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Rail Fares

Volume 205: debated on Tuesday 10 March 1992

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a real fares index for (a) British Rail and (b) Network SouthEast, for each year since 1971, with 1971 G = G100.

[holding answer 6 March 1992]:The information is in the table:

Real fares index and real passenger receipts per passenger kilometre: British Rail and Network SouthEast: 1971–91
Real fare indexReal passenger receipts per passenger kilometer1
BRNSE2BRNSE
1971100·0100·0n/an/a
1972103·6103·8100·0100·0
1973103·7104·797·199·5
197497·498·389·389·7
1975107·2108·495·588·8
1976117·2120·2102·895·1
1977116·7123·2101·297·8
1978123·2131·8107·8105·9
1979116·1127·3106·0103·9
1980122·4131·9108·8104·7
1981129·0139·4106·1106·6
1982128·8139·396·4102·9
1983132·6143·0103·8109·1
1984134·3145·3103·9113·1
1985135·0146·9105·6111·2
1986141·2152·7107·2109·8
1987142·5153·9107·8110·3
1988144·6155·8109·9112·8
1989146·2157·8111·0112·1
1990144·6156·5109· 5108·7
1991151·3163·9111·3112·1
1 The real fares index reflects changes in ticket prices. However, the index of receipts per passenger kilometre, which takes account of the increased use of discounted tickets and travelcards, is a better indicator of the costs of rail travel, and it has remained relatively flat during the 1980s.
2 Network SouthEast was formed in 1986. The pre-1986 figures apply to the current sector definition.