Station Overview - Chester

 Chester 

Station Usage
In 2021/2022, Chester had 3,443,368 entries and exits, making it the 88th most used station in Great Britain.
88/2554
It was the 83rd busiest station with 2,265 scheduled services per week
83/953
That's a daily average of 9,433.88 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 29.24 passengers per service, giving it the 175th highest passenger to service ratio.
175/1582
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 2021 timetable.
Usage Stats in Detail
Full price entries & exits: 1,095,690
Reduced price entries & exits: 2,181,600
Season ticket entries & exits: 166,078
Interchanges made between connecting services: 572,877
Change in usage from 2021/2022: +2,385,574 : 225.52%
Platform Lengths
Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1125454Bay to Crewe/Mickle Trafford. Additional 34m OOU
2122443Bay to Llandudno Jn/Hooton. Shortened from 130m in
33791378Bi-directional. No. 3a 178m. No. 3b 138m
43131138
5112407Bay to Crewe/Mickle Trafford
6112407Bay to Crewe/Mickle Trafford
73101127Bi-directional. DC line

*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
TableRoute
2 Holyhead, Liverpool & Manchester - Birmingham & London
64 Ellesmere Port & Chester - Hooton - Birkenhead & Liverpool
91 Manchester - Altrincham - Knutsford - Chester
98 Chester - Liverpool & Manchester (via Helsby)
99 Chester - Crewe
150 Holyhead - Bangor - Llandudno - Chester
155 Chester - Wrexham - Shrewsbury
156 Manchester, Chester, Crewe & Shrewsbury - South Wales

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Current Service Pattern
DAY/HR000102030405060708091011121314151617181920212223
Mon 6 0 0 1 3 7 14 18 19 20 21 22 21 22 22 21 23 19 18 22 18 16 15 10 358
Tue 5 2 0 1 3 7 14 18 19 20 21 22 21 22 22 21 23 19 18 22 18 16 15 10 359
Wed 5 2 0 1 3 7 14 18 19 20 21 22 21 22 22 21 23 19 18 22 18 16 15 10 359
Thu 5 2 0 1 3 7 14 18 19 20 21 22 21 22 22 21 23 19 18 22 18 16 15 10 359
Fri 5 2 0 1 3 7 14 18 19 20 21 22 21 22 22 21 23 19 18 22 18 16 15 10 359
Sat 5 2 0 1 3 6 12 14 19 18 22 19 22 20 22 20 21 20 19 20 18 15 14 10 342
Sun 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 12 13 11 16 13 14 13 14 14 15 15 16 12 14 10 217
Timetable data based on scheduled services during the first week of the current (May 2022) timetable.
Other service patterns:
Location Details
Location: Chester
CRS: CTR / NLC: 2412 / TIPLOC: CHST
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 341335 366985
Region: North West
Local Authority: Cheshire West and Chester
ELR(s): CNH2 179m 10ch
Station Usage History
Line Chart
1997-1998: 1,936,106
1998-1999: 2,161,447 (+225,341 : 11.64%)
1999-2000: 2,207,580 (+46,133 : 2.13%)
2000-2001: 2,128,772 (-78,808 : -3.57%)
2001-2002: 2,168,285 (+39,513 : 1.86%)
2002-2003: 2,163,082 (-5,203 : -0.24%)
2003-2004: Not Conducted
2004-2005: 2,239,061 (+75,979 : 3.51%)
2005-2006: 2,336,893 (+97,832 : 4.37%)
2006-2007: 2,440,874 (+103,981 : 4.45%)
2007-2008: 2,607,835 (+166,961 : 6.84%)
2008-2009: 2,829,358 (+221,523 : 8.49%)
2009-2010: 2,989,704 (+160,346 : 5.67%)
2010-2011: 3,052,806 (+63,102 : 2.11%)
2011-2012: 2,957,446 (-95,360 : -3.12%)
2012-2013: 3,011,202 (+53,756 : 1.82%)
2013-2014: 4,256,524 (+1,245,322 : 41.36%)
2014-2015: 4,523,402 (+266,878 : 6.27%)
2015-2016: 4,620,230 (+96,828 : 2.14%)
2016-2017: 4,649,800 (+29,570 : 0.64%)
2017-2018: 4,686,322 (+36,522 : 0.79%)
2018-2019: 4,972,298 (+285,976 : 6.10%)
2019-2020: 5,093,756 (+121,458 : 2.44%)
2020-2021: 1,057,794 (-4,035,962 : -79.23%)
2021-2022: 3,443,368 (+2,385,574 : 225.52%)

Change between 1997 & 2020: +3,157,650 (+163.09%)
Change between 1997 & 2022: +1,507,262 (+77.85%)
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