Where are the busiest train stations in Tower Hamlets?
We looked at the latest government figures to reveal the busiest train stations in Tower Hamlets last year.
Office for Rail and Road data looks at the number of people entering and exiting every train station in the country, including the eight stations for which data was collected in Tower Hamlets.
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Hide AdIts figures show Liverpool Street in London overtook Waterloo as the most-used station in Great Britain, which the ORR attributed to the opening of London's latest train service, the Elizabeth Line.
Waterloo had been the busiest station in the country in all but one of the previous 18 years, but it even dropped to third in the year to March behind Paddington, also on the Elizabeth Line.
But what about in Tower Hamlets? Here were the most used stations in the year to March.
The Top Five Stations
1. Whitechapel
With 23.3 million entries and exits into the station in 2022-23, Whitechapel station topped the charts as the busiest train station in Tower Hamlets.
2. Canary Wharf
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Hide AdThis was followed by Canary Wharf station, which saw people enter and exit 9.9 million times last year.
3. Shoreditch High Street
In third was Shoreditch High Street – 7.1 million entries and exits were recorded there.
4. Shadwell
Just behind on 3.7 million entries and exits was Shadwell.
5. Limehouse
And rounding out the top five was Limehouse, with 7.1 million entries and exits.
Elsewhere in Britain
The busiest stations outside London were Birmingham New Street, Leeds and Manchester Piccadilly.
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Hide AdGlasgow Central was the most used station in Scotland, and Cardiff Central topped the list in Wales.
The least used station that was open throughout the whole year was Denton in Greater Manchester, with 34 entries and exits.
Teesside Airport station in Darlington recorded two entries and exits, but its once-a-week Sunday service was suspended in May 2022 after the platform was judged to be unsafe.
In total, there were 2.5 billion entries and exits across Great Britain in 2022-23, a significant increase from 1.8 billion the year before, but still below the 3 billion entries and exits in 2019-20, before the coronavirus pandemic.
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ORR director of planning and performance Feras Alshaker said: "The full opening of the Elizabeth line has changed the way people travel into and across the capital."
Transport for London's Elizabeth line director Howard Smith said: "The Elizabeth line has been a transformational new railway for London, connecting east and west through 10 modern stations, with around 4.3 million journeys being made each week and more than 270 million journeys since it opened last year."