The worst of the 100 busiest railway stations in Britain for cancellations was revealed today, with City Thameslink in London topping the list.
Some 4.9 per cent of about 150,000 scheduled stops at the station serving the Square Mile were axed between August 2024 and August 2025.
Farringdon also performed poorly with a similar rate – while the next worst stations in London were Euston and Paddington both at 3.4 per cent.
The data compiled from Office of Rail and Road (ORR) figures also gave cancellation rates for the ten busiest stations in each nation and region of the UK.
The highest rate was found at St Albans City in the East area at 7.6 per cent, followed by Manchester Airport in the North West region at 7.1 per cent.
The top in the South West area was Cheltenham Spa at 6.9 per cent, while in the North East region it was Hartlepool at 5.9 per cent, reported BBC News.
Gatwick Airport was top in the South East area at 5.8 per cent, and Halifax was on top in Yorkshire and Humber region at 5.5 per cent.
Some 4.9% of scheduled stops at City Thameslink in London were cancelled in the past year
In the West Midlands it was University (Birmingham) at 4.5 per cent, and in the East Midlands it was Kettering at 3.6 per cent.
The top in Scotland was Exhibition Centre (Glasgow) at 2.8 per cent, and in Wales it was Newport at 5.4 per cent.
Across the UK, there were 89 million scheduled train stops in the period between August 2024 and August 2025, and three million of those were axed.
The country’s overall cancellation rate increased to 3.3 per cent, from 3.2 per cent in the previous year.
The North East of England faced the worst cancellations rate of any region, at 4.5 per cent.
The South West followed with 4.2 per cent, while the North West saw 4 per cent.
The best area for cancellations was Scotland at 2 per cent, followed by East Midlands at 3.1 per cent.
Emma Pickard, network operations and performance director for Thameslink and Network Rail, said: ‘We understand our service hasn’t always been good enough, and we’re deeply sorry for the disruption this has caused to passengers.
‘People rightly expect trains to run reliably and we understand how frustrating it is when trains are cancelled. We take full responsibility for the impact this has on our passengers.
‘Problems such as staffing levels, power supply issues and weather precautions were being looked into. Across the industry we are working hard to do everything we can to prevent cancellations and make services more reliable.
City Thameslink and Farringdon stations, both served by Thameslink trains, both fared poorly
‘This includes tackling issues such as signalling and power supply faults, improving traincrew availability, and investing to make the network more resilient to severe weather and other unexpected events.
‘When incidents outside our control do occur, such as poor weather or trespass we aim to restore the service as quickly as possible, however on a network as busy and complex as Thameslink’s the disruption can be felt widely.
‘At times we have to make the very difficult decision to cancel some trains to get the timetable back on track, and prevent further disruption spreading across the network.’
Thameslink pointed out that trains arrive at City Thameslink every 3.5 minutes – but flooding shut the station for two days in February, causing significant disruption.
