Killingworth
Established Member
From the Williams Review, The role of the railway in Great Britain - Evidence Paper
That massively overstates the position for local rail services outside the south-east where the figure is higher than 2% to make up for much smaller shares elsewhere. Nationally traffic flows to and from London will also dominate the percentages for long distance travel, those numbers likely to be over 2% from all major cities in England and Wales.
Now if we could double the passengers numbers again in the next 20 years (a quite likely prediction for many lines and stations given the increasing mobility of 21st Century society) how could we cope with them all? And why stop there?
Demand for rail services has more than doubled over the last 20 years, increasing faster than for any other transport mode. Despite this growth, rail still accounts for only 2% of all trips made and 8% of distance travelled in England. By comparison, car travel accounts for 61% of trips and 78% of distance.
That massively overstates the position for local rail services outside the south-east where the figure is higher than 2% to make up for much smaller shares elsewhere. Nationally traffic flows to and from London will also dominate the percentages for long distance travel, those numbers likely to be over 2% from all major cities in England and Wales.
Now if we could double the passengers numbers again in the next 20 years (a quite likely prediction for many lines and stations given the increasing mobility of 21st Century society) how could we cope with them all? And why stop there?
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