Heathrow Airport 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. 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: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------