Transport and Travel in Scotland 2010

Table H1 Summary of passenger traffic

Year 1	Car	Bus	Rail	Air	Ferry	Car	Bus	Rail	Air	Ferry
	vehicle	passenger	passenger	terminal	passengers
	kilometres	journeys	journeys	passengers	on selected
	on major	on	originating	at	ferry
	roads	local	in	airports	services 4
	(M and A)	services 2	Scotland3
					million					Index, 1985 = 100
1960	..	1,664	64.9	1.20	..	..	242	114	17	..
1961	..	1,633	63.4	1.41	..	..	238	111	20	..
1962	..	1,579	72.3	1.59	..	..	230	127	23	..
1963	..	1,561	71.7	1.82	..	..	227	126	26	..
1964	..	1,506	73.0	2.07	..	..	219	128	30	..
1965	..	1,417	71.0	2.29	..	..	206	124	33	..
1966	..	1,344	65.8	2.56	..	..	196	115	37	..
1967	..	1,297	65.9	2.76	..	..	189	115	40	..
1968	..	1,220	67.0	2.69	..	..	178	117	39	..
1969	..	1,169	68.4	2.91	..	..	170	120	42	..
1970	..	1,057	70.7	3.10	..	..	154	124	45	..
1971	..	1,019	66.5	3.20	..	..	148	116	46	..
1972	..	998	61.2	3.64	..	..	145	107	52	..
1973	..	975	60.5	4.07	4.82	..	142	106	59	103
1974	..	896	69.1	4.00	4.96	..	131	121	58	106
1975	9,318	891	66.2	4.18	5.28	68	130	116	60	113
1976	9,438	881	60.1	4.78	5.17	69	128	105	69	111
1977	9,622	824	56.8	4.85	4.82	71	120	99	70	103
1978	9,749	794	59.7	5.90	4.64	72	116	105	85	99
1979	9,643	786	57.6	6.33	4.56	71	114	101	91	98
1980	10,262	763	61.5	6.37	4.48	75	111	108	92	96
1981	10,418	716	57.8	6.50	4.27	77	104	101	94	91
1982	10,733	694	49.5	6.37	4.19	79	101	87	92	90
1983	11,043	680	55.7	6.48	4.51	81	99	98	93	97
1984	12,794	669	51.3	6.99	4.67	94	97	90	101	100
1985	13,606	687	57.1	6.94	4.67	100	100	100	100	100
1986	14,012	660	53.1	7.24	4.85	103	96	93	104	104
1987	14,881	662	54.1	7.81	5.35	109	96	95	112	115
1988	15,946	662	54.0	8.51	5.66	117	96	95	123	121
1989	17,027	628	51.8	9.23	6.18	125	91	91	133	132
1990	17,476	600	52.8	9.86	6.54	128	87	92	142	140
1991	17,553	585	54.5	9.57	6.80	129	85	95	138	146
1992	18,068	545	59.3	10.38	6.63	133	79	104	150	142
1993	18,211	538	59.1	11.12	6.63	134	78	104	160	142
1994	18,683	526	54.4	11.79	6.65	137	77	95	170	142
1995	19,226	506	56.7	12.31	6.86	141	74	99	177	147
1996	19,888	478	57.5	13.21	5.59	146	70	101	190	120
1997	20,266	448	60.7	14.39	5.63	149	65	106	207	121
1998	20,456	424	62.5	15.19	5.33	150	62	109	219	114
1999	20,700	455	64.9	15.94	5.33	152	66	114	230	114
2000	20,566	458	64.8	16.79	5.29	151	67	113	242	113
2001	20,977	466	64.6	18.08	5.30	154	68	113	260	114
2002	21,760	471	61.4	19.78	5.37	160	69	107	285	115
2003	21,922	478	66.1	21.08	5.72	161	70	116	304	123
2004	22,308	461	72.9	22.55	5.92	164	67	128	325	127
2005	22,060	468	78.1	23.80	5.97	162	68	137	343	128
2006	22,610	482	79.5	24.44	6.02	166	70	139	352	129
2007	22,392	498	87.7	25.13	6.01	165	73	154	362	129
2008	22,221	493	84.3	24.35	5.70	163	72	148	351	122
2009	22,496	467	85.2	22.50	5.93	165	68	149	324	127
2010	21,998	..	..	20.91	5.87	162	..	..	301	126

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.
Figures from 2004 onwards have been subject to revision due to methodological improvements

3 Rail patronage trend from 2003 onward incorporates Scotrail's revised methodology. See notes to Table S1.

4 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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