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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, October to December 2023
Passenger rail usage, October to December 2023

Date published: 21 Mar 2024
Date next published: 13 Jun 2024

Key results

  • A total of 417 million rail passenger journeys were recorded in Great Britain (GB) in the latest quarter (October to December 2023). This is a 20% increase on the 348 million journeys in the same quarter in the previous year (October to December 2022). There were 1,570 million journeys in the year to 31 December 2023. This is a 20% increase on the 1,300 million journeys made in the previous 12 months (1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022).
  • A total of 15.2 billion passenger kilometres were travelled in Great Britain in the latest quarter. This is a 20% increase on the 12.6 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 20% increase on the £2.2 billion in the same quarter in the previous year (when adjusted for inflation).

Previous statistical releases

Data tables