About this launch This launch presents the newest annual info on mild rail and tram programs in England through the monetary 12 months ending March 2022. The discharge covers mild rail and tram use, infrastructure, income and passenger expertise.
This publication covers 8 city programs which can be predominantly surface-running (see Desk 1 for an inventory of programs coated). Smaller programs (for instance, heritage railway and airport transit programs) will not be included. London Underground, Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams are additionally excluded however statistics for these programs are included within the related tables.
As chart 1 exhibits, within the 12 months ending March 2022, mild rail and tram use in England greater than doubled from the 12 months ending March 2021, as much as 171.5 million passenger journeys. Nevertheless, it remained effectively beneath pre-pandemic ranges
Chart 1: Mild rail and tram passenger journeys (tens of millions): England, yearly 12 months ending March 1984 to 12 months ending March 2022 – LRT0101
Abstract figures
In contrast with the 12 months ending March 2021, within the 12 months ending March 2022 passenger journeys elevated on all the 8 mild rail programs by between 38.2% (West Midlands Metro) and 281.8% (Blackpool Tramway). Automobile miles additionally elevated or stayed the identical for all programs besides West Midlands Metro, for whom automobile miles decreased by 18.2% within the 12 months ending March 2022 when in comparison with the 12 months ending March 2021. That is more likely to replicate the truth that companies have been suspended or working at lowered frequency on a number of events through the 12 months ending March 2022 as a consequence of technical points. Will increase in automobile miles diverse from 4.0% (Manchester Metrolink) to 100.0% (Blackpool Tramway).
Particulars of things impacting on annual figures together with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, deliberate closures, climate associated closures and technical tools failures could be discovered within the high quality report.
Desk 1: Abstract of the newest annual mild rail and tram figures (12 months ending March 2022) in contrast with the earlier 12 months (12 months ending March 2021)
Passenger journeys (tens of millions) % change Automobile miles (tens of millions) % change Passenger income (£tens of millions) % change England 171.5 109.9% 20.9 7.7% 254.1 91.8% London programs 96.3 87.7% 5.2 2.4% 121.8 85.1% Docklands Mild Railway 77.2 94.5% 3.2 0.0% 104.9 93.2% London Trams 19.1 64.7% 2.0 5.3% 16.9 47.0% England exterior London programs 75.2 147.4% 15.7 9.8% 132.3 98.6% Nottingham Categorical Transit 9.1 167.6% 1.8 0.0% 12.0 122.2% West Midlands Metro 4.7 38.2% 0.9 -18.2% 10.0 72.4% Sheffield Supertram 6.9 146.6% 1.4 27.3% 10.9 70.3% Tyne and Put on Metro 24.3 158.8% 3.3 26.9% 41.4 102.9% Manchester Metrolink 26.0 152.4% 7.8 4.0% 52.6 96.3% Blackpool Tramway 4.2 281.8% 0.6 100.0% 5.3 178.9%
The affect of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The affect of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the variety of mild rail and tram passenger journeys has been much less marked within the 12 months ending March 2022 than the earlier 12 months ending March 2021, as a consequence of there being fewer restrictions on motion and actions throughout this era. Different elements such because the service disruption as a consequence of technical faults on West Midlands Metro will even have had an impact on the variety of passenger journeys within the 12 months to March 2022
Chart 2 exhibits that mild rail and tram passenger journeys climbed steadily following the third nationwide lockdown. The introduction of Plan B measures in December 2021, applied in response to the rising wave of the Omicron variant, was accompanied by a fall in mild rail and tram passenger numbers to round 50% of pre-pandemic ranges, down from round 90% previous to the introduction of the measures. After the measures ended on the finish of January 2022, passenger journeys rose once more, reaching simply over 80% of pre-pandemic ranges in mid-March 2022.
Chart 2: Mild rail and tram patronage in England, March 2020 to March 2022
Passenger journeys
In England, within the 12 months ending March 2022, passenger journeys on mild rail and tram programs elevated to 171.5 million, a rise of 109.9% in contrast with the earlier 12 months the place there have been 81.7 million passenger journeys.
As chart 3 exhibits, the very best variety of journeys within the 12 months to March 2022 was seen on the Docklands Mild Railway, with 77.2 million passenger journeys. Blackpool Tramway had the fewest journeys, with 4.2 million.
Chart 3: Mild rail and tram passenger journeys (tens of millions) by system, England 12 months ending March 2022 LRT0101
Chart 4 exhibits that the typical variety of mild rail and tram journeys per head was 9.8 within the 12 months ending March 2022 in contrast with 4.6 journeys per head within the 12 months ending March 2021, a 113.0% improve. The typical variety of journeys per head stays beneath pre-pandemic ranges (14.9 within the 12 months ending March 2020).
Chart 4: Mild rail and tram passenger journeys per head: London and England exterior London, yearly from 12 months ending March 2012 LRT0109
Concessionary journeys
In England, within the 12 months ending March 2022, there have been 22.6 million concessionary journeys on mild rail and tram programs. This is a rise of 117.3% when in comparison with the 12 months ending March 2021 determine of 10.4 million. Chart 5 exhibits that Manchester Metrolink had probably the most concessionary passenger journeys within the 12 months ending March 2022, with 6.5 million. Blackpool Tramway had the least, with 0.3 million.
Chart 5: Mild rail and tram concessionary journeys (tens of millions) by system: England, 12 months ending March 2022 LRT0102
13.2% of all mild rail and tram passenger journeys in England have been concessionary, a rise of 0.4 proportion factors since final 12 months. This varies by system from 5.2% on DLR to 37.7% on Sheffield Supertram.
