FOI request detail

Footfall figures

Request ID: FOI-0413-1920
Date published: 23 May 2019

You asked

F/on from FOI-0241-1920 Thank you for the information. Last time I requested I received a breakdown of each station and thought I would get the same this time. I now work in Covent Garden and wandered if you you be able to share the figures for Covent Garden and leister Square.

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-0413-1920

Thank you for your further email of 8th May 2019 asking for footfall figures for Covent Garden and Leicester Square stations.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require, which is shown in the table below.

Note once again that this information comprises Oyster, contactless and magnetic paper ticketing data. Any instances where customers do not validate a ticketing product upon entering or exiting the station will not be captured in the data.

Covent Garden

Leicester Square

Month

Calendar Year

Entry

Exit

Entry

Exit

April

2017

526,702

808,408

1,587,545

1,477,831

May

2017

647,782

761,513

1,483,557

1,410,679

June

2017

619,567

707,206

1,387,189

1,325,352

July

2017

703,559

819,004

1,605,161

1,521,664

August

2017

680,457

801,102

1,505,335

1,445,183

September

2017

613,195

712,201

1,404,441

1,333,376

October

2017

658,841

767,507

1,584,630

1,503,260

November

2017

665,823

769,882

1,550,607

1,447,446

December

2017

717,375

908,233

1,658,314

1,584,962

January

2018

635,366

732,572

1,481,499

1,393,738

February

2018

629,804

727,786

1,483,384

1,403,686

March

2018

667,843

778,597

1,490,834

1,400,779

April

2018

635,830

761,382

1,443,667

1,353,656

May

2018

631,211

751,092

1,391,501

1,313,616

June

2018

618,118

725,447

1,426,661

1,332,939

July

2018

626,874

741,310

1,501,348

1,372,066

August

2018

639,288

771,168

1,503,395

1,413,049

September

2018

533,963

649,286

1,391,326

1,296,751

October

2018

654,205

784,617

1,638,613

1,497,760

November

2018

677,066

821,110

1,641,255

1,470,686

December

2018

725,427

975,457

1,795,110

1,632,287

January

2019

622,230

748,722

1,472,003

1,379,258

February

2019

614,240

728,403

1,513,771

1,386,659

March

2019

671,394

799,650

1,674,000

1,517,194

If this is not the information you are looking for please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely,

David Wells

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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