HC Deb 29 January 2004 vol 417 c468W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of how many people in Lancashire used(a) bus services and (b) train services in each year since 1997. [151198]

Mr. McNulty

Estimated figures for the number of bus journeys in Lancashire from 1999 is as follows:

Number
1999–2000 57,614,463
2000–01 56,387,880
2001–02 58,672,576
2002–03 61,918,427

Note:

Comparable figures for years before 1999 are not available.

The number of train journeys starting and finishing at Lancashire stations since 1997 is as follows:

Number
1997–98 1,515,692
1998–99 1,535,946
1999–2000 1,610,520
2000–01 1,632,682
2001–02 1,581,104
2002–03 1,427,132