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Passenger journeys 1923-1961
Passenger journeys since 1962

Passenger journeys 1842-1922

All figures are millions. Years not shown where data are not available


  1842 a    18.5 [1]
  1843 a    23.5 [1]
  1844 a    27.8 [1]
  1845 a    33.8 [1]
  1846 a    43.8 [1]
  1847 a    51.4 [1]
  1848 a    58.0 [1]
  1849 a    63.8 [1]
  1850 a    72.9 [1]
  1851 a    85.4 [1]
  1852 a    89.1 [1]
  1853 a    102.3 [1]
  1854 a    111.2 [1]
  1855 a    118.6 [1]
  1856 a    129.3 [1]
  1857 a    139.0 [1]
  1858 a    139.2 [1]
  1859 a    149.8 [1]
  1860 a    163.4 [2]
  1861 a    173.2 [2]
  1862 a    180.4 [2]
  1863 a    204.6 [2]
  1864 a    229.3 [2]
  1865 a    251.9 [2]
  1866 a    274.3 [2]
  1867 a    287.7 [2]
  1869 a    312.8 [2]
  1870 a    336.5 [2]
  1871 a    375.2 [2]
  1872 a    422.9 [2]
  1873 a    455.3 [2]
  1874 a    477.9 [2]
  1875 a    507.0 [2]
  1876 a    534.5 [2]
  1877 a    549.6 [2]
  1878 a    565.0 [2]
  1879 a    562.7 [2]
  1880 a    603.9 [2]
  1881 a    623.0 [2]
  1882 a    654.8 [2]
  1883 a    683.7 [2]
  1884 a    695.0 [2]
  1885 a    697.2 [2]
  1886 a    725.6 [2]
  1887 a    733.7 [2]
  1888 a    742.5 [2]
  1889 a    775.3 [2]
  1890 a    817.7 [2]
  1891 a    845.5 [2]
  1892 a    864.4 [2]
  1893 a    873.2 [2]
  1894 a    911.4 [2]
  1900 b    1142.3 [2]
  1901 c    1172.4 [2]
  1902 a    1188.2 [3]
  1903 a    1195.2 [3]
  1904 a    1198.8 [3]
  1905 a    1199.0 [3]
  1906 a    1240.3 [3]
  1907 a    1259.5 [3]
  1908 a    1278.1 [3]
  1909 a    1265.0 [3]
  1910 a    1306.7 [3]
  1911 a    1326.3 [3]
  1912 a    1294.3 [3]
  1913 a    1454.8 [4]
  1919 d    1551.8 [3]
  1920 e    1604.5 [3]
  1921 e    1252.0 [3]
  1922 e    1275.0 [1]


Notes

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[1] includes season ticket holders
[2] excludes season ticket holders but would have included London Underground from 1863
[3] Includes Irish railways and London Underground, but excludes season ticket holders
[4] Note [3] applies to this figure. Main line railways in Great Britain reported 1159.8m journeys [1] in 1913

All figures are millions. Years not shown where data are not available

Sources

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a Railway Handbook, 1947-1948 (Board of Trade: Railway returns)
b British Transport, an economic survey, by H J Dyos and D H Aldcroft, Leicester 1969 (Board of Trade: Railway returns)
c The Railway Yearbook, 1923 (Board of Trade: Railway returns)
d Railway Handbook, 1947-1948 (Ministry of Transport: Railway returns)
e Ministry of Transport: Railway returns

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