Some basic UK rail statistics
UK Passenger Journey Volumes, rail and other modes.
Basic UK Rail Volumes and comparisons with other modes
The table below shows the following, in column order:
(1) Year, either calendar year or April to March, as indicated;
(2) Number of passenger-kilometres journeys on national rail network in
billions;
(3) Number of passenger-kilometres journeys on national road network in
billions (cars, vans, taxis, buses, coaches);
(4) Number of passenger-kilometres journeys on UK domestic
air network in billions;
(5) Total number of passenger-kilometres within UK on all
modes;
(6) Proportion of total passenger-kilometres in UK (all
modes) undertaken by rail;
(7) That contribution of UK Rail undertaken by passengers on UK main line railways;
(8) That contribution of UK Rail undertaken by passengers on London Underground network;
(9) That contribution of UK Rail undertaken by passengers on other UK Metro and tram systems;
All numbers are in billions of passenger-kilometres a year (except column 6).
| (1) Year |
(2) UK Rail (all) |
(3) UK Road (all) |
(4) UK air |
(5) UK travel (all) |
(6) UK Rail Market Share |
(7) Main Line Rail |
(8) London Under-ground |
(9) Other Rail and light rail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-9 | 61 | 740 | 9 | 810 | 7.5% | 51 | 9 | 1 |
| 2007-8 | 59 | 749 | 10 | 817 | 7.2% | 49 | 8 | 1 |
| 2006-7 | 55 | 747 | 10 | 812 | 6.8% | 46 | 8 | 1 |
| 2005-6 | 52 | 732 | 10 | 794 | 6.5% | 43 | 8 | 1 |
| 2004-5 | 50 | 736 | 10 | 796 | 6.3% | 42 | 8 | 1 |
| 2003-4 | 49 | 731 | 9 | 789 | 6.2% | 41 | 7 | 1 |
| 2002-3 | 48 | 733 | 9 | 790 | 6.1% | 40 | 8 | 1 |
| 2001-2 | 47 | 710 | 8 | 765 | 6.2% | 39 | 7 | 1 |
| 2000-1 | 46 | 696 | 8 | 750 | 6.2% | 38 | 7 | 1 |
| 1999-00 | 46 | 697 | 7 | 751 | 6.2% | 38 | 7 | 1 |
| 1998-9 | 44 | 689 | 7 | 740 | 5.9% | 36 | 7 | 1 |
| 1997-8 | 42 | 684 | 7 | 733 | 5.7% | 35 | 6 | 1 |
| 1996-7 | 39 | 673 | 6 | 718 | 5.4% | 32 | 6 | 1 |
| 1995-6 | 37 | 669 | 6 | 712 | 5.2% | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994-5 | 35 | 666 | 6 | 707 | 5.0% | 29 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993-4 | 37 | 659 | 5 | 701 | 5.3% | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992-3 | 38 | 636 | 5 | 679 | 5.6% | 32 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991-2 | 39 | 637 | 5 | 681 | 5.7% | 33 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990-1 | 40 | 645 | 5 | 690 | 5.8% | 33 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989-00 | 39 | 639 | 5 | 683 | 5.7% | 33 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988-9 | 41 | 593 | 5 | 639 | 6.4% | 34 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987-8 | 39 | 559 | 4 | 602 | 6.5% | 32 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986-7 | 37 | 526 | 4 | 567 | 6.5% | 31 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985-6 | 36 | 504 | 4 | 544 | 6.6% | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984-5 | 35 | 495 | 3 | 533 | 6.6% | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 34 | 474 | 3 | 511 | 6.7% | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 31 | 470 | 3 | 504 | 6.2% | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 34 | 457 | 3 | 494 | 6.9% | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 35 | 453 | 3 | 491 | 7.1% | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 37 | 433 | 3 | 471 | 7.8% | 32 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 36 | 436 | 3 | 474 | 7.5% | 31 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 34 | 425 | 2 | 461 | 7.4% | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| 1976 | 33 | 418 | 2 | 454 | 7.3% | 29 | 4 | 0 |
| 1975 | 35 | 401 | 2 | 438 | 8.1% | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| 1974 | 36 | 403 | 2 | 442 | 8.2% | 31 | 5 | 0 |
| 1973 | 35 | 414 | 2 | 452 | 7.8% | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| 1972 | 35 | 395 | 2 | 432 | 8.1% | 29 | 5 | 0 |
| 1971 | 36 | 381 | 2 | 419 | 8.5% | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| 1970 | 36 | 365 | 2 | 403 | 8.9% | 31 | 5 | 0 |
| 1969 | 35 | 359 | 2 | 396 | 8.8% | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| 1968 | 34 | 353 | 2 | 388 | 8.6% | 29 | 5 | 0 |
| 1967 | 34 | 345 | 2 | 381 | 9.0% | 29 | 5 | 0 |
| 1966 | 35 | 332 | 2 | 369 | 9.5% | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| 1965 | 35 | 312 | 2 | 349 | 10.1% | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| 1964 | 37 | 301 | 2 | 340 | 10.9% | 32 | 5 | 0 |
| 1963 | 36 | 274 | 1 | 311 | 11.6% | 31 | 5 | 0 |
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