Passenger rail usage
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, July to September 2023
Date published: 19 Dec 2023
Date next published: 21 Mar 2024
Key results
- A total of 397 million rail passenger journeys were recorded in Great Britain (GB) in the latest quarter (July to September 2023). This is a 14% increase on the 350 million journeys in the same quarter in the previous year (July to September 2022). There were 1,496 million journeys in the year to 30 September 2023. This is a 21% increase on the 1,238 million journeys made in the previous 12 months (1 October 2021 to 30 September 2022).
- A total of 15.1 billion passenger kilometres were travelled in Great Britain in the latest quarter. This is a 10% increase on the 13.7 billion passenger kilometres travelled in the same quarter in the previous year
- Total passenger revenue was £2.6 billion in the latest quarter. This is a 10% increase on the £2.4 billion in the same quarter in the previous year (when adjusted for inflation).
Previous statistical releases
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2023-24
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2022-23
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2021-22
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2020-21
Data tables
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Annual
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Quarterly
- Table 1221 - Passenger journeys by sector
- Table 1222 - Passenger journeys by ticket type
- Table 1223 - Passenger journeys by operator
- Table 1231 - Passenger kilometres by sector
- Table 1232 - Passenger kilometres by ticket type
- Table 1233 - Passenger kilometres by operator
- Table 1211 - Passenger revenue by sector
- Table 1212 - Passenger revenue by ticket type
- Table 1210 - Revenue per passenger kilometres and per passenger journey
- Table 1243 - Passenger train kilometres by operator
- Table 1253 - Passenger vehicle kilometres by operator