In 2022/2023, Elephant and Castle had 1,680,664 entries and exits, making it the 285^th most used station in Great Britain.
It was the 154^th busiest station with 1,656 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 4604.56 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 19.52 passengers per service*, giving it the 507^th highest passenger to service ratio
* This increases to a daily average of 5806.85 passengers passing through the station and 29.71 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1 - Up Slow	149	541
2 - Down Slow	156	567
3 - Up Fast	157	570
4 - Down Fast	161	585

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2006-07 TfL Travelcard & Group of Stations
2007-08 Growth of 27% or more
2010-11 Change in methodology for Thameslink group stations
2014-15 Underestimation of PAYG demand in 2013/14
2018-19 Changes to Thameslink services from May 2018

Location: Elephant and Castle
CRS: EPH / NLC: 5246 / TIPLOC(S): ELPHNAC
Station Facility Owner: Govia Thameslink Railway (Thameslink)
OS Grid Ref: 532085 178945
Constituency: Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Local Authority: Southwark
NR Region: London
Station Group: LONDON BR
ELR: HHH 1m 47ch
This station is part of the London Travelcard Area

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Top 5 jouneys from Elephant and Castle during 2022/2023:
•Streatham (Greater London) (49,351 journeys)
•London St Pancras International (45,506 journeys)
•Tulse Hill (38,583 journeys)
•Bromley South (36,077 journeys)
•Bellingham (34,857 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.