Main Transport Trends - Statistical Bulletin Transport Series Trn/2006/5

Table H1 Summary of passenger traffic

Year¹	Car vehicle kilometres on major roads (M and A)	Bus passenger journeys on local services ²	Rail passenger journeys originating in Scotland	Air terminal passengers at airports	Ferry passengers on selected ferry services ³	Car	Bus	Rail	Air	Ferry
million						Index, 1985 = 100
1960	..	1,664	64.9	1.20	..	..	248	114	17	..
1961	..	1,633	63.4	1.41	..	..	243	111	20	..
1962	..	1,579	72.3	1.59	..	..	235	127	23	..
1963	..	1,561	71.7	1.82	..	..	233	126	26	..
1964	..	1,506	73.0	2.07	..	..	224	128	30	..
1965	..	1,417	71.0	2.29	..	..	211	124	33	..
1966	..	1,344	65.8	2.56	..	..	200	115	37	..
1967	..	1,297	65.9	2.76	..	..	193	115	40	..
1968	..	1,220	67.0	2.69	..	..	182	117	39	..
1969	..	1,169	68.4	2.91	..	..	174	120	42	..
1970	..	1,057	70.7	3.10	..	..	157	124	45	..
1971	..	1,019	66.5	3.20	..	..	152	116	46	..
1972	..	998	61.2	3.64	..	..	149	107	52	..
1973	..	975	60.5	4.07	4.82	..	145	106	59	103
1974	..	896	69.1	4.00	4.96	..	134	121	58	106
1975	9,318	891	66.2	4.18	5.28	68	133	116	60	113
1976	9,438	881	60.1	4.78	5.17	69	131	105	69	111
1977	9,622	824	56.8	4.85	4.82	71	123	99	70	103
1978	9,749	794	59.7	5.90	4.64	72	118	105	85	99
1979	9,643	786	57.6	6.33	4.56	71	117	101	91	98
1980	10,262	763	61.5	6.37	4.48	75	114	108	92	96
1981	10,418	716	57.8	6.50	4.27	77	107	101	94	91
1982	10,733	694	49.5	6.37	4.19	79	103	87	92	90
1983	11,043	680	55.7	6.48	4.51	81	101	98	93	97
1984	12,794	669	51.3	6.99	4.67	94	100	90	101	100
1985	13,606	671	57.1	6.94	4.67	100	100	100	100	100
1986	14,012	644	53.1	7.24	4.85	103	96	93	104	104
1987	14,881	647	54.1	7.81	5.35	109	96	95	112	115
1988	15,946	647	54.0	8.51	5.66	117	96	95	123	121
1989	17,027	613	51.8	9.23	6.18	125	91	91	133	132
1990	17,476	585	52.8	9.86	6.54	128	87	92	142	140
1991	17,553	571	54.5	9.57	6.80	129	85	95	138	146
1992	18,068	532	59.3	10.38	6.63	133	79	104	150	142
1993	18,211	525	59.1	11.12	6.63	134	78	104	160	142
1994	18,683	513	54.4	11.79	6.65	137	76	95	170	142
1995	19,226	494	56.7	12.31	6.86	141	74	99	177	147
1996	19,888	467	57.5	13.21	5.59	146	70	101	190	120
1997	20,266	438	60.7	14.39	5.63	149	65	106	207	121
1998	20,456	413	62.5	15.19	5.33	150	62	109	219	114
1999	20,700	442	64.9	15.94	5.33	152	66	114	230	114
2000	20,566	443	64.8	16.79	5.29	151	66	113	242	113
2001	20,977	449	64.6	18.08	5.30	154	67	113	260	114
2002	21,760	452	61.4	19.78	5.37	160	67	107	285	115
2003	21,922	457	66.1	21.08	5.72	161	68	116	304	123
2004	22,308	465	72.9	22.55	5.92	164	69	128	325	127
2005	22,060	..	..	23.80	5.97	162	..	..	343	128

1. The figures for "Car" and "Air" are for calendar years; latterly, the figures for "Bus" and "Rail" are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (eg the "1996" figures are for "1996-97")
2. Pre-1975, the figures are the totals of passenger journeys for the Scottish Bus Group and the four city corporations. Therefore, they include any "non-stage" (non-local) services run by these operators, and exclude other operators' "stage" (local) services. Glasgow Corporation's figures may have included passenger journeys on trolley buses and the Glasgow Underground.
3. Those routes for which figures are available back to 1973: Caledonian MacBrayne, P&O Scottish Ferries / NorthLink Orkney and Shetland Ferries, and Orkney Ferries. The figures from 1995 are affected by the reduction in traffic caused by the withdrawal of the Kyle-Kyleakin service when the Skye Bridge opened in October 1995.

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