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 Long Buckby 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Long Buckby had 250,046 entries and exits, making it the 1,121st most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1121/2575
It ranked 588th busiest (out of 997), with 505 scheduled services per week.
588/997
That's a daily average of 685.06 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 9.52 passengers per service, giving it the 948th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
948/1659

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

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 50,262
Reduced price entries & exits: 171,142
Season ticket entries & exits: 28,642
Total entries & exits: 250,046
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +38,764 : 18.35%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
Down179650
Up181658
*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
187Birmingham - Birmingham International - Coventry - NorthamptonOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +140,019 (+127.26%)

Reasons for change:
2011-12 Partially due to improved demand estimation in Centro area (extra 8,000 entries and exits in Centro infill compared to what would have been estimated using previous methodology)
2020-21 The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the West Midlands PTE area in 2020-21 has increased by 0.6% as a result of methodology improvements

Location Details

Location: Long Buckby
CRS: LBK / NLC: 1067 / TIPLOC(S): LNGBKBY
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (London Northwestern Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 462392 266670
Constituency: Daventry
Local Authority: West Northamptonshire
NR Region: East Midlands
ELR: HNR 75m 42ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Long Buckby during 2022/2023:
•London Euston (34,257 journeys)
•Northampton (28,187 journeys)
•Birmingham New Street (14,323 journeys)
•Rugby (9,911 journeys)
•Coventry (6,855 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Long Buckby's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Northampton9.65
Rugby9.40