The busiest Tube stations in London have just been revealed – and an iconic transport hub has taken the top spot with over 70 million annual passenger entries and exits

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Katie Forge

 –  Staff Writer

 ·  29 April, 2026

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The capital’s trusty transport network is a topic that’ll never fail to get a Londoner yapping. Everyone’s got a favourite out of the 272 stations that are perched upon those 11 colourful lines that make up the London Underground. And whilst the conversation around which of the city’s stations is the best may still be up for debate; there’s no question about which of them is the busiest – because Transport for London have just given us receipts in the form of their 2025 Annual Station Counts.

Each year, TfL analyse the data, crunch the numbers, and release a report detailing the most highly-used stations across the transport network from the previous year. When it comes to Tube station, it’s usually the same crowded contenders near the top of the charts. In fact, 2025’s five busiest Tube stations were the exact same five stops as the year before, just in a different order.

The busiest station on the London Underground in 2025

Topping the list as the most jam-packed Tube station is King’s Cross St Pancras. The teeming transport hub regained its first place position with a rather gasp-inducing 72.5 million passenger entries and exits throughout 2025. Coming in at second place is Waterloo (the station named the busiest of all the previous year) with 69.8 million passengers passing through the turnstiles. Rounding off the podium was Tottenham Court Road with 59.9 million entries and exits, swapping places on the list with Victoria; the spot that was named the fourth busiest station in this year’s report. Liverpool Street retained its fifth place position on the list of the busiest Tube stations in 2025.

The 10 busiest stations on the London Underground in 2025:

1. King’s Cross St Pancras (72.5 million)
2. Waterloo (69.8 million)
3. Tottenham Court Road (59.9 million)
4. Victoria (59.3 million)
5. Liverpool Street (59.2 million)
6. Paddington (57.1 million)
7. London Bridge (55.4 million)
8. Stratford (52.5 million)
9. Oxford Circus (51.6 million)
10. Bond Street (41.7 million)

You can peruse Tube Alerter’s handy run-down of TfL’s full findings here.