An overall increase in rail travel was observed between 1980 and 2028 in the United Kingdom. In 2019, railroad transportation travel amounted to ** billion passenger kilometers in the United Kingdom. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the distance traveled by rail passengers in the UK amounted to ** billion passenger kilometers, a decrease of around ** percent compared to 2019 levels. However, in 2021, with the ease of pandemic restrictions and starting to recover from the effect of the pandemic, the number increased to ** billion passenger kilometers, growing to ** billion passenger kilometers in 2022.
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GOV.UK. (December 31, 2023). Distance traveled annually by railroad transportation in the United Kingdom from 1960 to 2022 (in billion passenger-kilometers) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/467987/total-distance-travelled-by-passenger-rail-great-britain-uk/
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Distance traveled annually by railroad transportation in the United Kingdom from 1960 to 2022 (in billion passenger-kilometers) [Graph], GOV.UK, December 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: /statistics/467987/total-distance-travelled-by-passenger-rail-great-britain-uk/
