Statistical data set

Light rail and tram statistics (LRT)

Data on light rail and tram systems in England, including statistics on Glasgow Underground and Edinburgh Tram systems, produced by Department for Transport.

Ceased updating table LRT0107 (average journey length)

Last year we suggested that we cease producing table LRT0107, having received no feedback we are no longer updating this table, which presented the average length of journey on light rail and tram systems. Should users wish to calculate average journey length themselves, they will still be able to do so by dividing passenger distance by passenger boardings for each system. If you have any comments on this change please contact us.

Passenger journeys, vehicle miles, vehicle kilometres and occupancy (LRT01)

LRT0101: Passenger journeys on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (ODS, 11.6 KB)

LRT0102: Concessionary passenger journeys on light rail and trams by system: England (ODS, 8.15 KB)

LRT0103: Passenger kilometres on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (ODS, 12.3 KB)

LRT0104: Passenger miles on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (ODS, 12.1 KB)

LRT0105: Vehicle kilometres on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (ODS, 11.1 KB)

LRT0106: Vehicle miles on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (ODS, 10.8 KB)

LRT0107: Average length of journey on light rail and trams by system: England (ODS, 8.5 KB)

LRT0108: Average light rail and tram vehicle occupancy by system: England (ODS, 7.55 KB)

LRT0109: Passenger journeys per person on light rail and trams by system: England (ODS, 8.38 KB)

Light rail and tram fleet and infrastructure (LRT02)

LRT0201: Number of stations or stops on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (ODS, 8.79 KB)

LRT0202: Passenger carriages or tram cars on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (ODS, 9.16 KB)

LRT0203: Route kilometres open for passenger traffic on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (ODS, 8.67 KB)

LRT0204: Route miles open for passenger traffic on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system in England: Great Britain (ODS, 8.68 KB)

Revenue from light rail and trams (LRT03)

LRT0301: Passenger revenue on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (ODS, 18.1 KB)

LRT0302: Concessionary revenue on light rail and trams by system: England (ODS, 12 KB)

Other government data sources

LRT0401: Users of light rail and tram systems (ODS, 30.3 KB)

LRT0501: Numbers of full time equivalent (FTE) staff employed by light rail, tram and underground systems by worker type: Great Britain (ODS, 10.3 KB)

Contact us

Light rail and tram statistics

Email localtransport.statistics@dft.gov.uk

Media enquiries 0300 7777 878

Updates to this page

Published 28 June 2018
Last updated 17 September 2024 + show all updates
  1. Data tables updated for the year ending March 2024.

  2. Data tables updated for the year ending March 2023 report.

  3. Data tables (LRT0101 to LRT0302) updated for the year ending March 2022 light rail and tram statistics report.

  4. Tables updated for the year ending March 2021 light rail and tram statistics report.

  5. Data tables updated the financial year ending March 2020 report.

  6. Data table "Glasgow Underground statistics" updated.

  7. Data tables updated for the financial year ending March 2019 report.

  8. First published.