Disabled Persons Railcards
Periodic (4-weekly) statistics containing data on the number of disabled persons railcards in circulation. Whilst all of these statistics are published at a periodic level, they are updated quarterly.
For details on how these statistics are compiled, please see our Passenger assistance and disabled persons railcard quality and methodology report
If you have any questions or feedback on these statistics, please contact rail.stats@orr.gov.uk
Latest factsheet
Disabled Persons Railcard (DPRC) in circulation and issued 2021-22 Periods 01-04
Date published: 04 Nov 2021
Date next published: 20 Jan 2022
Key results
- There were 173,301 DPRC in circulation at the end of 2021-22 rail period 4 (24 July 2021). This represents a decrease of 15.4% compared with a year ago, and is 29.6% lower than two years ago.
- Overall, 32,562 one-year DPRC were issued during 2021-22 rail periods 1 to 4. This is almost 4 times (284.3%) higher than the same rail periods in 2020-21. However, this is still down 21.1% compared with the same rail periods in 2019-20.
- There were 13,955 three-year DPRC issued during 2021-22 rail periods 1 to 4. This is over 3 times (230.1%) higher than the same rail periods in 2020-21. However, this is still down 17.6% compared with the same rail periods in 2019-20.
Historical factsheets
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2020-21
- Disabled Persons Railcard (DPRC) in circulation and issued 2020-21 Periods 11-13
- Disabled Persons Railcard (DPRC) in circulation and issued 2020-21 Periods 8-10
- Disabled Persons Railcard (DPRC) in circulation and issued 2020-21 Periods 5-7
- Disabled Persons Railcard (DPRC) in circulation and issued 2020-21 Periods 1-4
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2019-20
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2018-19
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2017-18