Is Clapham Junction the busiest train station in Europe?
Routes from London's south and south-west termini, Victoria and Waterloo, funnel through the station, making it the busiest in Europe by number of trains using it: between 100 and 180 per hour except for the five hours after midnight.
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Routes from London's south and south-west termini, Victoria and Waterloo, funnel through the station, making it the busiest in Europe by number of trains using it: between 100 and 180 per hour except for the five hours after midnight.
The Gare du Nord in Paris is the busiest train station in Europe, and the world outside Japan. It is estimated that approximately 214.2 million passengers go through the station each year.
Worldwide. The world's busiest passenger station, with a passenger throughput of 3.5 million passengers per day (1.27 billion per year), is Shinjuku Station in Tokyo.
Clapham Junction (or should it be Battersea Junction?) is at the heart of our borough. It's one of the region's main transport hubs, is a popular destination for shopping and nightlife, and its name is the source of ongoing controversy.
Madrid Atocha railway station in Spain's capital city sees an estimated 108 million passengers a year. The original building, named Estación de Mediodía, was opened in 1851. Following a fire that destroyed most of it, the station was rebuilt, opening again in 1892.
In 2021/2022, Clapham Junction had 17,397,120 entries and exits, making it the 14th most used station in Great Britain. That's a daily average of 47,663.34 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 23.1 passengers per service, giving it the 289th highest passenger to service ratio.
Orient Express is without the doubt one of the most famous trains of all time. The real reason for its popularity lies in its level of service and the popular stories that were centered around it (most famously by a detective novel “Murder on the Orient Express” written by Agatha Christie).