Seven Tips On World’s Busiest Train Stations

GARE DU NORD – FRANCE
Gare du Nord is the busiest train station in Europe by the number of passengers, serving approximately 214 million travelers every year. The station was first opened in 1846 with major expansions following.

HOWRAH JUNCTION RAILWAY STATION – INDIA
Howrah Junction is the largest railway station in India, serving approximately 700 passengers daily. The station was opened to the public in December 1905 and the first train left the station for New Delhi in 1969.

GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL – UNITED STATES
The Grand Central station is situated on 42nd Street in New York City. Approximately 750,000 people pass through the station every day, making it one of the busiest train stations in North America.

LONDON WATERLOO – UNITED KINGDOM
London Waterloo is an important place of arrival and departure for commuters and holidaymakers. It is the largest station by floor area and the busiest station in Britain.

HAMBURG HAUPTBAHNHOF – GERMANY

Hamburg Hauptbahnhof is a major railway station in Germany, serving Hamburg, Germany. It is considered a category 1 station by the Deutsche Bahn. The station serves approximately 480,000 passengers.

FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY STATION – AUSTRALIA
Flinders Street station is the busiest train station in Australia with over 92,000 passengers every day. Flinders Street Railway Station was the first railway station in an Australian city and the busiest station in the world in the 1920s.

SHINJUKU STATION- JAPAN
With over 3.6 million people passing through the station daily, Shinjuku Station in the city of Tokyo, Japan, is the busiest train station in the world by passenger use.

Culled from: https://www.worldatlas.com