The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) is the lead publisher of official statistics for the rail industry and publishes annual and quarterly rail usage estimates. These show the number of journeys and passenger kilometres, and are based on ticket sales, primarily those recorded in the rail industry's LENNON ticketing database. As well as national totals, estimates are produced for individual train operators, regions and stations. The ORR statistics are the best source of information on the overall level of rail travel across the country and trends in rail travel over time.
Statistics relating to individual stations are available from the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) in its station usage publication-see: .
The latest station usage information is based on ticket sales in the financial year 2010-11 and covers all National Rail stations throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Station usage data are an estimate of the number of passengers travelling to and from each station (entries and exits) and are based on ticket sales.