Regional rail usage
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.
If you have any questions or feedback on these statistics, please contact rail.stats@orr.gov.uk
Latest statistical release
Regional rail usage, April 2020 to March 2021
Date published: 17 Feb 2022
Date next published: 09 Feb 2023
Key results
- Passenger rail usage during financial year 2020-21 was affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The impact varied regionally with the South West (23.3%) recording the most journeys in 2020-21 as a percentage of journeys made in 2019-20. Scotland (15.6%) recorded the lowest percentage of journeys made a year earlier.
- The 264 million journeys made within regions in 2020-21 were equivalent to 25.9% of the 1,022 million journeys in 2019-20. The 79.6 million journeys made between regions in 2020-21 were equivalent to 16.5% of the 482 million journeys in 2019-20.
Previous statistical releases
Data tables
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Annual
- Table 1510 - Regional passenger journeys between England, Scotland and Wales
- Table 1520 - Regional passenger journeys between Regions
- Table 1540 - Regional passenger journeys - East Midlands
- Table 1545 - Regional passenger journeys - East of England
- Table 1550 - Regional passenger journeys - London
- Table 1555 - Regional passenger journeys - North East
- Table 1560 - Regional passenger journeys - North West
- Table 1565 - Regional passenger journeys - Scotland
- Table 1570 - Regional passenger journeys - South East
- Table 1575 - Regional passenger journeys - South West
- Table 1580 - Regional passenger journeys - Wales
- Table 1585 - Regional passenger journeys - West Midlands
- Table 1590 - Regional passenger journeys - Yorkshire and the Humber