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List of busiest London Underground stations

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This is a list of busiest London Underground stations for the 2025 calendar year.

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 2025.[a][b] In 2025, King's Cross St Pancras was the busiest station on the network, used by over 72.5 million passengers, while Roding Valley was the least used with 201,559 passengers.[c] Data for 2025 was published on 13 April 2026.[1]

This table shows the busiest stations with over 32 million entries and exits in 2025.

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Busiest London Underground stations (entries and exits, in millions)[1]
Rank (2025) Station Zone(s) 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018[d] 2017 2016
1
King's Cross St Pancras
Decrease 72.51
Increase 73.89
Increase 72.12
Increase 69.94
Increase 36.73
Decrease 18.84
Decrease 88.27
Decrease 89.82
Increase 97.92
Increase 95.03
2
Waterloo
Decrease 69.77
Decrease 74.14
Increase 70.33
Increase 68.72
Increase 29.87
Decrease 16.62
Increase 82.93
Decrease 76.54
Decrease 91.27
Increase 100.36
3
Tottenham Court Road[e]
Increase 59.94
Increase 59.45
Increase 58.72
Increase 48.95
Increase 16.04
Decrease 6.04
Increase 41.99
Decrease 38.73
Increase 41.33
Increase 39.35
4
Victoria
Decrease 59.29
Increase 60.05
Increase 59.57
Increase 56.43
Increase 33.48
Decrease 22.95
Increase 85.47
Increase 84.47
Decrease 79.36
Increase 83.50
5
Liverpool Street
Increase 59.21
Increase 58.63
Increase 57.23
Increase 55.83
Increase 26.60
Decrease 16.27
Increase 67.20
Decrease 65.03
Decrease 67.74
Decrease 71.61
6
Paddington[f]
Increase 57.13
Increase 54.01
Increase 48.55
Increase 46.65
Increase 20.44
Decrease 11.42
Increase 48.61
Decrease 44.60
Decrease 48.82
Decrease 49.48
7
London Bridge
Decrease 55.38
Increase 55.46
Decrease 54.77
Increase 56.20
Increase 30.86
Decrease 24.72
Increase 74.34
Increase 70.20
Decrease 69.05
Decrease 70.74
8
Stratford[g]
Decrease 52.43
Increase 53.38
Increase 54.38
Increase 47.88
Increase 29.10
Decrease 25.07
Increase 64.85
Increase 64.73
Decrease 61.99
Increase 67.05
9
Oxford Circus
Increase 51.58
Decrease 50.94
Decrease 51.11
Increase 54.02
Increase 32.86
Decrease 14.60
Increase 78.07
Decrease 76.40
Increase 84.09
Decrease 83.26
10
Bond Street
Increase 41.69
Decrease 39.39
Increase 37.42
Increase 35.41
Increase 15.69
Decrease 9.68
Decrease 37.49
Decrease 36.75
Decrease 38.80
Increase 39.53
11
Farringdon
Increase 41.43
Decrease 39.53
Increase 40.07
Increase 30.07
Increase 8.50
Decrease 5.90
Increase 25.92
Increase 23.64
Increase 18.71
Decrease 15.87
12
Bank and Monument[h]
Increase 40.53
Increase 38.39
Increase 37.20
Increase 34.40
Increase 17.66
Decrease 8.59
Increase 61.79
Decrease 54.77
Decrease 61.80
Increase 64.26
13
Euston
Increase 32.83
Increase 31.80
Increase 29.97
Increase 27.69
Increase 15.88
Decrease 8.79
Increase 41.09
Decrease 31.51
Decrease 43.07
Increase 43.10
14
Canary Wharf
Increase 32.08
Increase 31.79
Increase 30.87
Increase 30.68
Increase 18.29
Decrease 13.36
Increase 47.69
Decrease 43.62
Decrease 50.91
Increase 54.79
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Notes

  1. The number of stations varies each year as the network changes.
  2. Bank and Monument stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics as do the two physically separate stations at Paddington.
  3. Kensington (Olympia) passengers are not recorded separately from London Overground passengers.
  4. 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. 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. The two Paddington stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics.
  7. Includes DLR usage.
  8. Bank and Monument stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics. Includes DLR usage.

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