National rail travel survey - overview report - updated December 2010 - results from a survey of rail travel across Great Britain

The National Rail Travel Survey (NRTS) details passenger trips on the national rail system in Great Britain on weekdays outside school holidays. The NRTS database comprises some 436,000 original travel records. These are expanded to represent approximately 2.7 million rail trips on an average weekday. The majority of rail travel occurred in two daily peaks. Commuting to and from work or education accounted for the biggest share of all daily rail journeys (63%). 13% of travel was for business and 24% for leisure purposes. London alone accounted for just under half of all departures. A wide range of ticket types was used, but each passenger type bought according to their travel needs, so business travellers were much more likely to use open returns, and commuters used Travelcards and longer term season tickets. Cheap day returns and One-day Travelcards were popular with leisure travellers. 54% of travellers were male and 46% were female. The full NRTS database holds data on many aspects of rail journeys with details of passengers' full journeys (including modes of travel used to get to and from stations, ticket usage and time of travel). The survey provides an essential new source to support rail analysis functions.

• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 43p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Interviewing; Passenger transportation; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Statistics
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 9147: Interview; 1146: Passenger transport; 744: Public transport; 1173: Rail bound transport; 6555: Statistics; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01336435
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: TRL
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 15 2011 3:33PM