Rail Transport, 2011

Statistics on Rail Transport include data up to 2011/12.

The key points from the latest release are:

• There were approximately 27 million rail passenger journeys which either started or ended in Wales in 2010-11, an increase of 5 per cent compared to the previous year. Over two-thirds (69 per cent) of these journeys were within Wales.
• During 2010-11, Cardiff was the destination of almost two-fifths (39 per cent) of rail passenger journeys within Wales.
• There were 18 train incidents in 2011, a decrease of 5 compared to the previous year. 16 of these incidents were due running into obstructions.
• There was 1 potentially high-risk train accident in 2011. This was due to a train running into road vehicles at a level crossing.
• In 2011 there were 6 railway fatalities. The majority of fatalities (5) were trespassers.
• There were over 1,200 notifiable offences reported on the railways in Wales in 2011-12, a 25 per cent decrease from the previous year.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5062
E-mail: stats.transport@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

October 2013 (provisional - to be confirmed on 'Due out Soon' page)