In 2022/2023, Salisbury had 1,621,562 entries and exits, making it the 287^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 295^th busiest (out of 997), with 1,061 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 4442.64 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 29.39 passengers per service*, giving it the 246^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 5039.28 passengers passing through the station and 37.29 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
1 - Reception Road	223	810	Only to be used by special instruction.
2 - Up	228	829
3 - Down Passenger Loop	228	829
4 - Down	289	1050
5 - West Bay	143	520
6 - East Bay	162	589

*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)

Location: Salisbury
CRS: SAL / NLC: 5663 / TIPLOC(S): SLSBRY , SLSBY5B, SLSBY6B
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 413662 130153
Constituency: Salisbury
Local Authority: Wiltshire
NR Region: South West
ELR: BAE1 83m 43ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Salisbury during 2022/2023:
•London Waterloo (206,020 journeys)
•Southampton Central (76,973 journeys)
•Andover (63,781 journeys)
•Gillingham (Dorset) (37,723 journeys)
•Bath Spa (33,782 journeys)
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