In 2022/2023, Ashton-Under-Lyne had 142,178 entries and exits, making it the 1,446^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 814^th busiest (out of 997), with 247 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 389.53 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 11.07 passengers per service, giving it the 871^st (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

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
Down	106	385
Up	106	385

*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)

2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station
2011-12 Continues high growth from previous year
2012-13 Change driven primarily by improvement of PTE infill
2014-15 May be linked to a reduction in services following the May 2014 timetable change
2017-18 Impacted by North West electrification works
2019-20 Improved South East Manchester performance due to May 2018 timetable diverting TPE services via Manchester Victoria

Location: Ashton-Under-Lyne
CRS: AHN / NLC: 2790 / TIPLOC(S): ASHONUL
Station Facility Owner: Northern Trains
OS Grid Ref: 393857 399399
Constituency: Ashton-under-Lyne
Local Authority: Tameside
NR Region: North West
PTE: Greater Manchester
ELR: MVL1 6m 33ch
This station is part of the Greater Manchester PTE

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Top 5 jouneys from Ashton-Under-Lyne during 2022/2023:
•Manchester Victoria (33,449 journeys)
•Salford Central (6,543 journeys)
•Salford Crescent (6,232 journeys)
•Bolton (4,645 journeys)
•Stalybridge (2,515 journeys)
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