In 2022/2023, Bitterne had 65,298 entries and exits, making it the 1,830^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 808^th busiest (out of 997), with 255 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 178.90 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 4.92 passengers per service, giving it the 1,263^rd (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
1 - Up	136	494
2 - Down	148	538

*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)

2012-13 Reason for increase unclear
2019-20 Strikes on South Western Railway during winter 2019

Location: Bitterne
CRS: BTE / NLC: 5945 / TIPLOC(S): BITERNE
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 443882 113394
Constituency: Southampton, Itchen
Local Authority: Southampton
NR Region: South East
ELR: SDP1 2m 36ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Bitterne during 2022/2023:
•Fareham (3,668 journeys)
•Southampton Central (3,451 journeys)
•Portsmouth and Southsea (2,735 journeys)
•Winchester (2,335 journeys)
•Swanwick (2,277 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.