Rail passenger transport in United Kingdom
Rail passengers in United Kingdom travelled 71,823 million passenger-km in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2025.
United Kingdom, 2019
71,823
Change from 2018
+3.0%
European Union, 2019
412,202 million passenger-km
Rail passenger transport in United Kingdom over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Million passenger-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2024 | – | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2023 | – | 429,575 million passenger-km |
| 2022 | – | 386,741 million passenger-km |
| 2021 | – | 256,210 million passenger-km |
| 2020 | – | 221,836 million passenger-km |
| 2019 | 71,823 million passenger-km | 412,202 million passenger-km |
| 2018 | 69,706 million passenger-km | 399,024 million passenger-km |
| 2017 | 68,912 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2016 | 68,010 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2015 | 66,594 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2014 | 64,711 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2013 | 61,950 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2012 | 60,783 million passenger-km | – |
| 2011 | 58,462 million passenger-km | 363,380 million passenger-km |
| 2010 | 55,831 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2009 | 52,765 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2008 | 53,002 million passenger-km | not availablec (confidential) |
| 2007 | 50,474 million passenger-km | 346,565 million passenger-km |
| 2006 | 47,297 million passenger-km | 342,179 million passenger-km |
| 2005 | 44,642 million passenger-km | – |
| 2004 | 43,474 million passenger-km | – |
Flags: c confidential . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +3.0% from 69,706 million passenger-km in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 52,765 million passenger-km, the figure has changed by +36.1%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 412,202 million passenger-km.
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New zero-emission cars
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