In 2022/2023, Stafford had 1,638,862 entries and exits, making it the 286^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 237^th busiest (out of 997), with 1,232 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 4490.03 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 25.58 passengers per service*, giving it the 326^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 5417.31 passengers passing through the station and 36.15 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	308	1120
3	312	1134
4	312	1134
5	312	1134
6	312	1134

*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)

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: Stafford
CRS: STA / NLC: 1268 / TIPLOC(S): STAFFRD
Station Facility Owner: Avanti West Coast
OS Grid Ref: 391818 322918
Constituency: Stafford
Local Authority: Staffordshire
NR Region: West Midlands
ELR: LEC3 133m 42ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Stafford during 2022/2023:
•London Euston (161,778 journeys)
•Birmingham New Street (154,238 journeys)
•Stoke-On-Trent (69,771 journeys)
•Wolverhampton (65,321 journeys)
•Manchester Piccadilly (55,031 journeys)
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