Railways: Suffolk

(asked on 15th September 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what change there has been in passenger numbers on trains in Suffolk since 2010.


Answered by
Paul Maynard Portrait
Paul Maynard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 10th October 2016

The number of journeys made by rail in Suffolk during 2014-15 has increased by 23% since 2009-10, in line with the strong growth nationally in rail journeys. The number of journeys since 2009-10 is shown below.

Year

Number of journeys in Suffolk

Percentage change from the previous year

2014-15

6,121,321

-0.1%

2013-14

6,129,781

1.0%

2012-13

6,068,473

6.7%

2011-12

5,688,434

4.9%

2010-11

5,423,631

9.1%

2009-10

4,971,597

-

Source: The Office of Rail and Road

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