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Aslockton has more passengers, per train, than Bingham

Ah, train station usage figures. Not usually the stuff of wild excitement, but bear with me.

Figures are collated by the Office of Rail Regulation, and are available on their website.

So what for Aslockton?

The total number of entries and exits (ie, the number of people boarding and and alighting) at Aslockton for financial year 2006/07 was 21363. Given that there are (roughly) 6812 trains stopping at Aslockton each year, that would be 3.14 people per train - and there’s consistent year-on-year growth too:

                        ALK      BIN      RDF
        Year 2006/07    21363    25181    9326
        Year 2005/06    18538    26134    10892
        Year 2004/05    16064    28053    9565
        Year 2003/04
        Year 2002/03    15991    41038    13220

(There are no figures for the year 2003/04)

So, headline figures:

  • Consistent year-on-year growth for Aslockton
  • At the current rate of growth (and decline at Bingham), Alsockton would overtake Bingham this year

Average numbers of passengers per service

6812 trains call each year at Aslockton and Radcliffe, and 8112 at Bingham. This means the average passengers-per-service for the three ALK, BIN and RDF would be 3.14, 3.1 and 1.37.

Let’s compare this with East Midlands Trains’ official line:

“At Radcliffe and Aslockton … our data shows the average number of people joining/alighting at Radcliffe (the busier of the two) to be only 1.3 per train compared to 3 at Bingham.”

1.3 people per train at Radcliffe? Yes

3 at Bingham? Yes

Radcliffe busier than Aslockton? NO!

Indeed, if the figures from the Office of Rail Regulation are to be believed (and who wouldn’t?)… then Aslockton is a busier station than Bingham.

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