Data from On Time Trains has revealed how often stations across the UK are used, based on the average number of passengers who enter and exit the station every day.
We surveyed the data for Croydon’s 17 train stations, managed by Southern and London Overground, to find out which stations were the most and least used in 2025.
East Croydon was the most frequently used station in the borough, with an average of 56,417 daily visits in 2025.
This is 3,000 more than the average in 2024, which was 53,714 visits a day.
Overall, East Croydon was ranked as the 22nd busiest out of 2,639 stations across the UK.
East Croydon station is part of the London to Brighton main line, with passengers able to travel to London Victoria, London Bridge, and Gatwick Airport from East Croydon station.
By contrast, Croydon’s least used train station of 2024 was Coulsdon Town, which had an average of 268 visitors a day last year.
This was slightly up from its average last year, which stood at 257 visits per day.
Coulsdon Town station is served by Thameslink and Southern trains, with passengers able to travel to London Bridge from the station.
Here’s the full list of stations in Croydon ranked by number of visits in 2025:
We have not included tram stations.
- East Croydon, with an average of 56,417 passengers per day
- West Croydon, with an average of 11,974 passengers per day
- Norwood Junction, with an average of 12,677 passengers per day
- Purley, with an average of 7,609 passengers per day
- Thornton Heath, with an average of 6,664 passengers per day
- Norbury, with an average of 6,435 passengers per day
- Coulsdon South, with an average of 5,369 passengers per day
- Selhurst, with an average of 3,337 passengers per day
- South Croydon, with an average of 2,983 passengers per day
- Sanderstead, with an average of 2,313 passengers per day
- Waddon, with an average of 1,657 passengers per day
- Purley Oaks, with an average of 1,318 passengers per day
- Riddlesdown, with an average of 787 passengers per day
- Kenley, with an average of 736 passengers per day
- Woodmansterne, with an average of 348 passengers per day
- Reedham, with an average of 290 passengers per day
- Coulsdon Town, with an average of 268 passengers per day
