Rail statistics for the year ending March 2024 have been published by the Department for Transport. The rail fact sheet provides an overview of key statistics on the national rail network in Great Britain, they do not include underground, light rail and tram systems.
One of the key points from the report is rail journeys have increased.
- There were 1,612 million passenger rail journeys (1,392 million 2022/2023), an increase of 16.4%. Passenger journeys remain 8.0% lower than the peak in FYE 2019
- 37% of all rail journeys were for commuting and 35% percent of all rail journeys were for leisure, consistent with the previous year (England only)
- Punctuality decreased slightly by 0.2%, with 67.6% of trains arriving within 59 seconds of their scheduled arrival time
- 3.8% of trains were classified as cancellations, which is unchanged from the previous year, but remains the joint highest annual cancellations score since records began
- Car travel is the main form of transport, rail accounts for 2% of trips, 8% of miles, and 7% of hours travelled.
On the freight side – 15.76 billion net tonne kilometres of rail freight were moved, an increase of 0.2%.
Read the full report: Rail factsheet statistics: year ending March 2024
