Railways: Standards
(asked on 2nd November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) train services and (b) passenger journeys in each week in (a) September 2019 and (b) September 2022.
Statistics on the number of trains planned to run and the number of passenger journeys undertaken are both published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). Trains planned to run are published on a periodic basis with each period covering a four-week interval. Statistics on the number of train services that ran are not publicly available. Table 1 below presents the number of planned services. The numbers below take into account the impact of industrial action.
Table 1: The number of trains planned to run, Great Britain | |
Period | Trains Planned |
2019-20 Period 06 (18th August 2019 – 14th September 2019) | 606,893 |
2022-23 Period 06 (21st August 2022 – 17th September 2022) | 553,679 |
Source: ORR Table 3124 - Train planned and cancellations by operator and cause (periodic) | |
Statistics presenting passenger journeys are below in Table 2. These statistics are published on a quarterly basis. Statistics for the number of passenger journeys covering September 2022 are not due to be published by ORR until 15th December 2022.
Table 2: The number of passenger journeys (million), quarterly, Great Britain | |
Quarterly | Passenger Journeys (million) |
Jan to Mar 2019 | 443.2 |
Apr to Jun 2019 | 437.5 |
Jul to Sep 2019 | 447.7 |
Oct to Dec 2019 | 461.2 |
Source: ORR Table 1223: Passenger journeys by operator, Great Britain, April 2011 to June 2022 | |