In 2022/2023, Alton had 496,032 entries and exits, making it the 785^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 622^nd busiest (out of 997), with 467 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 1358.99 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 20.43 passengers per service, giving it the 470^th (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
1 - Up	167	607
2 - Down	170	618

*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)

Location: Alton
CRS: AON / NLC: 5544 / TIPLOC(S): ALTON
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 472353 139708
Constituency: East Hampshire
Local Authority: Hampshire
NR Region: South East
ELR: PAA2 49m 12ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Alton during 2022/2023:
•London Waterloo (117,897 journeys)
•Aldershot (34,282 journeys)
•Farnham (33,595 journeys)
•Clapham Junction (6,936 journeys)
•Guildford (4,994 journeys)
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