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Total distance travelled by passenger rail Great Britain (UK) 1960-2017
Distance travelled annually by railroad transportation in Great Britain (UK) from 1960 to 2017 (in billion passenger-kilometers)
by N. Sönnichsen,
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Feb 15, 2019
This bar chart illustrates the total distance travelled annually by rail in Great Britain (UK) from 1960 to 2017, in billion passenger kilometers. An overall increase in rail travel was observed during the time period shown. In 2017, railroad transportation travel amounted to 80 billion passenger-kilometers in Great Britain, which made up 10 percent of the total distance travelled by all modes of transport that year.
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by N. Sönnichsen,
last edited
Feb 15, 2019
This bar chart illustrates the total distance travelled annually by rail in Great Britain (UK) from 1960 to 2017, in billion passenger kilometers. An overall increase in rail travel was observed during the time period shown. In 2017, railroad transportation travel amounted to 80 billion passenger-kilometers in Great Britain, which made up 10 percent of the total distance travelled by all modes of transport that year.
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- United Kingdom (Great Britain)
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- 1960 to 2017
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* Provisional value.
Financial years. National Rail (franchised operators only to 2008, franchised and non-franchised operators from 2009), urban metros and modern trams.
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- United Kingdom (Great Britain)
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- 1960 to 2017
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* Provisional value.
Financial years. National Rail (franchised operators only to 2008, franchised and non-franchised operators from 2009), urban metros and modern trams.
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- Distance travelled annually by railroad transportation in Great Britain (UK) from 1960 to 2017 (in billion passenger-kilometers)
- Average weekly household expenditure on rail and tube fares in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by age of household reference person* (in GBP)
- Average distance travelled by rail* per person per year in England in 2017, by gender and age (in miles)
- Frequency of travelling by train in Great Britain (UK) from 2005 to 2017
- Annual tourism direct gross value added (TDGVA) of railway passenger transport services in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017* (in billion GBP)
- Total historical national rail passenger journeys in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1950 to 2018 (in millions)
- Number of passengers exiting and entering train stations in Great Britain (UK) in 2017/2018
- Number of passenger journeys with and without season tickets on the London Underground (UK) from 2000/01 to 2018/19 (in millions)
- Number of passenger journeys on the Manchester Metrolink in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1992/93 to 2018/19 (in millions)
- Number of passenger journeys on the Glasgow Underground in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000/01 to 2018/19 (in millions)
- Number of passengers travelling on the Eurostar and Le Shuttle in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1994 to 2017 (in 1,000s)
- Leading train stations in Great Britain (UK) by number of passenger interchanges in 2017/2018
- Rail network overall passenger satisfaction rate in Great Britain from 2002/03 to 2018/19*
- Average proportion of cancelled or significantly late passenger rail services in Great Britain as of the fourth quarter of 2018/19, by train operating company*
- Share of train journeys arriving on time* in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2006/2007 to 2017/2018, by type of journey
- Average age of all train operating companies' rolling stock United Kingdom (UK) from 2007/2008 to 2017/2018 (in years)*
- Number of morning and evening peak hour train services in England in 2018, by city*
- Number of complaints made against rail networks in Great Britain (UK) from financial year 2002/03 to 2018/19* (per 100,000 passenger journeys)
- Total number of kilometers travelled by passengers on national railways in Great Britain (UK) from financial year 2000/01 to 2018/19, by ticket type* (in billions)
- National rail revenue from ordinary and season ticket passenger fares in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000/2001 to 2017/2018 (in million GBP)
- National rail revenue from passenger fares in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000/2001 to 2017/2018, in nominal and real prices (in million GBP)
- Transport for London fare revenue from 2010/11 to 2018/19, by type (in million GBP)
- Price of a single journey in zones 1-4 on the London Underground from 2004 to 2016, paying by cash and oyster card (in GBP)
- Single journey ticket prices for the London Underground in 2019, by zone and ticket type (in GBP)
- Oyster card and contactless payment card ticket prices for the London Underground in 2019, by zone and peak (in GBP)*
- Number of potentially high risk train accidents involving passenger trains in Great Britain from 2005/2006 to 2017/2018, by accident type
- Number of non-potentially high risk train accidents involving passenger trains in Great Britain from 2005/2006 to 2017/2018, by accident type
- Number of reported crimes on the Tramlink in London (UK) in 2014/13, 2016/17 and 2018/19, by crime type
- Number of reported crimes on the London Underground (UK) in 2013/14, 2016/17 and 2018/19, by crime type
- Number of reported crimes on the London Overground in 2013/14, 2016/17 and 2018/19, by crime type
- Number of reported crimes on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in London (UK) in 2016/17 and 2018/19, by crime type
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- Distribution on trip purpose in Denmark as of 2017, measured by travelled kilometers
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