This bar graph illustrates the responses to a survey question posed in 2015 to infrequent long distance train users in the United Kingdom regarding the reasons why they do not use trains more often when making long distance journeys. A quarter of respondents stated that the main reason they objected to taking the train was that it was easier by car or plane.
Reasons for not having taken the train more often for long distance journeys* in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015
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Department for Transport (UK). (February 1, 2015). Reasons for not having taken the train more often for long distance journeys* in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015 (in percent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/507907/reasons-to-not-use-trains-for-long-distance-journeys-in-the-uk/
Department for Transport (UK). "Reasons for not having taken the train more often for long distance journeys* in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015 (in percent)." Chart. February 1, 2015. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/507907/reasons-to-not-use-trains-for-long-distance-journeys-in-the-uk/
Department for Transport (UK). (2015). Reasons for not having taken the train more often for long distance journeys* in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015 (in percent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/507907/reasons-to-not-use-trains-for-long-distance-journeys-in-the-uk/
Department for Transport (UK). "Reasons for Not Having Taken The Train More Often for Long Distance Journeys* in The United Kingdom (Uk) in 2015 (in Percent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/507907/reasons-to-not-use-trains-for-long-distance-journeys-in-the-uk/
Department for Transport (UK), Reasons for not having taken the train more often for long distance journeys* in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015 (in percent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/507907/reasons-to-not-use-trains-for-long-distance-journeys-in-the-uk/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Reasons for not having taken the train more often for long distance journeys* in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015 (in percent) [Graph], Department for Transport (UK), February 1, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/507907/reasons-to-not-use-trains-for-long-distance-journeys-in-the-uk/