The sales are up more than 6% on last years’ figures and helped National Rail achieve a 13th successive quarter of station retail growth.
Passengers at London Victoria spent more on coffee than any other station, accounting for £1.6 million of sales, closely followed by London Waterloo (£1.5m) and London Liverpool Street (£1.1m).
Overall like-for-like figures across all retail sectors show average sales for April to June 2015 rose by 3.67% at Network Rail’s 18 managed stations, compared to a slight fall of 0.10% by retailers on the high street, according to the British Retail Consortium.
Two London stations were the best performing for the quarter with Cannon Street (30.4%) and Waterloo (12.89%) recording the highest growth across Network Rail’s estate. Outside London, Bristol Temple Meads, Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Leeds and Glasgow all recorded above average growth in this quarter.
Of the 200 million people who used Network Rail stations in Q1, around a third (c.63 million people) passed through the retail spaces.
Network Rail director of retail, Hamish Kiernan, said: “These figures are further evidence of Network Rail’s success in modernising and transforming stations into destinations in their own right. We aim to enhance the overall passenger experience and continue to cater to the demands of the modern traveller, as well as generating retail profit to reinvest in our railway.”
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