Railways: Solihull
(asked on 4th February 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information he holds on the number of passenger (a) arrivals and (b) departures at (i) Solihull, (ii) Olton and (iii) Shirley railway stations in each of the last five years.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) estimates the number of passengers travelling to and from stations within Great Britain. The estimates for Solihull, Olton and Shirley are presented in the table below:
Estimates of total arrivals and departures by station
| Station arrivals | Station departures | ||||
Year | Solihull | Olton | Shirley | Solihull | Olton | Shirley |
2017-18 | 951,871 | 242,308 | 182,884 | 951,871 | 242,308 | 182,884 |
2016-17 | 941,900 | 240,224 | 181,059 | 941,900 | 240,224 | 181,059 |
2015-16 | 916,958 | 230,386 | 178,599 | 916,958 | 230,386 | 178,599 |
2014-15 | 871,010 | 212,358 | 164,731 | 871,010 | 212,358 | 164,731 |
2013-14 | 831,230 | 206,252 | 166,492 | 831,230 | 206,252 | 166,492 |
Please note there have been methodological changes over the recording of these statistics so yearly figures may not be directly comparable.
Source: ORR Estimates of Station Usage (http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates)
Station arrivals and departures provide an estimation of the number of passenger journeys, based on origin and destination data from ticket sales. The methodology applied makes an assumption that the number of station arrivals and departures are equal.