Station Overview - Balham

 Balham 

Station Usage
In 2021/2022, Balham had 3,688,758 entries and exits, making it the 80th most used station in Great Britain.
80/2554
It was the 108th busiest station with 2,052 scheduled services per week
108/953
That's a daily average of 10,106.19 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 34.57 passengers per service, giving it the 120th highest passenger to service ratio.
120/1582
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 2021 timetable.
Usage Stats in Detail
Full price entries & exits: 1,099,482
Reduced price entries & exits: 1,650,784
Season ticket entries & exits: 938,492
Interchanges made between connecting services: 229,266
Change in usage from 2021/2022: +1,644,864 : 80.48%
Platform Lengths
Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1 - Down Slow201730
2 - Up Slow203738
3 - Down Fast163592
4 - Up Fast163592

*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 2021 (Nov 2019)

Timetables

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Current Service Pattern
DAY/HR000102030405060708091011121314151617181920212223
Mon 3 0 0 0 0 4 16 22 23 22 19 18 18 18 18 18 22 22 22 22 17 14 14 10 342
Tue 3 0 0 0 0 4 16 22 23 22 19 18 17 18 18 18 22 22 22 22 17 14 14 10 341
Wed 3 0 0 0 0 4 16 22 23 22 19 18 18 18 18 18 22 22 22 22 17 14 14 10 342
Thu 3 0 0 0 0 4 16 22 23 22 19 18 17 18 18 18 22 22 22 22 17 14 14 10 341
Fri 3 0 0 0 0 4 16 22 23 22 19 18 18 18 18 18 22 22 22 22 17 14 14 10 342
Sat 3 0 0 0 0 1 14 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 15 14 14 11 306
Sun 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 208
Timetable data based on scheduled services during the first week of the current (May 2022) timetable.
Other service patterns:
Location Details
Location: Balham
CRS: BAL / NLC: 5399 / TIPLOC: BALHAM
Station Facility Owner: Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern)
OS Grid Ref: 528500 173200
Region: London
Local Authority: Wandsworth (London)
ELR(s): VTB1 4m 51ch
Station Usage History
Line Chart
1997-1998: 1,623,938
1998-1999: 2,468,685 (+844,747 : 52.02%)
1999-2000: 2,696,217 (+227,532 : 9.22%)
2000-2001: 2,801,798 (+105,581 : 3.92%)
2001-2002: 2,746,281 (-55,517 : -1.98%)
2002-2003: 2,910,390 (+164,109 : 5.98%)
2003-2004: Not Conducted
2004-2005: 3,161,416 (+251,026 : 8.63%)
2005-2006: 3,236,366 (+74,950 : 2.37%)
2006-2007: 5,455,384 (+2,219,018 : 68.57%)
2007-2008: 5,543,764 (+88,380 : 1.62%)
2008-2009: 5,084,538 (-459,226 : -8.28%)
2009-2010: 5,052,242 (-32,296 : -0.64%)
2010-2011: 5,935,140 (+882,898 : 17.48%)
2011-2012: 6,463,982 (+528,842 : 8.91%)
2012-2013: 6,784,734 (+320,752 : 4.96%)
2013-2014: 6,916,220 (+131,486 : 1.94%)
2014-2015: 7,643,798 (+727,578 : 10.52%)
2015-2016: 10,114,526 (+2,470,728 : 32.32%)
2016-2017: 8,750,756 (-1,363,770 : -13.48%)
2017-2018: 8,463,278 (-287,478 : -3.29%)
2018-2019: 8,140,418 (-322,860 : -3.81%)
2019-2020: 7,823,990 (-316,428 : -3.89%)
2020-2021: 2,043,894 (-5,780,096 : -73.88%)
2021-2022: 3,688,758 (+1,644,864 : 80.48%)

Change between 1997 & 2020: +6,200,052 (+381.79%)
Change between 1997 & 2022: +2,064,820 (+127.15%)
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