This presentation accompanies an interactive map of Great Britain's rail network, designed and created by Merritt Cartographic. This map itself, built with OpenData from the Ordnance Survey, highlights the routes operated by each train operating company, the estimated usage of each station in Great Britain (from data published by the Office of Rail Regulation), as well as providing a range of other statistics about the British rail network. The interactive map which this presentation relates to can be found at the link here: http://www.merrittcartographic.co.uk/british_railways.html The symbols used to represent stations on the map (as seen on many of the slides within this presentation) are shown at a size proportional to the total number of entries and exits for 2012-2013 (using a logarithmic scale). The white circles represent, proportionally, the number of rail user interchanges that occurred at each station for 2012-2013. In this presentation, I attempt to highlight a range of interesting facts and figures, to supplement information found on the map itself, which relate to the stations found on Great Britain’s rail network.

1. British Railways Map
An interactive map of Great Britain’s rail network
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2014.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

2. British Railways Map
An interactive map of Great Britain’s rail network
Built with OpenData from the Ordnance Survey and
statistics from the Office of Rail Regulation.
The map itself highlights the routes operated by each
train operating company, the estimated usage of each
station in Great Britain as well as providing a range of
other statistics about the British rail network. Data is
for the period 2012-2013.
In this presentation, I will attempt to highlight a range
of facts and figures, to supplement information found
on the map itself, which relate to the stations found
on Great Britain’s rail network!
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown
copyright and database right 2014.
Contains public sector information licensed
under the Open Government Licence v2.0.
An interactive map of Great Britain's rail network by Merritt Cartographic
http://www.merrittcartographic.co.uk/british_railways.html

3. • 8 of the 10 most used stations in Great Britain, by
passenger entries and exits for 2012–2013, are located
in central London.
• The largest of these is London Waterloo, with nearly
96 million entries and exits (95,936,542). London
Victoria (77,346,676) and London Liverpool Street
(58,448,814) are the second and third busiest.
• Birmingham New Street (32,090,346) and Glasgow
Central (27,185,020) are the only two stations within
the top 10 not located in central London
(8th and 10th).
Source: Office of Rail Regulation
British Railways Map
Most used stations
An interactive map of Great Britain's rail network by Merritt Cartographic
http://www.merrittcartographic.co.uk/british_railways.html
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown
copyright and database right 2014.
Contains public sector information licensed
under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

4. • The least used railway station in Great Britain in
2012-2013 was Tees-side Airport with only 8 entries
and exits.
• Coombe Junction Halt, Cornwall, with 48 entries and
exits and Shippea Hill, Cambridgeshire, with 50 entries
and exits, were the second and third least used
stations in 2012-2013.
• In 2012-2013 there were 7 stations with fewer than
100 entries and exits. The other 4 were Barry Links (52),
Kildonan (62), Elton & Orston (72)
and Buckenham (72).
Source: Office of Rail Regulation
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown
copyright and database right 2014.
Contains public sector information licensed
under the Open Government Licence v2.0.
An interactive map of Great Britain's rail network by Merritt Cartographic
http://www.merrittcartographic.co.uk/british_railways.html
British Railways Map
Least used stations

5. • The station with the most transfers or interchanges in
2012-2013 was Clapham Junction with 23,334,118.
• London Waterloo (9,389,235) and London Bridge
(8,568,138) had the second and third most number of
interchanges.
• Outside of Greater London, Birmingham New Street
(5,164,606) had the most number of transfers. Ranked
6th overall behind London Victoria (4th) and East
Croydon (5th).
Source: Office of Rail Regulation
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copyright and database right 2014.
Contains public sector information licensed
under the Open Government Licence v2.0.
An interactive map of Great Britain's rail network by Merritt Cartographic
http://www.merrittcartographic.co.uk/british_railways.html
British Railways Map
Interchanges

6. • Dorking West is the station with highest annual
percentage change in terms of passenger entries and
exits (from 2011-2012 to 2012-2013) with an increase
from 16 to 55,774 entries and exits. *
• Bedford St Johns * (10,140 to 154,976) and Denton
(30 to 194) are ranked second and third in terms of the
annual percentage change in passenger entries and
exits.
• As a percentage, the biggest fall in entries and exits
between 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 occurred at
Shippea Hill (376 to 50). Kildonan (240 to 62) and
Dalmarnock ** (79,558 to 21,506) saw the second and
third greatest percentage decrease.
Source: Office of Rail Regulation
* Increase due, primarily, to the way tickets are issued and
the way in which the statistics have been gathered.
** Station closed for a long period from June 2012.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown
copyright and database right 2014.
Contains public sector information licensed
under the Open Government Licence v2.0.
An interactive map of Great Britain's rail network by Merritt Cartographic
http://www.merrittcartographic.co.uk/british_railways.html
British Railways Map
Annual increase and decrease

7. • Of the 1,128 entries and exits at Gainsborough
Central, Lincolnshire, in 2012-2013, 98.94% used a full
fare ticket (as opposed to a reduced fare or season
ticket). The highest percentage of any station where
the data is available.
• Of the 104,504 entries and exits at Newquay,
Cornwall, in 2012-2013, 98.13% used a reduced fare
ticket (as opposed to a full fare or season ticket). The
highest percentage of any station with more than
1,000 entries and exits. Only Quintrel Downs, Cornwall,
with 99.02% of 814 people has a higher percentage.
• Of the 28,102 entries and exits in 2012-2013 at
Doleham, East Sussex, 27,646 used a season ticket. The
highest percentage, 98.38%, of any station. This may,
to a large extent, be due to the fact that there are no
ticket issuing facilities located here.
Source: Office of Rail Regulation
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown
copyright and database right 2014.
Contains public sector information licensed
under the Open Government Licence v2.0.
An interactive map of Great Britain's rail network by Merritt Cartographic
http://www.merrittcartographic.co.uk/british_railways.html
British Railways Map
Ticket types

8. Thank-you for viewing this
presentation. To find your
nearest railway station and its
associated information, use the
link in the panel below to view
this interactive map from
Merritt Cartographic.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2014.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.
http://www.merrittcartographic.co.uk/british_railways.html
An interactive map of Great Britain’s rail network