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Gatwick Airport

Station Usage

In 2021/2022, Gatwick Airport had 5,919,044 entries and exits, making it the 44^th most used station in Great Britain.

44/2554

It was the 20^th busiest station with 4,055 scheduled services per week

20/953

That's a daily average of 16,216.56 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 28.07 passengers per service, giving it the 191^st highest passenger to service ratio.

191/1582

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

Usage Stats in Detail

Full price entries & exits: 2,849,936
Reduced price entries & exits: 2,836,458
Season ticket entries & exits: 232,650
Interchanges made between connecting services: 908,855
Change in usage from 2021/2022: +4,232,600 : 250.98%
Explanation of usage change: This station is a common split point for split ticketing
Data limitations: Possible overestimate

Platform Lengths

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1 - Up Passenger Loop	246	894	Down direction
1 - Up Passenger Loop	246	894	Up direction
2 - Up Slow	246	894	Down direction
2 - Up Slow	246	894	Up direction
3 - Down Slow	246	894	Down direction
3 - Down Slow	246	894	Up direction
4 - Up Fast	246	894
5 - Down Fast	241	876
6 - Down Passenger Loop	241	876	Down direction
6 - Down Passenger Loop	241	876	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

Table

Route

London Victoria - Gatwick Airport (via Gatwick Express)

303

Southampton, Portsmouth, Bognor & Barnham - Horsham & London

Please note: we are currently working on the production of timetables in the South East. Therefore, any tables focused in this area may not yet be available. For more info, please visit our timetable pages.

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	8	4	2	4	5	18	25	31	34	35	32	33	33	33	34	33	35	33	33	35	34	32	30	24	620
Tue	10	5	2	4	5	18	25	31	34	35	32	33	33	33	34	33	35	33	33	35	34	32	30	24	623
Wed	10	5	2	4	5	18	25	31	34	35	32	33	33	33	34	33	35	33	33	35	34	32	30	24	623
Thu	10	5	2	4	5	18	25	31	34	35	32	33	33	33	34	33	35	33	33	35	34	32	30	24	623
Fri	10	5	2	4	5	18	25	31	34	35	32	33	33	33	34	33	35	33	33	35	34	32	30	24	623
Sat	10	5	3	3	4	15	25	31	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	33	34	34	34	34	35	31	29	23	622
Sun	10	4	3	2	2	5	10	13	20	25	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	25	19	473

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

Other service patterns:

Location Details

Location: Gatwick Airport
CRS: GTW / NLC: 5416 / TIPLOC: GTWK
Station Facility Owner: Govia Thameslink Railway (Gatwick Express)
OS Grid Ref: 528700 141300
Region: South East
Local Authority: Crawley
ELR(s): VTB3 26m 48ch

Station Usage History

Line Chart

1997-1998: 7,473,147
1998-1999: 8,089,425 (+616,278 : 8.25%)
1999-2000: 8,604,128 (+514,703 : 6.36%)
2000-2001: 9,016,805 (+412,677 : 4.80%)
2001-2002: 8,675,035 (-341,770 : -3.79%)
2002-2003: 8,641,336 (-33,699 : -0.39%)
2003-2004: Not Conducted
2004-2005: 7,976,619 (-664,717 : -7.69%)
2005-2006: 8,585,167 (+608,548 : 7.63%)
2006-2007: 11,888,848 (+3,303,681 : 38.48%)
2007-2008: 12,729,628 (+840,780 : 7.07%)
2008-2009: 11,695,308 (-1,034,320 : -8.13%)
2009-2010: 12,814,802 (+1,119,494 : 9.57%)
2010-2011: 13,128,956 (+314,154 : 2.45%)
2011-2012: 14,759,610 (+1,630,654 : 12.42%)
2012-2013: 15,353,056 (+593,446 : 4.02%)
2013-2014: 16,185,672 (+832,616 : 5.42%)
2014-2015: 17,494,324 (+1,308,652 : 8.09%)
2015-2016: 18,028,846 (+534,522 : 3.06%)
2016-2017: 19,361,658 (+1,332,812 : 7.39%)
2017-2018: 20,328,160 (+966,502 : 4.99%)
2018-2019: 21,225,246 (+897,086 : 4.41%)
2019-2020: 21,050,640 (-174,606 : -0.82%)
2020-2021: 1,686,444 (-19,364,196 : -91.99%)
2021-2022: 5,919,044 (+4,232,600 : 250.98%)

Change between 1997 & 2020: +13,577,493 (+181.68%)
Change between 1997 & 2022:-1,554,103 (-20.80%)

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