THE MOST and least busy train stations in Berkshire have been revealed.
New figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) have pulled together data for 36 railway stations across the county.
The statistics have revealed the busiest and quietest stations in the county, with Reading Train Station unsurprisingly ranking the busiest station for Berkshire.
Reading Train Station had more than 12 million entries and exits, from April 2022 up to March this year. The station ranked 29th busiest station in the country.
At the other end of the scale was the least used station in Berkshire, revealed as Midgham in West Berkshire. The small village station had 32,440 entries and exits through the station gates in the year to the end of March. Nationally, Midgham ranked as the 2,095th most used station.
For comparison, the busiest station in the country was London Liverpool Street with 80.4 million entries and exits in the period.
Below is the full list of Berkshire train stations and how they far for busiest or most quiet stations in the county:
Top 10 busiest stations in Berkshire, entries and exits from April 2022 to March 2023
Reading - 12,400,988
Slough - 4,527,632
Maidenhead - 3,239,874
Windsor and Eton Central - 1,580,166
Wokingham - 1,560,326
Bracknell - 1,490,668
Burnham - 1,257832
Newbury - 1,208,000
Twyford - 1,081,660
Windsor and Eton Riverside - 1,058,460
Remaining Berkshire busiest stations ranked, by entries and exits from April 2022 to March 2023
Ascot - 821,410
Langley -769,282
Sunningdale - 461,418
Thatcham - 362,898
Earley - 351,162
Martins Heron - 346,216
Pangbourne - 321,370
Tilehurst - 320,010
Winnersh - 310,290
Reading West - 289,840
Theale - 282,980
Hungerford - 229,822
Datchet - 217,814
Crowthorne - 190,800
Winnersh Triangle - 179,132
Cookham - 151,602
Sandhurst - 125,122
Mortimer - 121,002
Furze Platt - 116,530
Newbury Racecourse - 83,728
Wargrave - 68,724
Kintbury - 65,194
Wraysbury - 64,720
Aldermaston - 50,602
Sunnymeads - 32,614
Midgham - 32,440
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