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 Bath Spa 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Bath Spa had 5,468,466 entries and exits, making it the 73rd most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
73/2575
It ranked 336th busiest (out of 997), with 969 scheduled services per week.
336/997
That's a daily average of 14982.10 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 108.53 passengers per service*, giving it the 13rd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
13/1659
* This increases to a daily average of 15457.21 passengers passing through the station and 115.41 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 937,716
Reduced price entries & exits: 4,260,936
Season ticket entries & exits: 269,814
Total entries & exits: 5,468,466
Interchanges made between connecting services: 173,415
Change in usage from 21/22: +1,382,762 : 33.84%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1197716
22821025
*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)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
009Swansea, Cardiff, Bristol & Cheltenham - Swindon - Didcot & LondonOct24
275Westbury & Swindon - Bath Spa - Bristol - Cardiff & GloucesterOct24
281Weymouth - Yeovil - Castle Cary - WestburyOct24
284London & Basingstoke - Salisbury - Honiton - Yeovil - ExeterOct24
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +2,787,025 (+103.94%)

Location Details

Location: Bath Spa
CRS: BTH / NLC: 3271 / TIPLOC(S): BATHSPA
Station Facility Owner: Great Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 375262 164342
Constituency: Bath
Local Authority: Bath and North East Somerset
NR Region: South West
ELR: MLN1 106m 71ch, NBE 25m 18ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Bath Spa during 2022/2023:
•London Paddington (593,445 journeys)
•Bristol Temple Meads (537,357 journeys)
•Chippenham (230,002 journeys)
•Swindon (Wilts) (135,903 journeys)
•Trowbridge (132,747 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Bath Spa's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Chippenham12.94
Freshford7.20
Oldfield Park1.01