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.

For details on how these statistics are compiled, please see our quality and methodology report and for information on any revisions, please see our Revisions Log.

Data and reports that include previous statistical releases on 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

, October to December 2022
, October to December 2022

Date published: 16 Mar 2023
Date next published: 08 Jun 2023

Key results

  • A total of 369 million rail passenger journeys were made in Great Britain in the latest quarter (1 October to 31 December 2022). This is 80% of the 461 million journeys in the same quarter three years ago (pre-pandemic). Strike action affected large parts of the network during the quarter, see page 2 for details. In response, a reduced timetable was put in place on the strike days and on some of the days after.
  • A total of 12.7 billion passenger kilometres were travelled in the latest quarter. This is 73% of the 17.5 billion kilometres travelled in the same quarter three years ago.
  • Total passenger revenue was £2.1 billion in the latest quarter. This is 66% of the £3.2 billion three years ago (when adjusted for inflation).

Previous statistical releases

Data tables

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