In 2022/2023, Taunton had 1,398,098 entries and exits, making it the 325^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 261^st busiest (out of 997), with 1,155 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 3830.41 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 23.28 passengers per service*, giving it the 388^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 4019.62 passengers passing through the station and 25.58 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
2 (Up/Down Relief)	278	1010
3 (Down Main)	262	952
4 (Up Main)	262	952
5 (Up Relief)	242	879
6 (Bay)	79	287

*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: Taunton
CRS: TAU / NLC: 3471 / TIPLOC(S): TAUNTON
Station Facility Owner: Great Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 322755 125460
Constituency: Taunton Deane
Local Authority: Somerset
NR Region: South West
ELR: MLN1 163m 12ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Taunton during 2022/2023:
•London Paddington (129,827 journeys)
•Bristol Temple Meads (127,196 journeys)
•Bridgwater (57,449 journeys)
•Exeter St David's (44,842 journeys)
•Weston-Super-Mare (24,688 journeys)
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