This fact sheet is interesting, worth a look and it does have some "per person" statistics...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761352/rail-factsheet-2018.pdf
Also I note that though Anytime and off-peak ticket prices have increased, fairly steadily over the years seemingly not connected to whichever party is currently screwing up the country, advance tickets have dropped by something around 40%. Certainly I've my personal experience confirms that.
I'm not sure of any logic that says the railways should be further subsidised to lower the cost of commuting for some at the expense of others. Seems to me that it should be exactly the other way around; intensive commuters helping fund the railways for the more rural non-commuting public.
After all, packages in London mostly consider the cost of rail travel if they are trying to recruit out of area.
More detailed stuff if you can be bothered....
dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/passenger-rail-usage/
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/9078/rail-notes-definitions.pdf
www.gov.uk/government/collections/rail-statistics
Last edited by: VxFan on Tue 3 Mar 20 at 12:39
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