Passengers return

FIGURES released from the Office of Rail and Road show that rail travel started to rebound between April and June 2021 following the gradual easing of the Government’s Covid restrictions. Overall, there were 182 million rail passenger journeys made between April and June 2021. This is more than double the previous quarter’s 80 million journeys, and more than five times the 35 million journeys made in April to June 2020. However, it is still down on the 437 million journeys made in the same quarter two years ago.

The numbers indicate that passenger rail usage in Great Britain began the quarter at around 30% of pre-coronavirus levels, before increasing to 55% in early June.