In 2022/2023, Aston had 555,192 entries and exits, making it the 712^nd most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 200^th busiest (out of 997), with 1,357 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 1521.07 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 7.87 passengers per service*, giving it the 1,055^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 1574.19 passengers passing through the station and 8.42 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	148	538
2	145	527

*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 Main portion of increase due to improved demand estimation in Centro area (extra 94,000 entries and exits in Centro infill compared to what would have been estimated using previous methodology)
2013-14 Reason for increase unclear although follows a drop in previous year
2018-19 Improved services from December 2018
2020-21 The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the West Midlands PTE area in 2020-21 has increased by 0.6% as a result of methodology improvements

Location: Aston
CRS: AST / NLC: 1004 / TIPLOC(S): ASTON
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 408789 289614
Constituency: Birmingham, Ladywood
Local Authority: Birmingham
NR Region: West Midlands
PTE: West Midlands
ELR: PBJ 1m 68ch
This station is part of the West Midlands PTE

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Top 5 jouneys from Aston during 2022/2023:
•Birmingham New Street (175,637 journeys)
•University (Birmingham) (8,181 journeys)
•Walsall (6,043 journeys)
•Sutton Coldfield (5,989 journeys)
•Selly Oak (4,830 journeys)
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