In 2022/2023, Spondon had 8,536 entries and exits, making it the 2,348^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 936^th busiest (out of 997), with 94 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 23.39 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 1.75 passengers per service, giving it the 1,514^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

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
Down	108	392
Up	72	261

*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)

2009-10 Improved timetable introduced in December 2008
2011-12 Cause of large increase not clear
2014-15 Reason for change unclear
2018-19 Engineering works in 2018-19
2019-20 Recovery from Derby 2018 resignalling works

Location: Spondon
CRS: SPO / NLC: 1699 / TIPLOC(S): SPDN
Station Facility Owner: East Midlands Railway
OS Grid Ref: 439741 335121
Constituency: Mid Derbyshire
Local Authority: Derby
NR Region: East Midlands
ELR: SPC6 125m 67ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Spondon during 2022/2023:
•Derby (1,751 journeys)
•Nottingham (719 journeys)
•Long Eaton (405 journeys)
•Attenborough (243 journeys)
•Birmingham New Street (163 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.