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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.

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, April to June 2025
Passenger rail usage, April to June 2025

Date published: 30 Oct 2025
Date next published: 18 Dec 2025

Key results

  • A total of 451 million journeys were made by rail passengers in Great Britain in the latest quarter (April to June 2025). This is a 7% increase on the 420 million journeys in the same quarter in the previous year (April to June 2024).
  • Total passenger revenue was £3.1 billion in the latest quarter. This is 6% more than the £2.9 billion generated in the same quarter in the previous year (when adjusted for inflation).
  • There were 17.1 billion passenger kilometres travelled in total in Great Britain. This is a 7% increase compared with the 15.9 billion travelled in the same quarter in the previous year.

Previous statistical releases

Data tables