Concessionary journey on mild rail and trams represents a comparatively small proportion of passenger journeys compared with native bus passenger journeys in England (31%).
Automobile mileage
Automobile mileage can be utilized as an indicator of the extent of service provision by operators. Chart 6 exhibits that in England, automobile mileage elevated by 7.7% to twenty.9 million miles within the 12 months ending March 2022 in comparison with the 12 months ending March 2021 (19.4 million miles). This adopted a slight fall in automobile mileage the 12 months earlier than, because of the pandemic.
Chart 6: Mild rail and tram passenger journeys and automobile miles index: England, yearly from 12 months ending March 2012 – LRT0101/LRT0106
Automobile mileage decreased by lower than passenger journeys through the pandemic because the Authorities offered funding assist to the sector to make sure the continued operating of companies. This was initially to offer adequate service provision for NHS employees and key employees, and subsequently to make sure that service ranges have been maintained whereas passenger numbers remained decrease as a consequence of social distancing and residential working necessities.
In London, automobile mileage was 5.2 million miles within the 12 months ending March 2021, up 2.0% from the earlier 12 months’s determine of 5.1 million miles.
In England exterior London, automobile mileage elevated by 9.8% from 14.3 million miles within the 12 months ending March 2021 to fifteen.7 million miles within the 12 months ending March 2022. Chart 7 exhibits that within the 12 months ending March 2022, Manchester Metrolink had the very best automobile mileage of all programs, at 7.8 million miles. Blackpool Tramway had the bottom at 0.6 million. In addition to the affect of the pandemic, there are different elements that may have an effect on these figures for particular person programs, equivalent to deliberate engineering works or technical points equivalent to these seen on West Midlands Metro through the 12 months ending March 2022.
Chart 7: Mild rail and tram automobile mileage (tens of millions) by system: England, 12 months ending March 2022 LRT0106
Infrastructure
Between the 12 months ending March 2021 and the 12 months ending March 2022, route miles and variety of stops stayed the identical on all programs in England. The variety of tram autos operated by Manchester Metrolink elevated by 17 to 137, and the quantity operated by West Midlands Metro elevated by 8 to 29.
Desk 2: System abstract (12 months ending March 2022)
Size of system (miles) Variety of stops Variety of tram autos Common journey size (miles) England 219 410 536 4.2 London programs 41 84 184 3.2 Docklands Mild Railway 24 45 149 3.2 London Trams 17 39 35 3.2 England exterior London programs 178 326 352 5.3 Nottingham Categorical Transit 20 50 37 4.1 West Midlands Metro 14 28 29 6.7 Sheffield Supertram 21 50 32 4.0 Tyne and Put on Metro 48 60 89 5.4 Manchester Metrolink 64 99 137 6.5 Blackpool Tramway 11 39 28 2.7
Income
Chart 8 exhibits that mild rail and tram passenger income elevated by 91.8% (in precise costs) from the earlier 12 months to £254.1 million within the 12 months ending March 2022. This displays the elevated passenger numbers over this era. Concessionary income decreased by 2.9% (in precise costs) from the earlier 12 months to £30.4 million.
Chart 8: Mild rail and tram whole and concessionary passenger income index: England, yearly from 12 months ending March 2012, at precise costs LRT0301/LRT0302
Not like industrial income, which decreased considerably through the pandemic, most native authorities selected to keep up concessionary reimbursement at pre-pandemic ranges within the 12 months ending March 2021, with some sustaining these into the monetary 12 months ending March 2022. These funds, at the side of funding assist from DfT , labored collectively to assist make sure the continued operation of sunshine rail companies throughout the nation.
Mild rail and tram passenger behaviour
Earlier variations of this launch have included knowledge from the Nationwide Journey Survey ( NTS ), which gathers knowledge on private journey behaviour by households in England and can be utilized to analyse customers of sunshine rail and tram programs in areas the place such programs exist. This evaluation was based mostly on combining a number of years of NTS knowledge to offer a adequate pattern measurement to analyse tendencies.
Knowledge assortment for the NTS was disrupted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, with decrease response charges and substantial lacking knowledge across the begin of the pandemic. Journey behaviours and the profile of survey respondents additionally modified considerably through the pandemic, which means the findings can be much less corresponding to earlier years. For these causes, we’re not offering up to date evaluation of passenger behaviour in relation to mild rail and tram programs.
For evaluation of non-public journey behaviour on mild rail and tram programs, please see final 12 months’s launch.
Passenger satisfaction
Transport Focus haven’t performed any surveys of passenger expertise on mild rail and tram programs for the reason that final launch of this publication. The earlier launch accommodates particulars of passenger satisfaction surveys performed between 2018 and 2019.
Mild rail and tram security
The Workplace of Rail and Highway publish info on passenger accidents on trams, metros and different non-Community Rail networks in Nice Britain. Within the 12 months ending March 2021 (the newest obtainable knowledge), there have been 11 accidents, in comparison with 30 accidents within the 12 months ending March 2020. That is the bottom variety of accidents for the reason that first knowledge revealed within the 12 months ending March 2006, reflective of the lowered journey as a consequence of COVID-19 restrictions within the 12 months ending March 2021.
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Background info
These statistics have been designated as Nationwide Statistics in February 2013.
Nationwide Statistics are produced to excessive skilled requirements set out within the Code of Observe for Statistics.
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