TSGB 2011: Public transport

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Summary

This chapter presents statistics on the use of public transport in Great Britain and related data about public transport.

Important Note: Figures on bus support and revenue were updated in January 2012 to use final out-turn data for 2010/11.

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Key points

Since privatisation (1994/95), the number of franchised journeys made by national rail has increased by 84 per cent, from 0.7 billion to 1.4 billion in 2010/11 (42 per cent since 2000/01).
There were 1.1 billion passenger journeys on the London Underground and 13 million journeys on the Glasgow Subway in 2010/11.
Light rail and tram passenger journeys in England increased by 5.5 per cent between 2009/10 and 2010/11. In 2010/11 there were 196.5 million passenger journeys. This represents the highest number of passenger journeys to date.
There were 4.6 billion bus passenger journeys in England in 2010/11. This is a 0.1 per cent increase from the 2009/10 level. Journeys in London increased by 1.4 per cent over this period and now account for nearly half (49 per cent) of all bus passenger journeys in England.

Table number	Table name	Alternative number
TSGB0601	Rail: Length of national railway route at year end, and passenger travel by national railway and London Underground	RAI0101
TSGB0602	National railways: passenger revenue	RAI0102
TSGB0603	Passenger kilometres and timetabled train kilometres on national railways	RAI0103
TSGB0604	National railways: route and stations open for traffic at end of year	RAI0104
TSGB0605	National railways: Public Performance Measure	RAI0105
TSGB0606	Average age of national rail rolling stock	RAI0106
TSGB0607	London commuter rail services: passengers in excess of capacity	RAI0107
TSGB0608	Channel Tunnel: traffic to and from Europe	RAI0108
TSGB0609	London Underground statistics, annual from 2000/01	LRT9901
TSGB0610	Glasgow Underground statistics, annual from 1982/83	LRT9902
TSGB0611	Passenger journeys on light rail and trams by system: England – annual from 1983/84	LRT0101
TSGB0612	Passenger miles on light rail and trams by system: England – annual from 1983/84	LRT0104
TSGB0613	Vehicle miles on light rail and trams by system: England – annual from 1983/84	LRT0106
TSGB0614	Number of stations or stops on light rail and trams by system: England – annual from 1995/96	LRT0201
TSGB0615	Passenger carriages or tramcars on light rail and trams by system: England – annual from 1983/84	LRT0202
TSGB0616	Route miles open for passenger traffic on light rail and trams by system: England – annual from 1995/96	LRT0204
TSGB0617	Passenger revenue at 2010/11 prices on light rail and trams by system: England – annual from 1983/84	LRT0301
TSGB0618	Passenger journeys on local bus services by metropolitan area status and country: Great Britain, annual from 1970	BUS0103
TSGB0619	Vehicle distance travelled (miles and kilometres) on local bus services by metropolitan area status and country: Great Britain, annual from 1970	BUS0203
TSGB0620	Vehicle distance travelled (miles and kilometres) on local bus services by service type and metropolitan area status and country: Great Britain, annual from 1987/88	BUS0205
TSGB0621	Local Bus Fares Index by metropolitan area status and country: Great Britain, annual from 1995	BUS0405
TSGB0622	Estimated operating revenue for local bus services by revenue type and metropolitan area status: England, annual from 2004/05	BUS0501
TSGB0623	Net government support for local bus services and concessionary travel by metropolitan area status and country: England, annual from 1996/97	BUS0502
TSGB0624	Public service vehicle stock by type of vehicle: Great Britain, annual from 1997/98	BUS0601

Technical information

Full guidance on the methods used to compile these statistics and their sources can be found in the Transport Statistics Great Britain 2011 Notes and Definitions: