In 2022/2023, Burton-On-Trent had 663,498 entries and exits, making it the 634^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 574^th busiest (out of 997), with 521 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 1817.80 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 24.49 passengers per service*, giving it the 355^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 1852.73 passengers passing through the station and 25.43 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
Down	217	789
Up	217	789

*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 Estimate at this station has increased by 1.1% after a range of new local ticketing products were included for the first time this year

Location: Burton-On-Trent
CRS: BUT / NLC: 1658 / TIPLOC(S): BURTNOT
Station Facility Owner: East Midlands Railway
OS Grid Ref: 424200 323211
Constituency: Burton
Local Authority: Staffordshire
NR Region: West Midlands
ELR: DBP1 10m 67ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Burton-On-Trent during 2022/2023:
•Birmingham New Street (111,352 journeys)
•Derby (47,834 journeys)
•Nottingham (22,406 journeys)
•Tamworth (18,280 journeys)
•London Euston (18,187 journeys)
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