Date: 06/10/2016

Passenger numbers and revenue on the UK railways continue to grow, but the rate has slowed compared to previous years, new figures from the ORR show. In the first quarter of 2016-17, there were 418.5 million passenger journeys on UK railways, 1.6% more than the same point last year. Passengers travelled 16.2 billion km, marking a 2.2% increase, and passenger revenue was £2.4bn, a 3.5% increase. However, these figures represent a slower increase than the growth seen between the first quarter of 2014-15 and 2015-16. In that period, passenger journeys grew by 4.7%, passenger kilometres increased by 3.3%, and passenger revenue increased by 6.6%. [From Richard Buckby]

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