Railway station footfall in Buckinghamshire is still lagging behind levels seen before the pandemic, data shows. 

Figures from the Office of Rail and Road show there were 11.5 million recorded entries and exits across the county's 23 stations in the year to March. 

This was down 22 per cent from 2020 when there were 14.7 million entries and exits. 

Nationally, footfall at stations was just shy of the 3 billion pre-pandemic peak in 2019-20 with 2.9 billion using the stations in the last year. 

Liverpool Street retained its title of Britain's busiest station as passenger numbers soared to 94.5 million, up 14.1 million on 22/23. 

This is thought to be down to more usage of the Elizabeth Line.

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London Paddington maintained its position at number two with 66.9 million entries and exits.

The busiest stations in England outside London were Birmingham New Street (33.3 million entries and exits), Manchester Piccadilly (25.8 million), and Leeds (24.9 million).

Glasgow Central (25 million) had the most journeys in Scotland, while Cardiff Central (11.5 million) took top spot in Wales.

Silviya Barrett from the Campaign for Better Transport said: "It’s extremely encouraging to see that station usage is almost back to its pre-pandemic level, and that more people are choosing to travel sustainably by train.

"Attracting passengers back onto the railways should be a vital part of the government’s plans to tackle the climate crisis, and we hope to see further expansion of the rail network as we have this past year with the opening of seven new stations."