What is the most popular train station?

With an average of 3.5 million passing through its doors every day, Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, Japan, is the world's busiest train station in terms of passenger throughput.



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Gare du Nord in Paris, France, handles approximately 214.2 million passengers each year. It is the busiest station in Europe and in the world outside of Japan.

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Waterloo is the UK's busiest in terms of annual entry/exit with over 62 million passengers. Clapham Junction's annual entry/exit is only just over 12.5 million. However, it is busiest in terms of rail traffic with over 2000 trains passing through each day.

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The most spectacular railway stations in the UK
  • Corfe Castle Railway Station, Dorset. ...
  • Wemyss Bay Station, Inverclyde. ...
  • Berwyn Station, Denbighshire. ...
  • St Pancras International, London. ...
  • Bristol Temple Meads, Bristol. ...
  • Cromford Station, Derbyshire. ...
  • Dawlish Station, Devon. ...
  • Norwich Station, Norfolk.


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Small but perfectly formed is a great description of Damems – the Keighley & Worth Valley and Britain's smallest railway station.

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Liverpool Road Station, Manchester, England, is the world's oldest station.

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Since Liverpool Road ceased operation, the oldest railway station in use is Broad Green railway station in Liverpool which opened on 15 September 1830.

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The longest train station platform in England is in Gloucester. It is over 600 meters long - that's as big as 6 football fields!

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Its windowless interiors disguise its place far beneath the Earth's crust. Hampstead Underground Station is the deepest of its stops and takes passengers down a sloping lift to its tracks. The station's entrance resides in the gorgeous village of Hampstead.

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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.

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The Glacier Express is known as the slowest express train in the world. As St. Moritz and Zermatt are home to two well-known mountains, the Glacier Express is also said to travel from Matterhorn to Piz Bernina.

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The Angels Flight, a Los Angeles landmark near Bunker Hill, is the shortest railway in the world—and it costs just 50 cents per ride. The world's shortest railway opened in 1901 and again in 2010. It travels a mere 298 feet—about two blocks.

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The Royal Scotsman is one of the most luxurious trains in the world attracting passengers from near and far.

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The Luton Dart will replace the Heathrow Express as the most expensive rail journey in Britain. Tickets for the route amount to £3.70 per mile and a four-minute one-way trip between Luton Airport Parkway Station and the terminal will cost £4.90 with no discount for return trips.

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Get Simon Calder's Travel email Some reports have claimed that the new £300m “Dart” link between Luton Airport Parkway station and the terminal is priciest. The fare for the 1.3-mile journey is £4.90, which works out at £3.77 per mile.

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