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Post-pandemic peak passenger pattern changes confirmed in latest DfT rail data

Peter Stonham
01 August 2025
 

Though on a typical day in autumn 2024, the number of rail passenger arrivals into major cities in England and Wales was back to slightly above the pre-pandemic 2019 figures,the proportion of journeys during peak hours was 13% lower, say new figures. In contrast the 1.21 million arrivals during off-peak hours last autumn was 9% higher.

Rail passengers travelled later in the day too. In autumn 2019, 11.8% of passengers travelled before 8 am and 9.7% travelled after 8 pm. On a typical day in...

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