Editing Rail transport in Great Britain (section)

===Annual journey numbers===
Below are the estimated total number of journeys using heavy rail transport in Britain for each financial year. (This table does not include Eurostar, Underground or light rail services)

{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:right"
|+ Annual journey numbers<ref name="ORR Table 1220 - Passenger Journeys" />
! Year
! Numbers<ref group =nb>Passenger numbers plus interchanges</ref>
! % change
|-
|2004–2005||1,044,566,371||
|-
|2005–2006||1,081,747,031||{{increase}}3.59
|-
|2006–2007||1,150,271,272||{{increase}}6.77
|-
|2007–2008||1,223,235,485||{{increase}}6.36
|-
|2008–2009||1,271,934,558||{{increase}}3.10
|-
|2009–2010||1,264,168,068||{{decrease}}7.62
|-
|2010–2011||1,350,664,449
|{{increase}}6.84
|-
|2011–2012||1,456,276,046||{{increase}}7.82
|-
|2012–2013||1,497,670,627||{{increase}}2.84
|-
|2013–2014||1,583,380,750||{{increase}}5.72
|-
|2014–2015||1,650,407,344||{{increase}}4.23
|-
|2015–2016||1,713,518,682||{{increase}}3.82
|-
|2016–2017
|1,727,475,717
|{{increase}}0.81
|-
|2017–2018
|1,703,998,197
|{{decrease}}1.36
|-
|2018–2019
|1,752,982,619
|{{increase}}2.87
|-
|2019–2020
|1,738,739,779
|{{decrease}}0.81
|-
|2020–2021
|387,885,468
|{{decrease}}77.69
|-
|2021–2022
|990,050,962
|{{increase}}155.24
|-
|2022–2023
|1,384,786,829
|{{increase}}39.87
|-
|2023–2024
|1,611,953,591
|{{increase}}16.40
|}
The following table is according to the Office of Rail and Road and includes [[open access operator]]s such as [[Grand Central (train operating company)|Grand Central]] and [[Hull Trains]].

{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:right"
|+ Annual passenger numbers (millions)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/02136399-b0c5-4d91-a85e-c01f8a48e07e|title=Passenger journeys by year|access-date=7 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008112636/http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/02136399-b0c5-4d91-a85e-c01f8a48e07e|archive-date=8 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! Year
! Long distance
! London and<br />South East
! Regional
! Non-franchised<br />operators
! Total
! Total % change
|-
|2002–2003||77.2||679.1||219.2|| rowspan="7" |0||975.5||
|-
|2003–2004||81.5||690.0||240.2||1,011.7||{{increase}}3.71
|-
|2004–2005||83.7||704.5||251.3||1,039.5||{{increase}}2.75
|-
|2005–2006||89.5||719.7||267.3||1,076.5||{{increase}}3.56
|-
|2006–2007||99.0||769.5||276.5||1,145.0||{{increase}}6.36
|-
|2007–2008||103.9||828.4||285.8||1,218.1||{{increase}}6.38
|-
|2008–2009||109.4||854.3||302.8||1,266.5||{{increase}}3.97
|-
|2009–2010||111.6||842.2||304.0||1.4||1,259.3||{{decrease}}0.68
|-
|2010–2011||117.9||917.6||318.2||1.8||1,355.6||{{increase}}7.65
|-
|2011–2012||125.3||993.8||340.9||1.5||1,461.5||{{increase}}7.82
|-
|2012–2013||127.7||1,032.4||340.9||1.7||1,502.6||{{increase}}2.81
|-
|2013–2014||129.0||1,106.9||350.5||1.9||1,588.3||{{increase}}5.70
|-
|2014–2015||134.2||1,154.9||364.7||2.1||1,655.8 ||{{increase}}4.25
|-
|2015–2016||138.3||1,202.8||374.2||2.3||1,717.6<ref>[https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/html/excel/a10e3c7b-7766-40ae-a87a-14c56cf85a63] {{Dead link|date=August 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>||{{increase}}3.72
|-
|2016–2017||143.5||1,196.8||388.7||2.4||1,731.5 ||{{increase}}0.80
|-
|2017–2018||144.8||1,171.2||389.6||2.4||1,707.9 ||{{decrease}}1.40
|-
|2018–2019||146.7||1,216.9||392.8||2.5||1,759.9 ||{{increase}}3.0
|}
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