In 2022/2023, Selly Oak had 1,994,922 entries and exits, making it the 237^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 352^nd busiest (out of 997), with 942 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 5465.54 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 40.73 passengers per service, giving it the 125^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

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
Down	190	690
Up	190	690

*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)

2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station
2011-12 Main portion of increase due to improved demand estimation in Centro area (extra 692,000 entries and exits in Centro infill compared to what would have been estimated using previous methodology)
2018-19 Improved services from December 2018
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: Selly Oak
CRS: SLY / NLC: 1105 / TIPLOC(S): SELYOAK
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 404475 282659
Constituency: Birmingham, Selly Oak
Local Authority: Birmingham
NR Region: West Midlands
PTE: West Midlands
ELR: BAG1 45m 50ch
This station is part of the West Midlands PTE

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Top 5 jouneys from Selly Oak during 2022/2023:
•Birmingham New Street (744,755 journeys)
•Five Ways (68,057 journeys)
•University (Birmingham) (29,448 journeys)
•Birmingham International (13,490 journeys)
•Coventry (9,084 journeys)
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