Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger journeys were made from (a) Newton-le-Willows, (b) Garswood, (c) St Helens Central, (d) St Helens Junction, (e) Rainford and (f) Earlestown in each year since 2010.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) estimates the number of passengers travelling to and from stations within Great Britain. The estimates for Newton-le-Willows, Garswood, St Helens Central, St Helens Junction, Rainford and Earlestown are presented in the table below:
Estimates of total departures by station
Year | Newton-le-Willows | Garswood | St Helens Central | St Helens Junction | Rainford | Earlestown |
2017-18 | 403,464 | 175,260 | 650,744 | 206,808 | 27,676 | 315,099 |
2016-17 | 398,629 | 161,553 | 583,364 | 192,630 | 23,137 | 276,406 |
2015-16 | 387,932 | 152,975 | 570,099 | 192,983 | 23,732 | 269,751 |
2014-15 | 373,708 | 139,181 | 521,904 | 179,515 | 24,785 | 249,559 |
2013-14 | 355,731 | 146,158 | 548,422 | 172,062 | 25,996 | 242,648 |
2012-13 | 335,469 | 151,473 | 337,009 | 125,788 | 25,707 | 211,921 |
2011-12 | 322,574 | 165,428 | 361,235 | 130,170 | 26,144 | 222,278 |
2010-11 | 302,060 | 157,399 | 361,905 | 128,299 | 25,678 | 209,165 |
Please note there have been methodological changes over the recording of these statistics so yearly figures may not be directly comparable.
Source: ORR Estimates of Station Usage (http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates)
The ORR data estimates the number of passenger journeys, based on origin and destination data from ticket sales. The methodology applied makes an assumption that the number of station arrivals and departures are equal.