The graph shows the number of commuters using London Underground, the national rail network and the light rail and metro systems in Great Britain from 1950 to 2004/5.
Overall, the number of passenger journeys made on the three systems increased, but on London Underground it increased dramatically. The most striking figure was that one billion journeys were made a year on the national rail network in the 1950s. At that time, the London Underground was carrying around 750 million passengers and they fell to 500 million in 1980 compared to 600 million on the national rail network.
From the beginning of the 1980s, the number of passenger journeys on all three main ways of transport rose rapidly. The number of passengers on London Underground and the national rail network were very similar throughout the remaining period, rising to approximately 1. 1 billion in 2004/5.
The period ended with the national railway slightly higher than the starting point and London Underground in second place with just under 1 billion passengers and light and metro at third place with approximately 200 million passenger journeys.
The graph
shows
the
number
of commuters using London
Underground
, the
national
rail
network and the light
rail
and metro systems in Great Britain from 1950 to 2004/5.
Overall
, the
number
of
passenger
journeys
made on the three systems increased,
but
on London
Underground
it increased
dramatically
. The most striking figure was that one billion
journeys
were made
a year on the
national
rail
network in the 1950s. At that time, the London
Underground
was carrying around 750
million
passengers and
they fell to 500
million
in 1980 compared to 600
million
on the
national
rail
network.
From the beginning of the 1980s, the
number
of
passenger
journeys
on all three main ways of transport rose
rapidly
. The
number
of
passengers
on London
Underground
and the
national
rail
network were
very
similar throughout the remaining period, rising to approximately 1. 1 billion in 2004/5.
The period ended with the
national
railway
slightly
higher than the starting point and London
Underground
in second place with
just
under 1 billion
passengers
and light and metro at third place with approximately 200
million
passenger
journeys
.