UK: national railway passenger revenue 2023 | Statista

Passenger fare income, adjusted for inflation, rose nearly consistently between 2000 and 2019, peaking at over 12 billion British pounds in 2018/19. Revenue plummeted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020/21, dropping to just over 2 billion pounds. By 2022/23 revenue had recovered to 8.6 billion pounds.

National rail revenue from passenger fares in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000/2001 to 2022/2023, in inflation adjusted prices (in million British pounds)

Characteristic	Revenue in million GBP
22/23	8,643
21/22	6,527
20/21	2,181
19/20	11,967
18/19	12,228
17/18	11,801
16/17	11,866
15/16	11,706
14/15	11,211
13/14	10,557
12/13	10,145
11/12	9,768
10/11	9,344
09/10	9,010
08/09	8,916
07/08	8,539
06/07	7,883
05/06	7,253
04/05	6,853
03/04	6,529
02/03	6,212
01/02	6,085
00/01	5,947

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November 2023

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April 2000 to March 2023

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Adjusted to 2022/23 prices

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