

Oxford Circus

Kings Cross LU (North)

746539

20

Canary Wharf EL

Tottenham Court Road

740541

21

Tottenham Court Road

Canary Wharf EL

725671

22

North Greenwich

Stratford

723708

23

Stratford

North Greenwich

717582

24

Victoria NR

East Croydon

700289

25

East Croydon

Victoria NR

696459

26

Tottenham Court Road

Woolwich EL

674307

27

London Bridge LU

Bond Street

664808

28

Woolwich EL

Tottenham Court Road

662614

29

Canary Wharf LU

Waterloo LU (Colonnade)

645580

30

London Bridge LU

Waterloo LU (Colonnade)

635056

31

Paddington LU

Kings Cross LU (Western)

629158

32

Liverpool Street LU

Kings Cross LU (Western)

627372

33

Kings Cross LU (Western)

Paddington LU

625449

34

Leicester Square

Kings Cross LU (North)

624480

35

Waterloo LU (Colonnade)

Canary Wharf LU

618713

36

Farringdon

Tottenham Court Road

605598

37

Finsbury Park LU

Oxford Circus

602326

38

Kings Cross LU (Western)

Liverpool Street LU

585922

39

Stratford

Canary Wharf LU

577451

40

Kings Cross LU (North)

Oxford Circus

576504

41

Canary Wharf LU

Stratford

569098

42

London Bridge LU

North Greenwich

565688

43

Victoria LU

Kings Cross LU (North)

555957

44

Bond Street

London Bridge LU

549320

45

Victoria NR

Bromley South

541582

46

North Greenwich

London Bridge LU

541486

47

Vauxhall LU

Oxford Circus

532245

48

Bromley South

Victoria NR

531365

49

London Bridge LU

Green Park

529316

50

London Bridge LU

Stratford

508631

51

Waterloo LU (Colonnade)

London Bridge LU

508103

52

Brixton LU

Victoria LU

506528

53

Oxford Circus

Finsbury Park LU

505977

54

Liverpool Street LU

Bond Street

504453

55

Liverpool Street LU

Stratford

504054

56

Stratford

Liverpool Street LU

495250

57

Tottenham Court Road

Farringdon

494516

58

Stratford

London Bridge LU

491564

59

Paddington Elizabeth Line

Farringdon

480215

60

Liverpool Street LU

Paddington Elizabeth Line

479616

61

Gatwick Airport

East Croydon

475831

62

Brixton LU

Green Park

474468

63

Knightsbridge

Piccadilly Circus

472840

64

Bond Street

Liverpool Street LU

471577

65

Paddington Elizabeth Line

Liverpool Street LU

471145

66

Farringdon

Paddington Elizabeth Line

467987

67

Canary Wharf EL

Woolwich EL

467298

68

Leicester Square

Waterloo LU (Main)

466094

69

Tottenham Court Road

Ealing Broadway

462198

70

Gatwick Airport

Victoria NR

461527

71

Victoria NR

Gatwick Airport

460113

72

Waterloo NR (Plat 1-11)

Wimbledon

458916

73

Oxford Circus

Vauxhall LU

457596

74

Woolwich EL

Canary Wharf EL

452312

75

Piccadilly Circus

Kings Cross LU (North)

450302

76

Kings Cross LU (North)

Victoria LU

449675

77

Canada Water

Canary Wharf LU

448118

78

Kings Cross LU (North)

Leicester Square

447419

79

Camden Town

Leicester Square

446727

80

Kings Cross LU (North)

Covent Garden

446656

81

Euston LU

Victoria LU

442484

82

South Kensington

Victoria LU (District)

440254

83

Embankment

Tower Hill

439599

84

Canary Wharf LU

Canada Water

436891

85

Green Park

London Bridge LU

434841

86

Westminster

London Bridge LU

432186

87

Waterloo NR (Plat 1-11)

Clapham Junction

431071

88

Bond Street

Paddington Elizabeth Line

429904

89

Tower Hill

Embankment

423850

90

Seven Sisters

Oxford Circus

422583

91

Oxford Circus

Seven Sisters

421999

92

Piccadilly Circus

Paddington LU

420318

93

Paddington Elizabeth Line

Bond Street

419665

94

Bond Street

Stratford

419208

95

London Bridge LU

Westminster

416792

96

Bank

Tottenham Court Road

415045

97

Tottenham Court Road

Whitechapel

414816

98

Whitechapel

Tottenham Court Road

413751

99

Stratford

Ilford

413558

100

South Kensington

Piccadilly Circus

412397


For the full list, you can download the spreadsheet file in the attachments on the Freedom of Information request page of the TfL website. I'm aware there has been a similar request posted on the TfL website.

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