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related tables
Passenger journeys 1842-1922
Passenger journeys since 1962

Passenger journeys 1923-1961

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


  1923 b    1319.0 [1]
  1924 c    1746.9 [2]
  1928 g    1250.0 [3]
  1929 b    1187.0 [1]
  1930 b    1161.0 [1]
  1931 b    1097.0 [1]
  1932 b    1069.0 [1]
  1933 e    1158.7 [1]
  1934 e    1200.0 [1]
  1935 e    1231.2 [1]
  1936 e    1257.1 [1]
  1937 e    1295.4 [1]
  1938 e    1235.9 [1]
  1939 d    1225.4 [1]
  1941 d    1023.3 [1]
  1942 d    1218.3 [1]
  1943 d    1334.6 [1]
  1944 d    1345.3 [1]
  1945 d    1371.8 [1]
  1946 d    1266.0 [1]
  1947 f    1076.7 [1]
  1948 f    996.1 [1]
  1949 f    1021.0 [1]
  1950 f    1010.0 [1]
  1951 f    1030.0 [1]
  1952 f    1017.0 [1]
  1953 f    1015.0 [1]
  1954 f    1020.0 [1]
  1955 f    993.9 [1]
  1956 f    1028.5 [1]
  1957 f    1101.2 [1]
  1958 f    1089.8 [1]
  1959 f    1068.8 [1]
  1960 f    1036.7 [1]
  1961 f    1025.0 [1]


Notes

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Totals are for grouped main line railways in Great Britain and their equivalent after 1948, unless otherwise shown
[1] Includes season ticket holders
[2] Includes season ticket holders and probably London Underground
[3] Probably includes season ticket holders

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

Sources

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b Railway Research Service: The main line railways of Great Britain, 1923-1933
c British Transport, an economic survey, by H J Dyos and D H Aldcroft, Leicester 1969 (primary source not cited)
d Railway Handbook, 1947-1948 (Ministry of Transport: Railway returns)
e Ministry of Transport: Railway returns
f British Transport Commission: Annual reports
g Department for Transport

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