London & Southeast:
Public Transport Ridership from 1950

Bus and Underground Ridership through 2005 included      
                 
2001 HIGHLIGHTS            
London & Southeast passenger journeys highest since before 1966    
London & Southeast passenger kilometers highest on record (from 1963)  
London (GLA) passenger journeys highest since 1968      
London (GLA) passenger kilometers highest on record (from 1963)    
Suburban rail passenger journeys highest on record (from 1963)    
Suburban rail passenger kilometers highest on record (from 1963)    
                 
PASSENGER JOURNEYS (000,000)          
Year London Bus Underground Trolleybus Tram Docklands (Light Metro) London Services Suburban Rail (National Rail) London & Southeast
1950 2,412 695 857 266   4,230    
1955 2,405 676 683     3,764    
1960 1,995 674 312     2,981    
1963 2,168 674       2,842 511 3,353
1964 2,004 674       2,678    
1965 1,896 657       2,553    
1966 1,753 667       2,420 492 2,912
1967 1,760 661       2,421    
1968 1,733 655       2,388    
1969 1,589 676       2,265    
1970 1,502 672       2,174    
1971 1,480 654       2,134 500 2,634
1972 1,413 655       2,068    
1973 1,439 644       2,083    
1974 1,473 636       2,109 514 2,623
1975 1,455 601       2,056 522 2,578
1976 1,423 546       1,969 507 2,476
1977 1,374 545       1,919 500 2,419
1978 1,302 568       1,870 518 2,388
1979 1,234 594       1,828 529 2,357
1980 1,181 559       1,740 533 2,273
1981 1,079 541       1,620 514 2,134
1982 1,041 498       1,539 440 1,979
1983 1,087 563       1,650 481 2,131
1984 1,162 672       1,834 470 2,304
1986 1,152 732       1,884 481 2,365
1987 1,164 769       1,933 503 2,436
1988 1,207 798     3 2,008 537 2,545
1989 1,211 815     6 2,032 539 2,571
1990 1,188 765     9 1,962 547 2,509
1991 1,178 775     8 1,961 544 2,505
1992 1,149 751     8 1,908 528 2,436
1993 1,129 728     7 1,864 510 2,374
1994 1,117 735     8 1,860 491 2,351
1995 1,167 764     12 1,943 503 2,446
1996 1,205 784     15 2,004 517 2,521
1997 1,242 772     18 2,032 543 2,575
1998 1,277 832     21 2,130 576 2,706
1999 1,267 866     28 2,161 610 2,771
2000 1,296 927     30 2,253 631 2,884
2001 1,354 970     38 2,362 656 3,018
2002 1,430 953            
2003 1,536 942            
2004 1,702 948            
2005 1,793 976            
                 
PASSENGER MILES (000,000)            
Year London Bus Underground Trolleybus Tram Docklands (Light Metro) London Services Suburban Rail (National Rail) London & Southeast
1963 4,623 2,995       7,618 10,600 18,200
1964 4,204 2,986       7,190    
1965 3,786 2,925       6,711    
1966 3,698 2,975       6,673 9,600 16,300
1967 3,254 2,966       6,220    
1968 3,246 2,891       6,137    
1969 3,103 3,105       6,208    
1970 2,990 3,165       6,155    
1971 2,907 3,205       6,112 9,300 15,400
1972 2,856 3,321       6,177    
1973 2,958 3,246       6,204    
1974 3,061 3,210       6,271 9,500 15,800
1975 3,039 2,967       6,006 9,000 15,000
1976 2,980 2,706       5,686 8,400 14,100
1977 2,919 2,699       5,618 8,300 13,900
1978 2,819 2,800       5,619 8,400 14,000
1979 2,690 2,774       5,464 8,200 13,700
1980 2,593 2,640       5,233 7,900 13,100
1981 2,510 2,540       5,050 7,600 12,600
1982 2,330 2,270       4,600 6,900 11,500
1983 2,440 2,700       5,140 7,800 13,000
1984 2,620 3,340       5,960 9,300 15,300
1986 2,562 3,710       6,272 10,000 16,300
1987 2,698 3,862       6,560 10,400 17,000
1988 2,646 3,888     9 6,543 10,400 17,000
1989 2,629 3,910     20 6,559 10,500 17,000
1990 2,588 3,738     24 6,350 10,100 16,500
1991 2,573 3,830     20 6,423 10,300 16,700
1992 2,483 3,663     20 6,166 9,800 16,000
1993 2,437 3,578     20 6,035 9,600 15,700
1994 2,373 3,613     24 6,010 9,600 15,700
1995 2,443 3,779     34 6,256 10,100 16,300
1996 2,509 3,958     43 6,510 10,500 17,000
1997 2,598 3,843     53 6,494 10,400 16,900
1998 2,697 4,017     64 6,778 10,900 17,600
1999 2,675 4,164     86 6,925 11,200 18,100
2000 2,746 4,450     107 7,302 11,900 19,200
2001 2,920 4,631     122 7,673 12,400 20,100
                 
