HC Deb 07 August 1975 vol 897 c373W
Mr. Dudley Smith

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the passenger mileage carried in 1974 by private road transport, public road transport, rail and air, respectively.

Mr. Carmichael

Following are the estimated figures:

Passenger travel in Great Britain 1974
Thousand million passenger miles
Private road transport 217.5
Public road transport 34.0*
Rail 22.5
Air 1.5*
* Provisional estimates.
† Domestic scheduled services including Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands.