In 2022/2023, Banbury had 1,813,406 entries and exits, making it the 269^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 384^th busiest (out of 997), with 888 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 4968.24 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 39.27 passengers per service*, giving it the 136^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 5611.68 passengers passing through the station and 49.44 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	270	981
2	300	1090
3	300	1090
4	133	483

*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: Banbury
CRS: BAN / NLC: 4502 / TIPLOC(S): BNBR
Station Facility Owner: Chiltern Railways
OS Grid Ref: 446185 240457
Constituency: Banbury
Local Authority: Oxfordshire
NR Region: South East
ELR: DCL 86m 15ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Banbury during 2022/2023:
•London Marylebone (269,082 journeys)
•Oxford (229,245 journeys)
•Bicester North (50,992 journeys)
•Birmingham New Street (50,550 journeys)
•Leamington Spa (46,194 journeys)
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