In 2022/2023, Basingstoke had 4,004,066 entries and exits, making it the 110^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 111^st busiest (out of 997), with 2,054 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 10970.04 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 37.49 passengers per service*, giving it the 149^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 13919.69 passengers passing through the station and 57.65 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 - Down Slow	296	1076	Trains can reverse in the Platform
2 - Down Fast	245	890
3 - Up Fast	245	890
4 - Up Slow	245	890
5 - East Bay	117	425

*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)

2021-22 This station is a common split point for split ticketing

Location: Basingstoke
CRS: BSK / NLC: 5520 / TIPLOC(S): BSNGSEB, BSNGSTK
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 463727 152546
Constituency: Basingstoke
Local Authority: Hampshire
NR Region: South East
ELR: BML1 47m 61ch, BKE 51m 37ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Basingstoke during 2022/2023:
•London Waterloo (654,078 journeys)
•Reading (225,026 journeys)
•Winchester (172,466 journeys)
•Andover (80,044 journeys)
•Farnborough (Main) (62,132 journeys)
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