In 2022/2023, Retford had 519,868 entries and exits, making it the 755^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 570^th busiest (out of 997), with 525 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 1424.30 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 19.04 passengers per service*, giving it the 523^rd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 1605.47 passengers passing through the station and 23.89 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
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
1	255	927
2	253	919
3	135	490	Low Level Platforms
4	135	490	Low Level Platforms

*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)

Location: Retford
CRS: RET / NLC: 6511 / TIPLOC(S): RTFD
Station Facility Owner: London North Eastern Railway
OS Grid Ref: 470290 380219
Constituency: Bassetlaw
Local Authority: Nottinghamshire
NR Region: East Midlands
ELR: ECM1 138m 49ch, MAC3 64m 32ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Retford during 2022/2023:
•London Kings Cross (100,414 journeys)
•Sheffield (25,168 journeys)
•Worksop (22,579 journeys)
•Lincoln (20,422 journeys)
•Doncaster (13,754 journeys)
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