How many people are using trains UK?
A total of 388 million rail passenger journeys were made in Great Britain in 2020-21. This equates to 22.3% of 1,739 million journeys made in 2019-20 and represents the lowest level of annual passenger usage since before the time series began in 1872. Passenger revenue totalled £1.9 billion in 2020-21.
How many people use trains per day?
Every year, 1.8 billion people travel by rail – and every day millions of passenger journeys start, end or pass through the stations we manage.
How many trains run in Britain every day?
24,000 trains
How the 24,000 trains that run in the UK every day are co-ordinated.
How many people use the train in London everyday?
The Tube is used by around 2 million people every day – but how many of them start and end their journey at the same stations as you? At the moment this calculator only works for journeys that are taken entirely on the Tube.
How fast do British trains go?
125mph
Across the rest of the UK, trains have a maximum operational speed of 125mph, although many are capable of speeds of up to 140mph.
How fast do tube trains go?
20.5 miles per hour
The average speed on the Underground is 20.5 miles per hour, including station stops. On the Metropolitan line, trains can reach over 60 mph.
Which country has the most advanced train infrastructure?
China
China has the most advanced high-speed train infrastructure in the world, according to an analysis by Omio, a platform for booking train travel in Europe. With over 19,000 miles of high-speed tracks in operation, China also has more miles of high-speed tracks than the rest of the world combined.
What is the busiest train station in the world?
Shinjuku Station
With an average of 3.5 million passing through its doors every day, Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, Japan, is the world’s busiest train station in terms of passenger throughput.
What is the safest mode of transport UK?
Statistics published by the Department for Transport (DfT) show aviation to be one of the safest modes of transport, with large passenger aeroplanes being the safest mode of transport in the ten-year period to 2015.
How many people travel by rail in UK?
Statistics on the number of passengers travelling by rail into and out of major city centres in England and Wales on a ‘typical’ autumn weekday. Guidance on current and previous rail passenger numbers and crowding statistics are available. A range of ad-hoc research reports are available below.
How are train journeys calculated in the UK?
The charts above illustrate the number of passenger journeys made in Britain by train operator, quarter by quarter. Quarters follow the financial year, for example, Q1 would start on April 1 and end on June 30. We calculate passenger journeys based on travel from an origin station to a destination station.
What are the transport statistics for Great Britain?
Transport Statistics Great Britain 2018 3 Passenger transport TSGB0101-0102 Passenger kilometres by mode, Great Britain: 1952 to 2017 Transport Statistics Great Britain 2018 Modal Comparisons Trips Distance Further data are available on Modal Comparisons, including:
How often do we get passenger rail data?
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 Passenger rail usage quality and methodology report and for information on any revisions, please see our Revisions Log.