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City Thameslink

Station Usage

In 2021/2022, City Thameslink had 2,994,784 entries and exits, making it the 109^th most used station in Great Britain.

109/2554

It was the 51^st busiest station with 2,819 scheduled services per week

51/953

That's a daily average of 8,204.89 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 20.43 passengers per service, giving it the 364^th highest passenger to service ratio.

364/1582

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 2021 timetable.

Usage Stats in Detail

Full price entries & exits: 1,336,858
Reduced price entries & exits: 1,160,004
Season ticket entries & exits: 497,922
Interchanges made between connecting services: 37
Change in usage from 2021/2022: +2,020,850 : 207.49%

Platform Lengths

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1 - Up Snow Hill	299	1087	Down direction
1 - Up Snow Hill	299	1087	Up direction
2 - Down Snow Hill	296	1076	Down direction
2 - Down Snow Hill	296	1076	Up direction

*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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Route

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London - Weleyn & Hertford - Stevenage - Peterborough

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Current Service Pattern

DAY/HR	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Mon	0	0	0	0	1	12	29	36	37	33	28	28	28	28	28	28	34	36	36	30	26	26	22	0	526
Tue	0	0	0	0	1	12	29	36	37	33	28	28	28	28	28	28	34	36	36	30	26	26	22	0	526
Wed	0	0	0	0	1	12	29	36	37	33	28	28	28	28	28	28	34	36	36	30	26	26	22	0	526
Thu	0	0	0	0	1	12	29	36	37	33	28	28	28	28	28	28	34	36	36	30	26	26	22	0	526
Fri	0	0	0	0	1	12	29	36	37	33	28	28	28	28	28	28	34	36	36	30	26	26	22	0	526
Sat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	26	0	0	0	334
Sun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Timetable data based on scheduled services during the first week of the current (May 2022) timetable.

Other service patterns:

Location Details

Location: City Thameslink
CRS: CTK / NLC: 5121 / TIPLOC: CTMSLNK
Station Facility Owner: Govia Thameslink Railway (Thameslink)
OS Grid Ref: 531690 181150
Region: London
Local Authority: City of London
ELR(s): FTL 0m 28ch

Station Usage History

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1997-1998: 11,448,332
1998-1999: 13,015,817 (+1,567,485 : 13.69%)
1999-2000: 12,495,406 (-520,411 : -4.00%)
2000-2001: 12,300,563 (-194,843 : -1.56%)
2001-2002: 12,579,789 (+279,226 : 2.27%)
2002-2003: 12,951,138 (+371,349 : 2.95%)
2003-2004: Not Conducted
2004-2005: 4,010,107 (-8,941,031 : -69.04%)
2005-2006: 4,644,522 (+634,415 : 15.82%)
2006-2007: 5,479,452 (+834,930 : 17.98%)
2007-2008: 5,370,116 (-109,336 : -2.00%)
2008-2009: 5,294,439 (-75,677 : -1.41%)
2009-2010: 4,881,181 (-413,258 : -7.81%)
2010-2011: 5,346,096 (+464,915 : 9.52%)
2011-2012: 5,606,032 (+259,936 : 4.86%)
2012-2013: 5,540,830 (-65,202 : -1.16%)
2013-2014: 6,019,946 (+479,116 : 8.65%)
2014-2015: 6,354,128 (+334,182 : 5.55%)
2015-2016: 6,340,256 (-13,872 : -0.22%)
2016-2017: 6,339,202 (-1,054 : -0.02%)
2017-2018: 6,433,058 (+93,856 : 1.48%)
2018-2019: 7,150,132 (+717,074 : 11.15%)
2019-2020: 8,072,822 (+922,690 : 12.90%)
2020-2021: 973,934 (-7,098,888 : -87.94%)
2021-2022: 2,994,784 (+2,020,850 : 207.49%)

Change between 1997 & 2020:-3,375,510 (-29.48%)
Change between 1997 & 2022:-8,453,548 (-73.84%)

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