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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