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Passenger rail usage

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Quarterly statistics reporting the volume of passenger journeys, kilometres and revenue on the mainline network in Great Britain. Long-running time series on passenger journeys (Table 1220) and passenger kilometres (Table 1230) are updated annually.

Periodic operational data is supplied to us from Rail Delivery Group on a periodic (4-weekly) basis. This management information is made available on our data portal as soon as the data is loaded and validated into our systems. The timeframe for publishing this on the data portal is driven by when we receive the data and also when any queries we have on the validity of data are resolved. Therefore, it can take up to 15 working days after period end for the tables to be updated. This data is included in Table 1214 and Table 1224.

Data is shown by financial year quarter: Q1 is April to June; Q2 is July to September; Q3 is October to December; and Q4 is January to March.

For details on how these statistics are compiled, please see our Passenger rail usage quality and methodology report and for information on any revisions, please see our Revisions log.

Data and reports that include previous statistical releases on Passenger rail usage can be found on the National Archives.

Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).

If you have any questions or feedback on these statistics, please contact rail.stats@orr.gov.uk

 

Latest statistical release

Passenger rail usage, January to March 2026
Passenger rail usage, January to March 2026

Date published: 18 Jun 2026
Date next published: 01 Oct 2026

Key results

  • A total of 447 million journeys were made by rail passengers in Great Britain in the latest quarter (January to March 2026). This is a 4% increase on the 429 million journeys in the same quarter in the previous year (January to March 2025).
  • Total passenger revenue was £2.9 billion in the latest quarter, a 1% increase compared with the same quarter in the previous year (when adjusted for inflation).
  • There were 16.3 billion passenger kilometres travelled in total in Great Britain in the latest quarter. This is a 3% increase compared with the 15.8 billion travelled in the same quarter in the previous year.

Previous statistical releases

Data tables