This snapshot taken on 09/02/2010, shows web content selected for preservation by The National Archives. External links, forms and search boxes may not work in archived websites.

Passenger travel patterns - Historical

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - EST1 (81 kb)

Growth in total passenger kilometres is strongly correlated with GDP growth although the relationship appears to have changed significantly since 1991 (1 of 2).

Published:
24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - EST2 (87 kb)

Growth in total passenger kilometres is strongly correlated with GDP growth although the relationship appears to have changed since 1991 (2 of 2).

Published:
24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPH1 (66 kb)

Total (all modes) passenger kilometres have grown over the last 50 years. This is partly driven by an increase in average trip length.

Published:
24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPH2 (78 kb)

The slow down in growth in recent years mainly relates to journeys made by car. By contrast, rail passenger kilometres have grown strongly over the last 10 years.

Published:
24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPH3 (78 kb)

Cars and vans significantly increased their modal share from 1955 to 1995. Thereafter, cars and vans have lost some modal share to rail

Published:
24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPH4 (75 kb)

The rapid increase in cars’ and vans’ modal share from 1955-70 was driven by the increase in car ownership.

Published:
24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPH5 (71 kb)

Rail passenger journeys declined from 1955 to 1982 but have since recovered to above the 1955 level. Average rail trip length has increased slightly over the last 50 years.

Published:
24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPH10 (57 kb)

The decrease in average trip length over the past 6 years has been driven mainly by a fall in the average length of long distance trips.

Published:
24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPH11 (81 kb)

Cycling is the fastest growing mode of transport used by people in the morning peak to enter London. National rail usage has also grown strongly over the last 10 years.

Published:
24 July 2007