DfT survey shows falling trip rates for last two years

The latest version of the Department for Transport’s National Travel Survey was published at the end of July and highlights the effects that the economic downturn has had on overall demand for travel.

The analysis shows that total trip making by the public has fallen for the last two years: from a peak of 992 trips per person per year in 2008 to just 960 in 2010. This represents a fall of 3.3%, and is the lowest level of trip making since the early 1970s.

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ORR statistics provide a snapshot of the market performance of each train operator in 2010/11

TransPennine Express, FirstGroup's joint venture with Keolis, achieved the highest like for like patronage growth on the UK's nationally franchised rail network in 2010/11, according to new statistics from the Office of Rail Regulation.

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The figures from the ORR for the first quarter of 2011 show continuing growth in passenger demand.

Demand for passenger rail services in the UK continued to grow during the first quarter of 2011, but average journey lengths and revenue yields fell, according to the latest National Rail Trends statistics published by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) last month.

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Last week, the Labour-controlled Integrated Transport Authority in Merseytravel voted to instruct the Passenger Transport Executive (PTE) to stop discussions with the Department for Transport and Network Rail over plans to take over the infrastructure for the Merseyrail Electrics rail network.

This was a decision with major significance for the future of transport policy development over the life of this Government, for all sorts of reasons.

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