HC Deb 18 December 1990 vol 183 c124W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether any estimates are available of the number of long-distance passengers carried by(a) coach and (b) rail services from 1980 to 1990.

Mr. Freeman

Information required is not available in the form requested, but the following data from the national travel survey provide an assessment of comparable journeys greater than 25 miles in length.

Passenger journeys per year
(millions)
Coach Rail
1978–79 50 190
1985–86 70 200

Information from this source for 1989–90 will be available in mid-1992.

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