Passenger travel patterns - Current

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPC2a (84 kb)

Rail’s modal share increases as distance increases. However, longer distance journeys account for a relatively small proportion of the overall number of trips (1 of 2): NTS weekly travel database.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPC2b (67 kb)

Rail’s modal share increases as distance increases. However, longer distance journeys account for a relatively small proportion of the overall number of trips (2 of 2): NTS long distance journeys database.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPC3 (84 kb)

Rail’s modal share is highest for commuting journeys. These journeys (>2 miles) account for a quarter of all journeys made in GB, whereas leisure journeys account for 70% of all journeys.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPC4 (82 kb)

Rail’s modal share is nearly four times higher for journeys to London than it is to other large cities.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPC7 (96 kb)

Overall annual trip rates (>2miles) are highest for people aged 30-39. Rail’s modal share is highest for people aged 17-29.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPC8a (73 kb)

Rail’s modal share is lower for retired people and manual workers than for other socio-economic groups.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPC8b (67 kb)

Rail’s modal share is highest amongst high income households.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPC9 (105 kb)

Rail’s modal share for persons in a household without a car is not materially different to its share for ‘other drivers’ in households with a car.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPC10 (79 kb)

Journey distance and destination cause greater variation in rail modal share than other attributes. However, many of the segments where rail has a high share are relatively small as a proportion of UK travel as a whole.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPC13 (74 kb)

London remains the predominant city. However many other cities have demonstrated greater total passenger journey increases than London.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - TPC15 (60 kb)

The proportion of trips made from London by air increases with distance of destination from London.

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24 July 2007