RailwayData | Slough Station
 Slough 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Slough had 4,527,632 entries and exits, making it the 90th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
90/2575
It ranked 82nd busiest (out of 997), with 2,329 scheduled services per week.
82/997
That's a daily average of 12404.47 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 37.39 passengers per service*, giving it the 151st (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
151/1659
* This increases to a daily average of 16027.01 passengers passing through the station and 59.22 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: 1,319,810
Reduced price entries & exits: 2,551,520
Season ticket entries & exits: 656,302
Total entries & exits: 4,527,632
Interchanges made between connecting services: 1,322,225
Change in usage from 21/22: +1,015,118 : 28.90%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1 (Bay)122443
2 (Down Main Line)208756
3 (Up Main Line)192698
4 (Down Relief Line)161585
5 (Up Relief Line)161585
*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
277London, Didcot & Oxford - Moreton-in-Marsh - Worcester & HerefordOct24
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +1,500,072 (+49.55%)

Location Details

Location: Slough
CRS: SLO / NLC: 3172 / TIPLOC(S): SLOUGH
Station Facility Owner: Great Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 497848 180183
Constituency: Slough
Local Authority: Slough
NR Region: South East
ELR: MLN1 18m 36ch, WIN 18m 36ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Slough during 2022/2023:
•London Paddington (857,389 journeys)
•Windsor and Eton Central (253,991 journeys)
•Ealing Broadway (143,410 journeys)
•Maidenhead (126,972 journeys)
•Reading (103,205 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Slough's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Burnham (Buckinghamshire)2.51
Langley (Berks)2.23
Windsor and Eton Central2.78