British National
Rail Ridership from 1919
The Office of the Rail Regulator reports indicated that intercity rail ridership reached 49.0 billion passenger kilometers in 2007/2008. This is the highest ridership level ever report since passenger mile data has been available. Passenger journesy remain slightly below the 1946 level, at 1.232 billion, but nearly equal the level achieved in the pre-Great Depression year of 1928..
Year	Passenger Trips (Millions)	Compared to 1995/1996 (Last Year Before Privatization)	Passenger Kilometers (Billions)	Compared to 1995/1996 (Last Year Before Privatization)	Average Trip Length
1919	2,064	171%	---	---	---
1923	1,772	133%	---	---	---
1928	1,250	64%	---	---	---
1933	1,159	52%	---	---	---
1938	1,237	63%	30.6	2%	24.7
1946	1,266	66%	47.0	57%	37.1
1947	1,140	50%	37.0	23%	32.5
1948	1,024	35%	34.2	14%	33.4
1949	1,021	34%	34.0	13%	33.3
1950	1,010	33%	32.5	8%	32.2
1951	1,030	35%	33.5	12%	32.5
1952	1,017	34%	32.9	10%	32.4
1953	1,015	33%	33.1	10%	32.6
1954	1,020	34%	33.3	11%	32.6
1955	994	31%	32.7	9%	32.9
1956	1,029	35%	34.0	13%	33.0
1957	1,101	45%	36.4	21%	33.1
1958	1,090	43%	35.6	19%	32.7
1959	1,069	41%	35.8	19%	33.5
1960	1,037	36%	34.7	16%	33.5
1961	1,025	35%	33.9	13%	33.1
1962	965	27%	31.7	6%	32.8
1963	938	23%	30.9	3%	32.9
1964	928	22%	32.0	7%	34.5
1965	865	14%	30.1	0%	34.8
1966	835	10%	29.7	-1%	35.6
1967	838	10%	29.1	-3%	34.7
1968	831	9%	28.7	-4%	34.5
1969	805	6%	29.6	-1%	36.8
1970	824	8%	30.4	1%	36.9
1971	816	7%	30.1	0%	36.9
1972	754	-1%	29.1	-3%	38.6
1973	728	-4%	29.8	-1%	40.9
1974	733	-4%	30.9	3%	42.2
1975	730	-4%	30.3	1%	41.5
1976	702	-8%	28.6	-5%	40.7
1977	702	-8%	29.3	-2%	41.7
1978	724	-5%	30.8	3%	42.5
1979	748	-2%	32.0	7%	42.8
1980	760	0%	31.7	6%	41.7
1981	719	-6%	30.7	2%	42.7
1982	630	-17%	27.2	-9%	43.2
1983	695	-9%	29.5	-2%	42.4
1984/1985	701	-8%	29.7	-1%	42.4
1985/1986	686	-10%	30.4	1%	44.3
1986/1987	738	-3%	30.8	3%	41.7
1987/1988	798	5%	32.4	8%	40.6
1988/1989	822	8%	34.3	14%	41.7
1989/1990	812	7%	33.3	11%	41.0
1990/1991	809	6%	33.2	11%	41.0
1991/1992	792	4%	32.5	8%	41.0
1992/1993	770	1%	31.7	6%	41.2
1993/1994	740	-3%	30.4	1%	41.1
1994/1995	735	-3%	28.7	-4%	39.0
1995/1996	761	0%	30.0	0%	39.4
1996/1997	801	5%	32.1	7%	40.1
1997/1998	846	11%	34.7	16%	41.0
1998/1999	892	17%	36.3	21%	40.7
1999/2000	931	22%	38.5	28%	41.4
2000/2001	957	26%	38.2	27%	39.9
2001/2002	960	26%	39.1	30%	40.7
2002/2003	976	28%	39.7	32%	40.7
2003/2004	1,014	33%	40.9	36%	40.3
2004/2005	1,045	43%	41.8	41%	40.0
2005/2006	1,082	42%	43.2	44%	39.9
2006/2007	1,151	51%	46.2	54%	40.1
2007/2008	1,232	62%	49.0	63%	39.8
Data from Department of Environment, Transport and Regions,  Strategic Rail Authority and the Office of Rail Regulation