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Table S4 Summary of cross-border transport

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Passenger journeys

millions

to / from other parts of UK

Rail

4.54

4.75

5.19

5.48

4.97

5.27

4.85

5.01

4.88

..

..

Air 1

7.63

8.22

8.69

9.08

9.51

10.21

11.51

12.38

12.88

13.16

12.96

Ferry 2

2.21

2.69

2.58

2.62

2.47

2.33

2.28

2.43

2.34

2.05

2.02

Total these modes

14.37

15.65

16.46

17.17

16.95

17.81

18.65

19.82

20.09

..

..

to / from other countries

Air 3

3.99

4.46

4.87

5.43

5.76

6.24

6.63

7.13

8.12

8.97

9.67

Ferry 4

0.00

0.00

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.11

0.21

0.21

0.20

0.12

Total these modes

3.99

4.46

4.88

5.43

5.77

6.24

6.74

7.34

8.33

9.17

9.79

Total "cross-border" passengers

Rail

4.54

4.75

5.19

5.48

4.97

5.27

4.85

5.01

4.88

..

..

Air

11.62

12.68

13.56

14.51

15.27

16.45

18.14

19.52

21.00

22.14

22.63

Ferry

2.21

2.69

2.58

2.62

2.48

2.33

2.40

2.64

2.54

2.25

2.14

Total these modes

18.37

20.12

21.33

22.61

22.71

24.06

25.39

27.16

28.42

..

..

Freight

millions of tonnes lifted

to other parts of UK

Road 5

14.7

16.3

15.7

15.7

15.5

15.4

15.2

14.8

14.3

12.5

..

Rail

1.3

3.0

4.2

4.5

3.1

4.9

4.4

4.1

6.4

9.0

..

Water

..

32.4

37.4

33.0

21.7

19.6

17.6

17.6

18.7

22.5

..

Total these modes

..

51.6

57.3

53.2

40.2

39.9

37.1

36.5

39.4

44.0

..

from other parts of UK

Road 5

19.6

20.6

18.7

19.2

20.3

19.3

18.3

20.9

17.6

17.4

..

Rail

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.0

0.9

2.1

..

Water

..

4.8

6.0

6.0

6.2

5.1

5.1

4.6

5.4

5.9

..

Total these modes

..

26.6

25.9

26.3

27.6

25.5

24.4

26.6

23.9

25.3

..

Total to / from other parts of UK

Road

34.3

36.8

34.4

34.9

35.8

34.7

33.5

35.7

31.9

29.9

..

Rail

2.5

4.1

5.4

5.6

4.1

6.1

5.4

5.2

7.3

11.1

..

Water

..

37.2

43.4

39.0

27.9

24.6

22.6

22.2

24.0

28.4

..

Total these modes

..

78.2

83.2

79.5

67.8

65.4

61.5

63.0

63.2

69.3

..

to other countries

Road 5

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.4

..

Rail 6

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.5

..

Water 7

64.0

57.6

60.6

67.2

73.2

67.0

67.8

58.9

54.5

45.0

..

Total these modes

65.5

59.0

62.1

68.8

74.6

68.1

68.9

59.9

55.5

45.9

..

from other countries

Road 5

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

..

Rail 8

0.8

1.1

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.5

..

Water 9

5.5

6.1

7.3

6.6

10.8

17.5

11.4

9.5

15.0

17.0

..

Total these modes

6.6

7.5

8.3

7.8

11.9

18.3

12.3

10.2

15.8

17.8

..

Total to / from other countries

Road

0.9

0.9

0.9

1.0

0.8

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.7

..

Rail

1.7

2.0

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.0

..

Water

69.5

63.7

67.9

73.8

84.0

84.5

79.2

68.4

69.4

62.0

..

Total

72.1

66.6

70.4

76.6

86.5

86.4

81.1

70.2

71.3

63.7

..

Total "cross-border" freight

Road

35.2

37.7

35.3

35.9

36.6

35.4

34.3

36.5

32.7

30.6

..

Rail

4.1

6.1

7.1

7.4

5.8

7.3

6.6

6.1

8.3

12.1

..

Water

..

100.9

111.2

112.8

111.9

109.1

101.8

90.6

93.5

90.4

..

Total these modes

..

144.7

153.6

156.1

154.3

151.8

142.7

133.2

134.5

133.0

..

1 England, Wales or Northern Ireland - for the purposes of this table, " UK offshore" is not counted as "another part of the UK"
2 Scotland / Northern Ireland ferries
3 Figures for 1999 and earlier years are approximate: they include an estimate of the number of passengers to/from certain
parts of the world.
4 The Rosyth / Zeebrugge service started in May 2002. Figures for services between Lerwick and other countries are available from 1998.
5 Freight lifted by UKHGVs only - does not include freight carried by other HGVs or by other types of vehicle (such as light goods vehicles)
The figures for 2004 onwards are not comparable with those for earlier years, due to changes to the methodology
and processing system for the survey.
6 The Rail figures for "to outwith UK" include freight which was taken to Scottish, English or Welsh ports for export
7 These figures relate only to exports from the "major" ports. The number of major ports has increased over the years.
8 The Rail figures for "from outwith UK" include freight which was imported at an English or Welsh port, then brought into Scotland by rail
9 These figures relate only to imports via the "major" ports. The number of major ports has increased over the years.

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