I am surprised there is no discussion of this already but having hunted high and low for it there doesn't seem to be anything so I thought I'd start a new thread.
PDF at orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/28013/passenger-rail-usage-2017-18-q4.pdf
Key point is a 9.2% fall in journeys made on 'season tickets'.
One key thing to bear in mind here is that a 7 Day Travelcard on Oyster would have been counted as a Season Ticket, but Weekly Capping on Contactless is often now the same price and is not counted as a season.
For the first time in nearly a decade, the total number of franchised rail passenger journeys in Great Britain fell slightly. Passenger revenue continued to grow at 2.3%, a historically low rate.
Franchised long-distance journeys are at a record high of 145 million a year which is still growing.
PDF at orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/28013/passenger-rail-usage-2017-18-q4.pdf
Key point is a 9.2% fall in journeys made on 'season tickets'.
One key thing to bear in mind here is that a 7 Day Travelcard on Oyster would have been counted as a Season Ticket, but Weekly Capping on Contactless is often now the same price and is not counted as a season.
For the first time in nearly a decade, the total number of franchised rail passenger journeys in Great Britain fell slightly. Passenger revenue continued to grow at 2.3%, a historically low rate.
Franchised long-distance journeys are at a record high of 145 million a year which is still growing.