RailwayData | Newcastle Station
 Newcastle 

Station Usage

In 2023/2024, Newcastle had 9,148,930 entries and exits, making it the 51st most used, out of 2,581 stations in Great Britain.
51/2581
It ranked 114th busiest (out of 955), with 1,898 scheduled services per week.
114/955
That's a daily average of 25065.56 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 92.70 passengers per service*, giving it the 47th (out of 1,735) passenger to service ratio.
47/1735
* This increases to a daily average of 26022.3 passengers passing through the station and 99.77 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 23 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 495,390
Reduced price entries & exits: 8,321,734
Season ticket entries & exits: 331,806
Total entries & exits: 9,148,930
Interchanges made between connecting services: 349,211
Change in usage from 22/23: +746,008 : 8.88%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1161585
23621316
33041105
4268974
568247
697352Platforms 5 and 6 can be combined with a total length of 217m
7115418
841149"Platforms 7 and 8 combined with a total length of 209m in Down direction
9112407
10114414
11130472
*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)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
004Glasgow & Edinburgh - Newcastle - York, Leeds & LondonDec24
005York, Leeds & Hull - Doncaster - Sheffield & LondonDec24
006Lincoln, Newark & Grantham - Peterborough, Stevenage & LondonDec24
013Long distance services to and from Birmingham (North-South)Dec24
095Liverpool & Manchester - Leeds & The North East via HuddersfieldDec24
100Carlisle - Hexham - Newcastle & MiddlesbroughDec24
101Newcastle - Morpeth - Alnmouth - Berwick - EdinburghDec24
102Metro Centre - NewcastleDec24
103Newcastle - Sunderland - Middlesbrough - NunthorpeDec24
106Middlesbrough - Nunthorpe - Grosmont - WhitbyDec24
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2024: +4,412,927 (+93.18%)

Reasons for change:
2021-22 The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the Tyne & Wear PTE area has increased by 1.3% as a result of methodology improvements

Location Details

Location: Newcastle
CRS: NCL / NLC: 7728 / TIPLOC(S): NWCSTLE
Station Facility Owner: London North Eastern Railway
OS Grid Ref: 424600 563820
Constituency: Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Local Authority: Newcastle upon Tyne
NR Region: North East
PTE: Tyne & Wear
ELR: ECM6 80m 16ch, ECM7 0m ch
This station is part of the Tyne & Wear PTE

Fares

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Neighbouring Stations

Below are Newcastle's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Chester-Le-Street8.30
Dunston2.29
Heworth2.98
Manors0.58