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Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

Answer

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions in each year since 1995, in each region and nation of the UK, what the percentage change in the number of journeys undertaken by (a) car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) light railways, (e) trams, (f) underground and (g) other forms of transport was; what estimates he has made of trends in journeys undertaken by each category until (i) 2010, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2030; and if he will make a statement. [6949] Mr. Jamieson: Figures for Great Britain are set out in the tables. Information is not available for all modes in the format requested. However, some greater detail for bus, rail, underground and light rail can be found in Transport Statistics Great Britain 2001 in the Library. (a) Journeys by car _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Great Britain trips (million) Percentage change 1994 35,500 -- 1995 35,000 0 1996 36,500 3 1997 37,100 2 1998 37,200 0 1999 37,000 0 2000 36,600 -1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: National Travel Survey (b) National Rail _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Great Britain passenger journeys (million) Percentage change 1994-95 735 -- 1995-96 761 4 1996-97 801 5 1997-98 846 6 1998-99 892 5 1999-2000 931 4 2000-01 957 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Strategic Rail Authority (c) Bus _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Great Britain passenger journeys (million) Percentage change 1994-95 4,420 -- 1995-96 4,383 -1 1996-97 4,350 -1 1997-98 4,330 0 1998-99 4,248 -2 1999-2000 4,279 1 2000-01 {1}4,314 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Provisional Source: DTLR annual survey of PSV operators (d) Light rail _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Great Britain passenger journeys (million) Percentage change 1994-95 63.2 -- 1995-96 67.8 7 1996-97 73.3 8 1997-98 79 8 1998-99 85 8 1999-2000 93.9 10 2000-01 119.5 27 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: DTLR survey of light rail operators (e) Underground _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Great Britain passenger journeys (million) Percentage change 1994-95 778.7 -- 1995-96 798.3 3 1996-97 785.7 -2 1997-98 846.1 8 1998-99 880.6 4 1999-2000 941.7 7 2000-01 984.4 5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: London Underground, Strathclyde PTE (f) Other modes (including walking) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Great Britain trips (million) Percentage change 1994 20,400 -- 1995 19,500 -4 1996 19,100 -3 1997 18,900 -1 1998 18,900 -0 1999 18,200 -4 2000 17,400 -5 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: National Travel Survey

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

6949; 373 c381-2W;373 c381-3W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Bus services Public transport Railways Transport Underground railways Trams

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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