Some basic UK rail statistics

Basic National Rail Journey Volume Data

The table below shows the following, in column order:
(1) Year, either calendar year or April to March, as indicated;
(2) Number of stations at which passengers may enter or leave national rail trains irrespective of other classes of traffic dealt with;
(3) Subset of column 2 being number of stations that handled passenger and freight traffic (the difference between (3) and (2) being stations at which ONLY passengers are handled);
(4) That number of stations in column 2 that handle parcels traffic;
(5) Stations that ONLY handle parcels and do not handle passengers or freight;
(6) Stations that handle freight ONLY (earlier than 1974 they were separate freight stations, after 1974 some are shown that were co-located at passenger stations);
(7) Total number of stations that handle passengers or parcels or freight

Notes

In column 4 there is no data after March 1995, but parcels traffic ceased altogether around 2002 (except as freight).
In column 6 there is no comparable data after 1996.
From 1970 two stations transferred from BR to London Transport (and are NOT included in reductions as some BR-used parts remained under BR control); these were Westbourne Park and Royal Oak.
From 1969 twelve stations were transferred from BR to London Transport (and are included in reductions); these were Bow Road to Upminster Bridge excluding Barking.
In 1967 four stations were transferred from BR to London Transport (and are included in reductions); these were West Ruislip, Ruislip Gardens, South Ruislip and Greenford.