In 2022/2023, Bury St Edmunds had 698,282 entries and exits, making it the 609^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 712^nd busiest (out of 997), with 357 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 1913.10 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 37.61 passengers per service*, giving it the 148^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 1915.6 passengers passing through the station and 37.71 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 (Up)	102	370
2 (Down)	116	421

*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)

2007-08 Growth of 27% or more
2012-13 Inclusion of journeys on Anglia Plus tickets

Location: Bury St Edmunds
CRS: BSE / NLC: 7008 / TIPLOC(S): BSTEDMS
Station Facility Owner: Greater Anglia
OS Grid Ref: 585247 265183
Constituency: Bury St Edmunds
Local Authority: Suffolk
NR Region: East of England
ELR: CCH 28m 44ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Bury St Edmunds during 2022/2023:
•Cambridge (60,720 journeys)
•Stowmarket (51,083 journeys)
•Ipswich (41,915 journeys)
•London Liverpool Street (29,704 journeys)
•Elmswell (19,513 journeys)
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