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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Rail passenger journeys between Wales and other regions by year
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1995-961201091,404441,046764651,1505611235,097
1996-971201121,454451,126744771,2045931255,329
1997-981211131,555471,186724921,2366501295,600
1998-991261171,611471,188745061,2036841305,687
1999-001271231,625481,212755141,2507361335,843
2000-011251221,618441,192705051,2617261275,790
2001-021291261,679431,209585181,3897651226,037
2002-031311281,744451,159505341,5338091306,263
2003-041331391,811441,310435571,6438521436,675
2004-051291341,801371,341415491,7248411376,734
2005-061331361,840391,359415651,8188651426,937
2006-07.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
2007-081421372,017401,512405802,0609691477,645
2008-09.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
2009-101421352,051371,616425972,2281,0531458,045
2010-111471422,162391,753516422,4041,0931568,590
2011-121611412,232401,853486822,6021,1471539,060
2012-131631402,266371,847496992,6791,1451499,173
2013-141581332,225341,825456642,6501,1701519,054
2014-151581372,239341,887526622,7971,2261629,354
2015-161451372,244311,915436463,0181,2721559,607
2016-171391372,110281,923396112,8011,3011439,233
2017-181421412,155291,924396262,9691,3691449,538
2018-191361382,148271,975416042,8841,3651419,459
2019-201331272,154261,921415772,9791,3171349,407
2020-2123182674359684492322161,593
2021-2286731,355141,492233581,979943586,380
2022-23114992,073201,884335182,5881,247908,665

Metadata

Title

Rail passenger journeys between Wales and other regions by 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 between Wales and other regions 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 1995-96 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

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.

Weblinks

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