Relative growth of tickets

grahame

Administrator
Hero Member

Posts: 43911

Relative growth of tickets

« on: May 27, 2016, 11:51:00 »

From ORR^» data - http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/22056/passenger-rail-usage-2015-16-q4.pdf

Quote

Total franchised passenger kilometres on Ordinary tickets recorded 11.0 billion kilometres in 2015-16 Q4, increasing by 4.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Passenger kilometres on Ordinary Anytime/Peak tickets recorded the highest growth this quarter (7.0%), totalling 2.8 billion kilometres.

There were 3.0 billion passenger kilometres by franchised Regional operators (including Scotland) in 2015-16 Q4, an increase of 2.8% compared to Q4 last year. The main driver of passenger kilometres in this sector, Ordinary Off-Peak tickets increased by 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Just getting my head around a few figures such as those quoted ... it looks to me like the commuter and long distance growth in train travel (by ticket type) is predominantly at peaks, but regional growth is more concentrated off peak. Am I reading that right? Any other nuggets anyone notices in this report?


	Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member

ChrisB

Transport Scholar
Hero Member

Posts: 13339

Re: Relative growth of tickets

« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2016, 12:06:17 »

Isn't the second a subset of the first statistic? What is long-distance if not regional


	Logged

grahame

Administrator
Hero Member

Posts: 43911

Re: Relative growth of tickets

« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2016, 12:16:20 »

Quote from: ChrisB on June 04, 2016, 12:06:17

Isn't the second a subset of the first statistic? What is long-distance if not regional

Yes, I'm sure it is. Thought that when I posted it - and tried to see what I could tell about the other journeys (commuter for sure, and perhaps interregional) by doing a bit of subtraction

I suspect that there's a classification of local/commuter, regional and long distance TOCs^▸ and that's how it's broken down ... but the issue of artificial borders and "where does an area / catchment end" always seem to make the reading of statistics like this fraught with difficulty.

They're probably going to build 100 house on the field opposite us. And that will increase the population of the Melksham urban catchment by around 3500. No - that's not an extra "0" added by mistake - it's because Bowerhill will be joined up to the main town and (for logical transport purposes) be considered part of the same urban blob.


	Logged

Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member

Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

Pages: [1]

« previous next »