UK long distance trains: activities to pass time in 2015

This bar chart depicts the percentage distribution of activities to pass time on long distance train services, in the United Kingdom in 2015. There were 28 percent of respondents who read a book, magazine or newspaper as their main activity to pass time on a long distance train service in 2015.

Preferred activities to pass time during long distance train* journeys 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

303 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.
** Had made at least one long distance journey in the previous 12 months, and used the train for this/some of these
*** Multiple answers possible.
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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