In 2022/2023, Cosford had 62,352 entries and exits, making it the 1,854^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 791^st busiest (out of 997), with 272 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 170.83 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 4.41 passengers per service, giving it the 1,300^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
Down	122	443
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)

2007-08 Growth of 27% or more
2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station
2011-12 Station rebuilt during year
2013-14 Station closed for improvement in 2011-12 so likely ramp up of demand
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: Cosford
CRS: COS / NLC: 4617 / TIPLOC(S): COSFORD
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 379770 305278
Constituency: The Wrekin
Local Authority: Shropshire
NR Region: West Midlands
ELR: WSJ2 150m 74ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Cosford during 2022/2023:
•Birmingham New Street (6,043 journeys)
•Wolverhampton (4,463 journeys)
•Shrewsbury (2,734 journeys)
•Telford Central (2,730 journeys)
•Birmingham Moor Street (1,441 journeys)
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