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Regional rail usage

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Annual statistics providing passenger journeys data for each Region of Great Britain, including journeys between Regions, within Regions and between England, Scotland and Wales. These estimates are collated by Steer on behalf of ORR.

For details on how these statistics are compiled, please see our Regional 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 Regional 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   

The origin destination matrix (ODM) that underpins our Regional rail usage data is now freely available on the Rail Data Marketplace.        

                                                                                  

 

Latest statistical release

Regional rail usage, April 2023 to March 2024
Regional rail usage, April 2023 to March 2024

Date published: 21 Nov 2024
Date next published: TBC

Key results

  • There were 1,012 million journeys were made within regions in the latest year (April 2023 to March 2024). This was a 17% increase on the 863 million journeys made in the previous year (April 2022 to March 2023).
  • There were 415 million journeys made between regions in the latest year, a 13% increase on the 366 million in the previous year.
  • London had the largest number of journeys across the regions, followed by the South East of England. The North East of England had the lowest number of journeys.
  • The busiest local authority flow was between City of London and Essex, with 24.9 million journeys. This was also the busiest flow in the previous year.

Previous statistical releases

Data tables