Written question asked by Julian Knight (Conservative) on Monday, 4 February 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 February 2019. It was answered by Andrew Jones (Conservative) on Monday, 11 February 2019 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Railways: Solihull

Question: 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.

Answer

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.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 216331
Session: 2017-19
Subjects: Railways Passengers Standards Solihull
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Railways: Solihull

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