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[Collapse]Wales14,815,94511,325,8023,542,87320,504,36021,632,65521,491,85221,218,12920,706,00019,972,06419,791,67119,231,98319,037,66218,684,87017,999,86217,384,88516,236,39914,595,59013,487,20213,152,54812,858,36912,425,878
Wales[Collapse]North Wales1,295,314996,599378,5221,323,6181,414,5501,415,2211,429,4701,492,2731,490,9691,539,8891,612,4731,648,2381,542,8801,483,2351,400,3281,394,6961,227,8281,174,6181,191,9401,265,9631,223,525
North WalesIsle of Anglesey65,83444,27411,37060,83365,88366,68964,56866,59267,82069,52371,16872,39158,80755,53355,12967,31868,47461,22360,78663,20664,406
Gwynedd499,103354,527144,371515,605555,045542,952538,758561,940502,141472,999536,432568,371547,620529,867505,055567,561458,505464,462474,340505,109495,434
Conwy342,739268,00482,298296,268329,429318,795313,033325,794353,376373,073378,387383,181355,910327,287303,407289,621260,726248,171248,210277,375263,945
Denbighshire193,412171,83277,793211,368217,189222,616230,469237,023247,587282,980282,817284,120262,847259,822254,310211,475204,783169,683169,004175,311171,358
Flintshire98,89775,48927,421114,904118,945126,812135,282145,009149,721157,661158,174158,823146,612143,581134,081128,142118,241119,476125,396129,588120,881
Wrexham95,32982,47335,269124,640128,059137,357147,360155,915170,324183,653185,495181,352171,086167,147148,348130,581117,100111,604114,205115,375107,503
[Collapse]Mid and South West Wales1,913,2031,451,069479,5462,151,8022,251,7792,256,9162,269,7162,259,0152,234,0372,157,2292,149,8332,110,6622,099,6641,958,1851,893,6821,698,9131,468,6621,295,5611,273,7891,266,1971,248,339
Mid and South West WalesPowys87,77261,30111,950107,614126,303133,671130,457125,538113,339110,873116,977119,283107,612102,03996,66394,27782,85477,12275,95773,83066,541
Ceredigion78,04854,64611,85176,76585,85995,32591,85888,28974,08975,95782,31585,14384,39680,90270,31271,67565,86163,18753,22648,33745,031
Pembrokeshire158,930120,41727,649194,672213,332217,706221,970218,832224,394210,198209,237205,584189,902175,996169,355163,597147,677129,405128,648126,247119,633
Carmarthenshire329,917288,74787,952444,059473,958493,386510,780498,411500,910480,928488,659478,819461,660428,923424,805394,866362,960341,404330,191318,446314,342
Swansea742,103614,136209,528884,433927,841921,736914,448910,878884,614853,520848,498837,559852,797799,167772,144675,332559,709492,178482,638486,588483,213
Neath Port Talbot516,433427,769154,417628,638636,648624,088622,518630,894624,119612,583603,439588,700595,305554,101527,379465,120398,316332,575332,312334,917331,151
[Collapse]South East Wales11,607,4288,762,1872,661,00416,844,56117,754,16417,590,71917,296,62816,740,88516,059,63015,907,72315,270,38515,074,33614,850,31914,375,50113,923,90212,976,83911,750,38610,876,71510,557,63610,204,0429,842,443
South East WalesBridgend732,829603,712210,660994,7921,032,5791,022,1021,011,8501,015,275996,2391,160,131985,009999,193996,008941,870920,505823,323732,386655,981581,726543,400484,027
Vale of Glamorgan1,226,506943,249294,4601,693,1981,789,5291,737,7881,710,5001,667,4831,591,8761,613,4601,541,8401,496,0711,412,8201,388,1941,406,2961,381,4851,296,4791,182,5451,027,1341,038,0791,022,709
Cardiff5,926,4554,410,4851,326,6738,796,3119,171,2498,982,5448,758,0148,470,5967,995,8907,733,5507,500,6197,380,2047,266,3647,002,8156,827,5616,370,1865,670,6685,241,4365,133,4014,910,3724,730,870
Rhondda Cynon Taf1,343,1861,047,735295,5062,177,5502,373,4102,454,9282,462,2432,319,3462,335,0512,355,4992,337,5502,327,6542,334,7922,333,4622,230,7082,138,3562,002,6821,861,4091,883,6031,850,3931,759,765
Merthyr Tydfil198,180166,74947,798300,802329,274336,635357,006392,297385,521372,443318,348295,287285,325259,217210,567196,743196,021189,263198,218195,179229,053
Caerphilly881,611615,500180,3001,349,4781,482,9161,496,6051,463,0981,409,3921,414,9701,372,4381,324,0291,314,8431,285,8201,229,2001,177,4431,061,672961,872922,563936,903911,400907,687
Blaenau Gwent143,343109,79632,583168,311175,532185,315182,746168,385160,275163,151160,294157,860158,046147,574144,15625,91300000
Torfaen167,618116,96931,026179,680182,364187,275185,832179,782168,757167,889161,968154,704148,379145,965123,677117,869104,82490,56496,04290,45390,428
Monmouthshire194,306150,55439,918242,537258,633257,446255,295247,331228,752224,542222,577222,306216,383211,241199,665193,341181,328167,587163,523149,782140,525
Newport793,394597,438202,080941,902958,678930,081910,044870,998782,299744,620718,151726,214746,381715,965683,327667,952604,128565,370537,090514,986477,381

Metadata

Title

Rail passenger journeys by Local Authority and year

Last update

3 April 2024 3 April 2024

Next update

March 2025 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

National Rail Trends, Regional User Profiles, Office of the Rail Regulator

Designation

National Statistics

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

This dataset gives details on rail passenger journeys within Wales by Local Authority up to the financial year 2022-23. Data are presented as the number of journeys (thousands).

Data collection and calculation

Rail transport information are compiled by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR). ORR data are available via their National Rail Trends (NRT) Data Portal, an online interface for ORR’s database of rail statistics: http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/.
Rail safety data are taken from the Rail Safety and Standards Board’s (RSSB) Safety Management Information System (SMIS). For more information about the SMIS see the RSSB website: https://www.rssb.co.uk/

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data is shown from 2002-03 onwards

Rounding applied

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Revisions information

Data for previous periods are routinely updated. Data for the current financial or calendar year may be revised with the release of next year’s data set

Keywords

Rail passenger Journeys

Weblinks

Rail transport, statistical release: http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/rail-transport/?lang=en

Statistical quality

These statistics are used both within and outside the Welsh Government to monitor trends in rail transport and as a baseline for further analysis.
The information for these statistics is based on a range of household and individual surveys and on administrative data.

Name

TRAN0152