London (UK) standing train passengers share

In 2019, TfL Rail was the busiest operator in London, with 44 percent of passengers having to stand in the morning peak time and 37 percent in the evening peak time.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, almost all the train operators reported a cero percent of passengers standing during peak hours in 2020. Only the London Overground reported a light peak crowding during that year, with two percent of passengers having to stand in the morning peak hours and one percent in the evening peak time.

Share of passengers having to stand on trains in London (UK) at peak hours in 2019 and 2020, by train operator

Characteristic	2019 AM peak (07:00-09:59)	2019 PM peak (16:00-18:59)	2020 AM peak (07:00-09:59)	2020 PM peak (16:00-18:59)
London North Eastern Railway	0%	0%	0%	0%
Virgin Trains West Coast	2%	3%	0%	0%
East Midlands Trains	3%	2%	0%	0%
Greater Anglia*	10%	5%	0%	0%
Southern	16%	7%	0%	0%
Great Western Railway*	16%	9%	0%	0%
Chiltern Railways*	17%	7%	0%	0%
Great Northern	20%	15%	0%	0%
West Midlands Trains	20%	19%	0%	0%
Southeastern	21%	13%	0%	0%
Thameslink	24%	12%	0%	0%
London Overground	26%	13%	2%	1%
South Western Railway	26%	19%	0%	0%
c2c	32%	28%	0%	0%
TfL Rail*	44%	37%	0%	0%

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Release date

October 2021

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2019 to 2020

Supplementary notes

These statistics represent a typical autumn weekday.
* Figures are based on only one manual count per service.
This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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