70014IronDuke
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Just looking at the passenger usage figures for this route. The northern end is mixed – it would appear to have grown a bit (mainly due to Shireoaks) - but every station on the Nottingham – Mansfield Woodhouse section has been doing very well over the past four years.
In fact, assuming the data on Wikipedia has been copied in correctly, in that period only one negative figure appears – Newstead took a small dip in 2015/6 vs 2014-5. Ironically, the growth figure for Newstead is the largest in percentage terms, although this is from the smallest base figure (28,624).
This is a summary of the record, with the % increase based on the 2017-18 data vs 2013-14.
STATION - Usage - % increase
2017-18
Bulwell 61,138 +31.2%
Hucknall 179k +34.6%
Newstead 41,802 +46.0%
Kirkby-A 185,226 +25.6%
Sutton-A 196,364 +45.2%
Mansfield 409k +30.0%
M Whouse 185,826 +33.1%
TOTAL 1,258,356 +33.2%
Without doing the finer maths, I suppose that is equivalent to about 7.5% annual growth along the route over the past 4 years. I don't suppose this sets any records, but it's no longer a 'new route' (ie enjoying rapid growth because of its 'newness') – as far as I'm aware – there have been no service improvements on the line in the period reviewed.
Makes one wonder re the future? Are most trains now well filled? Does it need longer or more trains and, longer term, would traffic justify the investment needed to make Sheffield, rather than Worksop, the terminus at the northern end of the line? (If, indeed, it could be done – I don't know the area at the junction?)
In fact, assuming the data on Wikipedia has been copied in correctly, in that period only one negative figure appears – Newstead took a small dip in 2015/6 vs 2014-5. Ironically, the growth figure for Newstead is the largest in percentage terms, although this is from the smallest base figure (28,624).
This is a summary of the record, with the % increase based on the 2017-18 data vs 2013-14.
STATION - Usage - % increase
2017-18
Bulwell 61,138 +31.2%
Hucknall 179k +34.6%
Newstead 41,802 +46.0%
Kirkby-A 185,226 +25.6%
Sutton-A 196,364 +45.2%
Mansfield 409k +30.0%
M Whouse 185,826 +33.1%
TOTAL 1,258,356 +33.2%
Without doing the finer maths, I suppose that is equivalent to about 7.5% annual growth along the route over the past 4 years. I don't suppose this sets any records, but it's no longer a 'new route' (ie enjoying rapid growth because of its 'newness') – as far as I'm aware – there have been no service improvements on the line in the period reviewed.
Makes one wonder re the future? Are most trains now well filled? Does it need longer or more trains and, longer term, would traffic justify the investment needed to make Sheffield, rather than Worksop, the terminus at the northern end of the line? (If, indeed, it could be done – I don't know the area at the junction?)