In 2022/2023, Sarn had 46,410 entries and exits, making it the 1,972^nd most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 845^th busiest (out of 997), with 213 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 127.15 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 4.19 passengers per service, giving it the 1,318^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
Single	84	305

*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)

2011-12 Cause of large increase not clear
2012-13 Continues high growth from previous year
2013-14 Installation of TVMs in Cardiff Valleys has improved accuracy of ticket sales origin data, significantly increasing demand allocated to some stations
2014-15 Maesteg Line - spike in demand in 13/14, has now returned to close to 12/13 levels

Location: Sarn
CRS: SRR / NLC: 4270 / TIPLOC(S): SARN
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 289842 183407
Constituency: Ogmore
Local Authority: Bridgend - Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr
NR Region: Wales
ELR: BAL 2m 15ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Sarn during 2022/2023:
•Cardiff Central (10,603 journeys)
•Bridgend (5,649 journeys)
•Maesteg (2,273 journeys)
•Pencoed (915 journeys)
•Garth (Bridgend County) (404 journeys)
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