PASSENGER KILOMETERS (000,000)          
Year London Bus Underground Trolleybus Tram Docklands (Light Metro) London Services Suburban Rail (National Rail) London & Southeast
1963 7,456 4,831       12,287 13,800 26,100
1964 6,781 4,816       11,597    
1965 6,106 4,718       10,824  
1966 5,965 4,798       10,763 13,300 24,100
1967 5,248 4,784       10,032    
1968 5,235 4,663       9,898    
1969 5,005 5,008       10,013    
1970 4,823 5,105       9,927    
1971 4,689 5,169       9,858 13,500 23,400
1972 4,606 5,356       9,963    
1973 4,771 5,235       10,006    
1974 4,937 5,177       10,115 13,900 24,000
1975 4,902 4,785       9,687 14,100 23,800
1976 4,806 4,365       9,171 13,700 22,900
1977 4,708 4,353       9,061 13,500 22,600
1978 4,547 4,516       9,063 14,000 23,100
1979 4,339 4,474       8,813 14,300 23,100
1980 4,182 4,258       8,440 14,400 22,800
1981 4,048 4,097       8,145 13,900 22,000
1982 3,758 3,661       7,419 11,900 19,300
1983 3,935 4,355       8,290 13,000 21,300
1984 4,226 5,387       9,613 12,700 22,300
1986 4,132 5,984       10,116 13,000 23,100
1987 4,352 6,229       10,581 13,600 24,200
1988 4,268 6,271     15 10,554 14,500 25,100
1989 4,240 6,306     32 10,579 15,100 25,700
1990 4,174 6,029     38 10,241 15,200 25,400
1991 4,150 6,177     33 10,360 14,900 25,300
1992 4,005 5,908     32 9,945 14,300 24,200
1993 3,931 5,771     33 9,735 13,600 23,300
1994 3,827 5,827     39 9,694 13,200 22,900
1995 3,940 6,095     55 10,090 12,900 23,000
1996 4,047 6,384     70 10,501 13,300 23,800
1997 4,190 6,198     86 10,475 14,600 25,100
1998 4,350 6,479     103 10,932 15,000 25,900
1999 4,315 6,716     139 11,170 16,500 27,700
2000 4,429 7,177     172 11,778 17,700 29,500
2001 4,709 7,470     197 12,376 18,400 30,800
                 
Sources: Data from Transport for London, Ministry of Transport      
Tram service discontinued 1952            
Trolleybus service discontinued 1963          
Docklands Light Rail is a light metro system (fully grade separated, short trains)    
Suburban rail ridership before 1989 estimated using 1989-2001 average trip length  
Suburban rail passenger kilometers before 1974 estimated using historic ratio of London & Southeast passenger kilometers to National Rail system total passenger kilometers
Does not include bus services outside London (GLA)        

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