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Title: A return to standing in the rush hour Post by: grahame on September 20, 2024, 07:01:37 From The BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj310jpxr4yo)
Quote One in five rail passengers arriving into major cities in England and Wales during the morning rush hour were forced to stand, official figures show. The average number of commuters pouring into urban centres on a daily basis rose by 13% to 1.7 million on average between September and December 2023, compared to the same period the year before. But train operators increased seating capacity by just 2% over that time, according to a report published by the Department for Transport (DfT). Posting in "looking forward" - are we seeing a strong growth and a continuation of the upward trend of the first two decades of this century in spite of the covid glitch? Headlines talk of leisure growth but is the report signalling a less noticed return to growth of commuter traffic? Title: Re: A return to standing in the rush hour Post by: TaplowGreen on September 20, 2024, 07:24:59 From The BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj310jpxr4yo) Quote One in five rail passengers arriving into major cities in England and Wales during the morning rush hour were forced to stand, official figures show. The average number of commuters pouring into urban centres on a daily basis rose by 13% to 1.7 million on average between September and December 2023, compared to the same period the year before. But train operators increased seating capacity by just 2% over that time, according to a report published by the Department for Transport (DfT). Posting in "looking forward" - are we seeing a strong growth and a continuation of the upward trend of the first two decades of this century in spite of the covid glitch? Headlines talk of leisure growth but is the report signalling a less noticed return to growth of commuter traffic? Possibly, but it doesn't necessarily translate; https://inews.co.uk/opinion/commuters-prop-up-railways-anymore-good-thing-customers-3283159 Title: Re: A return to standing in the rush hour Post by: grahame on September 20, 2024, 07:32:44 Further recent journey data to fuel the thoughts - from the GWR presentation on Wednesday, shared (under the meeting thread) with permission to members.
(https://www.wellho.info/pix/growthtoaug24.jpg) Lots of individual "why"s can be suggested as we look to understand this data, but '24 on '23 is significant on all but Severn Beach (wonder why?) and South Wales to Bristol (suggestion being that Severn Tunnel closures had an effect) Title: Re: A return to standing in the rush hour Post by: TaplowGreen on September 20, 2024, 08:49:39 I think this is the report referenced..............interesting reading;
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2023/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2023 Title: Re: A return to standing in the rush hour Post by: ChrisB on September 22, 2024, 15:00:25 This is the same report that the thread I posted about the most crowded services came from....
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