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 Bridgwater 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Bridgwater had 428,728 entries and exits, making it the 837th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
837/2575
It ranked 737th busiest (out of 997), with 330 scheduled services per week.
737/997
That's a daily average of 1174.60 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 24.98 passengers per service, giving it the 345th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
345/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 121,014
Reduced price entries & exits: 283,818
Season ticket entries & exits: 23,896
Total entries & exits: 428,728
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +77,108 : 21.93%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1198719
2198719
*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
270Taunton - Weston-super-Mare - BristolOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +308,652 (+257.05%)

Location Details

Location: Bridgwater
CRS: BWT / NLC: 3449 / TIPLOC(S): BRDGWTR
Station Facility Owner: Great Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 330802 136975
Constituency: Bridgwater and West Somerset
Local Authority: Somerset
NR Region: South West
ELR: MLN1 151m 47ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Bridgwater during 2022/2023:
•Taunton (57,449 journeys)
•Bristol Temple Meads (48,950 journeys)
•Weston-Super-Mare (23,204 journeys)
•London Paddington (13,736 journeys)
•Highbridge and Burnham (11,766 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Bridgwater's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Highbridge and Burnham6.28
Taunton11.56