Remember, a visit counts as a gateline crossed. And here at Oxford Circus, it just has to be Gate 80.
001/270: #SouthWoodford – Home
The commute is on. It’s the 6th of Jan and I’m yet to breach an Oystercard reader! It’s time to change all that…
This year I’m embarking on The Tube Map Challenge and will go and visit all 270 stations.
BUT WAIT… “You’ve been to all 270 tube stations in one sitting?”…
Calling At: Teignmouth – Dawlish
Calling All Stations takes a trip up the Riviera Line from Teignmouth to Dawlish Warren taking in the infamous “Sea Wall” at Dawlish.
Calling At: The Fallowfield Loop
Calling All Stations takes a Christmas walk on a section of the former Fallowfield Loop Line, taking in Levenshulme South Station en route.
Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year. Thanks for all your support in 2016.
2016 ORR Station Data: Movers & Shakers
Around this time each year the Office of Rail & Road Station Usage Report gets published, which is like an early Christmas present arriving at the doors of CAS Towers. The report details the estimated1 usage of every station8 on the UK rail network.
1Estimated because not all stations on the UK network are gated and therefore do not provide a 100% accurate reading of passenger usage. Usage is also estimated where stations are grouped together as a single destination (e.g. Manchester All, Liverpool All, London Zone 2). For more information click here.
It should also be noted that by utilising the Oyster Card system, the methodology for collecting data in London has greatly changed from last year. (More on this later).
Much raw data, facts, figures, numbers and spreadsheets have been digested, so let’s get straight to business! Like last year, we’ll start by looking at the UK’s most and least used stations. For all the stats I’m using in this review I’m going to be focusing on Combined Entry & Exit data. ‘1 Passenger’ is defined as a journey starting or ending at any given station.
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Calling All Stations 