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(millions)

1842a18.5 [1]
1843a23.5 [1]
1844a27.8 [1]
1845a33.8 [1]
1846a43.8 [1]
1847a51.4 [1]
1848a58.0 [1]
1849a63.8 [1]
1850a72.9 [1]
1851a85.4 [1]
1852a89.1 [1]
1853a102.3 [1]
1854a111.2 [1]
1855a118.6 [1]
1856a129.3 [1]
1857a139.0 [1]
1858a139.2 [1]
1859a149.8 [1]
1860a163.4 [2]
1861a173.2 [2]
1862a180.4 [2]
1863a204.6 [2]
1864a229.3 [2]
1865a251.9 [2]
1866a274.3 [2]
1867a287.7 [2]
1869a312.8 [2]
1870a336.5 [2]
1871a375.2 [2]
1872a422.9 [2]
1873a455.3 [2]
1874a477.9 [2]
1875a507.0 [2]
1876a534.5 [2]
1877a549.6 [2]
1878a565.0 [2]
1879a562.7 [2]
1880a603.9 [2]
1881a623.0 [2]
1882a654.8 [2]
1883a683.7 [2]
1884a695.0 [2]
1885a697.2 [2]
1886a725.6 [2]
1887a733.7 [2]
1888a742.5 [2]
1889a775.3 [2]
1890a817.7 [2]
1891a845.5 [2]
1892a864.4 [2]
1893a873.2 [2]
1894a911.4 [2]
1900b1142.3 [2]
1901c1172.4 [2]
1902a1188.2 [3]
1903a1195.2 [3]
1904a1198.8 [3]
1905a1199.0 [3]
1906a1240.3 [3]
1907a1259.5 [3]
1908a1278.1 [3]
1909a1265.0 [3]
1910a1306.7 [3]
1911a1326.3 [3]
1912a1294.3 [3]
1913a1454.8 [4]
1919d1551.8 [3]
1920e1604.5 [3]
1921e1252.0 [3]
1922e1275.0 [1]


Notes

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[1] includes season ticket holders
[2] excludes season ticket holders but would have included London Underground from 1863
[3] Includes Irish railways and London Underground, but excludes season ticket holders
[4] Note [3] applies to this figure. Main line railways in Great Britain reported 1159.8m journeys [1] in 1913

Sources

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a Railway Handbook, 1947-1948 (Board of Trade: Railway returns)
b British Transport, an economic survey, by H J Dyos and D H Aldcroft, Leicester 1969 (Board of Trade: Railway returns)
c The Railway Yearbook, 1923 (Board of Trade: Railway returns)
d Railway Handbook, 1947-1948 (Ministry of Transport: Railway returns)
e Ministry of Transport: Railway returns