Revealed: Britain's busiest and quietest stations [BBC News]





Date: 15/12/2015

Britain's busiest and quietest railway stations have been revealed in figures from the rail regulator. Its data showed the quietest station, Shippea Hill in Cambridgeshire, had just 22 entries and exits across the whole of last year. London Waterloo was the busiest station, with more than 99.2 million entries and exits in the last year.


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Britain's busiest and quietest railway stations are revealed by the rail regulator, with one having just 22 entries and exits across the whole of last year.

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Company: Eastern Counties Railway
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