THE opening of the Elizabeth Line has transformed not only travel across London, but judging by the latest station usage statistics, the way in which people travel too.
Published by the rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) on December 14, the latest figures revealed that London Liverpool Street is now the busiest station in Britain for the period covered (April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023), but that the top 10 stations are now all in the capital, with five served by the new railway (Liverpool Street, Paddington, Stratford, Tottenham Court Road and Farringdon).
The ORR states that 2578 stations were served during that period, including eight new stations. It said that some 1385 million passenger journeys were made during that period, which was a 40% increase from the 990 million made in the previous year (April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022) thanks to the relaxation in restrictions following the pandemic as people
