In 2022/2023, Bayford had 55,776 entries and exits, making it the 1,903^rd most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 541^st busiest (out of 997), with 562 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 152.81 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 1.91 passengers per service, giving it the 1,502^nd (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	123	447
Up	122	443

*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)

2013-14 Reason for increase not clear - reverses small decrease seen in the previous year
2014-15 High growth trend
2019-20 More frequent trains from May 2019. Oyster card extension to Bayford in April 2019.

Location: Bayford
CRS: BAY / NLC: 6006 / TIPLOC(S): BAYFORD
Station Facility Owner: Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern)
OS Grid Ref: 531531 208308
Constituency: North East Hertfordshire
Local Authority: Hertfordshire
NR Region: East of England
ELR: HDB 16m 56ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Bayford during 2022/2023:
•Moorgate (5,630 journeys)
•Finsbury Park (4,546 journeys)
•Highbury and Islington (3,789 journeys)
•Hertford North (3,189 journeys)
•Old Street (2,718 journeys)
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