List of busiest London Underground stations

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This is a list of busiest London Underground stations for the 2024 calendar year. The dataset records increased levels of mobility when compared with the 2023 data although still not fully recovered from the peak of 2019.

The London Underground is a rapid transit system in the United Kingdom that serves London and the neighbouring counties of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Its first section opened in 1863. Annualised entry/exit counts were recorded at 270 stations in 2024.[a][b] In 2024, Waterloo was the busiest station on the network, used by over 4.92 million passengers, while Roding Valley was the least used with 172,268 passengers.[c] Data for 2024 was published on 8 October 2025.[1]

This table shows the busiest stations with over 33 million entries and exits in 2024.

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Busiest London Underground stations (entries and exits, in millions)[1]
Rank (2024) Station Zone(s) 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018[d] 2017 2016 2015
1
Waterloo
1
Increase 77.39
Increase 70.33
Increase 68.72
Increase 29.87
Decrease 16.62
Increase 82.93
Decrease 76.54
Decrease 91.27
Increase 100.36
Increase 95.14
2
King's Cross St Pancras
1
Increase 77.13
Increase 72.12
Increase 69.94
Increase 36.73
Decrease 18.84
Decrease 88.27
Decrease 89.82
Increase 97.92
Increase 95.03
Increase 93.41
3
Victoria
1
Increase 62.67
Increase 59.57
Increase 56.43
Increase 33.48
Decrease 22.95
Increase 85.47
Increase 84.47
Decrease 79.36
Increase 83.50
Decrease 82.89
4
Tottenham Court Road[e]
1
Increase 62.06
Increase 58.72
Increase 48.95
Increase 16.04
Decrease 6.04
Increase 41.99
Decrease 38.73
Increase 41.33
Increase 39.35
Decrease 16.25
5
Liverpool Street
1
Increase 61.20
Increase 57.23
Increase 55.83
Increase 26.60
Decrease 16.27
Increase 67.20
Decrease 65.03
Decrease 67.74
Decrease 71.61
Decrease 73.26
6
London Bridge
1
Increase 57.89
Decrease 54.77
Increase 56.20
Increase 30.86
Decrease 24.72
Increase 74.34
Increase 70.20
Decrease 69.05
Decrease 70.74
Decrease 71.96
7
Paddington[f]
1
Increase 56.37
Increase 48.55
Increase 46.65
Increase 20.44
Decrease 11.42
Increase 48.61
Decrease 44.60
Decrease 48.82
Decrease 49.48
Increase 49.64
8
Stratford[g]
2/3
Increase 55.72
Increase 54.38
Increase 47.88
Increase 29.10
Decrease 25.07
Increase 64.85
Increase 64.73
Decrease 61.99
Increase 67.05
Increase 61.44
9
Oxford Circus
1
Increase 53.18
Decrease 51.11
Increase 54.02
Increase 32.86
Decrease 14.60
Increase 78.07
Decrease 76.40
Increase 84.09
Decrease 83.26
Decrease 92.36
10
Farringdon
1
Increase 41.26
Increase 40.07
Increase 30.07
Increase 8.50
Decrease 5.90
Increase 25.92
Increase 23.64
Increase 18.71
Decrease 15.87
Increase 23.77
11
Bond Street
1
Increase 41.11
Increase 37.42
Increase 35.41
Increase 15.69
Decrease 9.68
Decrease 37.49
Decrease 36.75
Decrease 38.80
Increase 39.53
Increase 37.12
12
Bank and Monument[h]
1
Increase 40.07
Increase 37.20
Increase 34.40
Increase 17.66
Decrease 8.59
Increase 61.79
Decrease 54.77
Decrease 61.80
Increase 64.26
Increase 57.51
13
Euston
1
Increase 33.19
Increase 29.97
Increase 27.69
Increase 15.88
Decrease 8.79
Increase 41.09
Decrease 31.51
Decrease 43.07
Increase 43.10
Increase 42.16
14
Canary Wharf
2
Increase 33.18
Increase 30.87
Increase 30.68
Increase 18.29
Decrease 13.36
Increase 47.69
Decrease 43.62
Decrease 50.91
Increase 54.79
Increase 54.44
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Notes

  1. [a]
    The number of stations varies each year as the network changes.
  2. [b]
    Bank and Monument stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics as do the two physically separate stations at Paddington.
  3. [c]
    Kensington (Olympia) passengers are not recorded separately from London Overground passengers. Colindale and Kentish Town stations were closed throughout 2024.
  4. [d]
    The method of calculating usage changed in 2018 from estimates based on survey counts carried out on a few days to actual counts of gate entry date for each day.[1]
  5. [e]
    The ranking of Tottenham Court Road was affected in 2015, as the Central line was not stopping there between 5 January and 7 December.
  6. [f]
    The two Paddington stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics.
  7. [g]
    Includes DLR usage.
  8. [h]
    Bank and Monument stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics. Includes DLR usage.

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