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Passenger journeys since 1962



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Passenger journeys since 1962

All figures are millions


  1962 a    997.7 [1]
  1963 b    938.4
  1964 b    927.6
  1965 b    865.1
  1966 b    835.0
  1967 b    837.0
  1968 b    831.0
  1969 b    805.2
  1970 b    823.9
  1971 b    815.5
  1972 d    754
  1973 d    728
  1974 d    733
  1975 d    730
  1976 d    702
  1977 c    702
  1978 c    724
  1979 c    736
  1980 d    760
  1981 d    719
  1982 d    630
  1983 d    695
  1984 d    701
  1985 d    686
  1986 d    738 [2]
  1987-88 e    798.4
  1988-89 e    822.0
  1989-90 e    812.0
  1990-91 e    809.6
  1991-92 e    791.8
  1992-93 e    769.7
  1993-94 e    740.1
  1994-95 e    735.1
  1995-96 e    761.2 [4]
  1996-97 e    801.4 [4]
  1997-98 e    845.7 [4]
  1998-99 e    891.9 [4]
  1999-00 e    931.0 [3]
  2000-01 e    956.6 [4]
  2001-02 e    959.6 [4]
  2002-03 e    975.5 [4]
  2003-04 e    1011.7 [4]
  2004-05 e    1039.5 [4]
  2005-06 e    1076.5 [4]
  2006-07 e    1145.0 [4]
  2007-08 e    1218.1 [4]
  2008-09 e    1266.5 [4]
  2009-10 e    1259.3 [4]
  2010-11 e    1355.6 [4]
  2011-12 e    1460.0 [4]
  2012-13 e    1500.9 [4]
  2013-14 e    1586.5 [4]
  2014-15 e    1653.7 [4]


Notes

All figures include an estimate for season ticket holders
[1] The total for 1962 varies according to source. Railhub has traced at least three, which are:
997.7m (British Transport Commission: Annual report, 1962)
975m (British Railways Board: British Railways Yearbook, 1963 edition)
965m (British Railways Board: Annual Report, 1963)
[2] Break in series caused by the introduction of counting each operator involved in a journey
[3] Break in series caused by change in methods
[4] For data since 1995 the ticketing database (Capri until August 2003, now LENNON) will have inflated the figures.

All figures are millions

Sources

a British Transport Commission: Annual report, 1962
b British Railways Board: Annual reports
c British Railways Board: Facts and figures, second edition [1980] (rounded by source to nearest million)
d Department for Transport (rounded by source to nearest million)
e Office of Rail and Road

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