TOP 20 TRAIN STATIONS WITH LONGEST DELAYS REVEALED - FIND OUT HERE HOW YOUR STOP COMPARES

Brits reliant on trains for their daily commute can find out here how their station compares in a list of those with the longest delays.

Many people have been left frustrated by trains that are late or cancelled and it comes as rail fares continue to rise - with an increase of 4.9% in England and Wales this month.

And now travellers can find out how well or badly their own station compares in a list of the top 100 busiest around the UK. Coming top of the list with 76% of services disrupted over the past six months is City Thameslink station, in the centre of London, which is on the route between Blackfriars and Farringdon. It was also ranked 64th in the list of the highest attended stations.

Next on the list was Leicester that had disruption to 68% of its services. The mainline station, managed by East Midlands Railway is the 89th busiest in the country with 38,491 services of the past six months. Then coming in third with 67% of services delayed is East Croydon which is the 19th busiest in the UK over the past six months.

While best placed among the 100 busiest stations was Stansted that had 18% of trains delayed, in the Train Station Report compiled by ePowerTrucks and Online Marketing Surgery.

Top 20 stations with most delays (among 100 busiest)

• City ThamesLink - 76%
• Leicester - 68%
• East Croydon, London - 67%
• Earlsfield, London - 67%
• Manchester Oxford Road - 66%
• Surrey Quays, London - 64%
• Coventry - 63%
• St Albans - 63%
• Birmingham New Street - 62%
• Denmark Hill, London - 62%
• Gatwick Airport - 58%
• Canada Water, London - 58%
• Bath Spa - 57%
• Sheffield - 56%
• Shoreditch High Street, London - 56%
• Bromley South, London - 55%
• Peterborough - 55%
• Vauxhall, London - 54%
• Woking - 54%
• Manchester Piccadilly - 53%

Top 20 stations with least delays (among 100 busiest)

• Stansted - 18%
• Moorgate, London - 20%
• Liverpool Street, London - 21%
• Marylebone, London - 21%
• Chelmsford, Essex - 21%
• Tottenham Court Road, London - 22%
• Shenfield, Essex - 22%
• Bond Street, London - 23%
• Fenchurch Street, London - 24%
• Stratford, London - 24%
• Illford, London - 26%
• London Charing Cross, London - 27%
• Romford, London - 27%
• Barking, London - 28%
• Birmingham Moor Street, 28%
• Forest Gate, London - 28%
• Woolwich, London - 29%
• Brighton - 30%
• New Cross, London - 30%
• Upminster, London - 30%

The latest increase in prices on March 3 will be applied to regulated rail fares, such as season, anytime day, off-peak and super off-peak tickets. Regulated rail fares are usually linked to the Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure of inflation for the previous July, which for 2023 was 9%. The Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed it would cap the rise at 4.9% instead in a statement last December. But the latest increase still comes on top of the 5.9% rise that was implemented in March 2023.

Unregulated fares - which include advance, anytime, off-peak day and first class fares - are set by train companies. It isn't clear how much unregulated fares could rise by. ScotRail fares will rise by 8.7% from April 1. Fares in Northern Ireland are set by operator Translink, which increased the price of about half of all adult single train fares last November by an average of 50p.

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