UK: long distance train journey's purpose in 2015

This bar chart depicts the percentage distribution of the purpose long distance train journeys taken in the previous 12 months, according to a survey conducted in the United Kingdom in 2015. There were 54 percent of respondents who had used a long distance train in the previous 12 months for the purpose of visiting friends or relatives.

Purpose of long distance train* journeys in the previous 12 months in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015 (in percent)

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Release date

2015

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

February 2015

Number of respondents

304 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

Long distance train users**

Method of interview

Omnibus survey

Supplementary notes

*A long distance journey is one of more than 50 miles. Excludes Eurostar.
** Respondents are long distance train users who had made at least one long distance journey in the previous 12 months, and used the train for this/some of these.
Note: respondents could provide more then one answer so results may sum to more than 100%
This statistic using original data from the Department for Transport and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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