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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Rail passenger journeys to, from or within Wales and total journeys in Great Britain by year
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1992-932,476.92,509.711,471.616,458.2628,236.8
1993-942,540.62,557.810,757.915,856.3618,136.8
1994-952,368.52,385.59,231.713,985.7556,086.1
1995-962,541.22,555.79,389.814,486.7589,499.0
1996-972,657.92,671.19,553.014,881.9627,917.0
1997-982,794.92,805.29,747.115,347.2671,119.0
1998-992,838.32,848.69,673.515,360.4704,997.0
1999-002,921.72,921.810,765.916,609.4747,560.0
2000-012,893.72,896.811,203.316,993.8755,077.0
2001-023,017.23,020.112,103.818,141.1758,628.0
2002-033,128.63,134.712,425.918,689.3775,315.0
2003-043,336.43,339.012,863.019,538.4791,395.0
2004-053,364.33,369.513,156.119,889.8808,484.0
2005-063,462.83,474.613,491.020,428.3827,395.0
2006-073,639.73,639.414,595.621,874.7984,035.0
2007-083,827.03,818.216,236.423,881.51,018,053.0
2008-093,969.93,969.917,384.925,324.81,074,163.0
2009-104,022.54,022.517,999.926,044.81,065,392.0
2010-114,294.84,294.818,684.927,274.41,160,429.0
2011-124,530.04,530.019,038.028,098.01,228,018.0
2012-134,586.54,586.519,232.028,405.01,269,040.0
2013-144,527.04,527.019,791.728,845.71,332,634.4
2014-154,676.94,676.919,972.129,325.91,392,600.6
2015-164,803.34,803.320,706.030,312.71,463,777.2
2016-174,616.34,616.321,218.130,450.71,469,675.5
2017-184,769.14,769.121,491.931,030.41,476,115.5
2018-194,729.44,729.421,632.731,091.41,519,718.3
2019-204,703.54,703.520,504.429,911.81,503,572.0
2020-21796.5796.53,543.05,136.0343,866.4
2021-223,190.13,190.111,325.817,706.0894,239.1
2022-234,332.64,332.614,815.923,481.11,228,454.4

Metadata

Title

Rail passenger journeys to, from or within Wales and total journeys in Great Britain 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 to/from or within Wales up to the financial year 2022-23. Data are presented as the number of journeys (thousand) within Wales, to/from Wales, in Wales or as all journeys in Great Britain.

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 1992-93 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.

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

Keywords

Rail passenger Journeys