Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many passenger miles have been travelled on railways in Great Britain in each year since 1979. (274399)

Table 1.1 of the 2008 edition of Transport Statistics Great Britain shows the following levels of passenger kilometres travelled by rail in each year since 1979:

Year¹	Billion passenger kilometres²
1979	35
1980	35
1981	34
1982	31
1983	34
1984	35
1985	36
1986	37
1987	39
1988	41
1989	39
1990	40
1991	39
1992	38
1993	37
1994	35
1995	37
1996	39
1997	42
1998	44
1999	46
2000	47
2001	47
2002	48
2003	49
2004	50
2005	52
2006	55
2007	59
¹ Rail data are recorded in financial years. ² 1 kilometre = 0.6214 mile.

‘Transport Statistics Great Britain 2008 Edition’ is available on the Department for Transport website at the following link:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/tsgb/2008edition/

Volume 492: debated on Thursday 14 May 2009