In 2022/2023, Winchester had 3,723,744 entries and exits, making it the 121^st most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 336^th busiest (out of 997), with 969 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 10202.04 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 73.90 passengers per service*, giving it the 36^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 10424.04 passengers passing through the station and 77.12 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 - Up	247	898
2 - Down	247	898

*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: Winchester
CRS: WIN / NLC: 5924 / TIPLOC(S): WNCHSTR
Station Facility Owner: South Western Railway
OS Grid Ref: 447744 129980
Constituency: Winchester
Local Authority: Hampshire
NR Region: South East
ELR: BML1 66m 37ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Winchester during 2022/2023:
•London Waterloo (540,172 journeys)
•Southampton Central (287,238 journeys)
•Basingstoke (172,466 journeys)
•Eastleigh (142,629 journeys)
•Southampton Airport Parkway (54,295 journeys)
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