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Heathrow Airport

Volume 460: debated on Monday 14 May 2007

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Justine Greening

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the number of passengers travelling to and from Heathrow airport by (a) private motor vehicles, (b) taxis, (c) London Underground and (d) Heathrow Express in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (136780)

Gillian Merron

The estimated number of passengers using each mode of transport at Heathrow airport in each of the last five years is as follows:

Heathrow airport

million

Mode of transport:

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Private Car

13.4

14.2

14.3

15.2

14.5

Hire Car

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

Taxi/Minicab

10.0

10.3

10.1

11.2

11.4

Tube

4.9

5.3

5.6

6.1

5.8

Bus/Coach

4.9

4.9

5.0

5.4

6.0

Rail

3.2

3.5

3.6

4.0

4.2

(Of which: Heathrow Express)

(3.1)

(3.4)

(3.5)

(4.0)

(4.0)

Other

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

No answer

3.4

0.1

0.2

0.4

0.3

Total terminating passengers (million)

41.1

39.6

40.1

43.6

43.6

Note:

These results are based on a departure survey only. The assumption, for weighting purposes, is that arriving and departing passengers share the same modal characteristics.

Source:

CAA Passenger Survey