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 Newbury 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Newbury had 1,208,000 entries and exits, making it the 367th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
367/2575
It ranked 400th busiest (out of 997), with 855 scheduled services per week.
400/997
That's a daily average of 3309.59 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 27.17 passengers per service*, giving it the 283rd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
283/1659
* This increases to a daily average of 3617.24 passengers passing through the station and 32.22 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: 250,330
Reduced price entries & exits: 773,846
Season ticket entries & exits: 183,824
Total entries & exits: 1,208,000
Interchanges made between connecting services: 112,293
Change in usage from 21/22: +209,544 : 20.99%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1 (Down)2911058
2 (Up)3271189
3 (Up) Bay131476129m top of ramp to yellow painted Stop marker
*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
280London & Reading - Newbury - Bedwyn - Westbury - Taunton & ExeterOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +240,674 (+24.88%)

Reasons for change:
2019-20 Improved timetable in December 2019

Location Details

Location: Newbury
CRS: NBY / NLC: 3074 / TIPLOC(S): NEWBURY
Station Facility Owner: Great Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 447238 166723
Constituency: Newbury
Local Authority: West Berkshire
NR Region: South East
ELR: BHL 53m 06ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Newbury during 2022/2023:
•London Paddington (263,542 journeys)
•Reading (121,447 journeys)
•Hungerford (33,534 journeys)
•Thatcham (29,542 journeys)
•Kintbury (14,398 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Newbury's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Kintbury5.40
Newbury Racecourse0.51