Passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle was 10,743 in 1994. ▼ Falling

Latest (1994)
10,743
Change on year
down 2.3%
World rank
3rd
of 29 countries
All-time high
17,273
in 1979
All-time low
10,743
in 1994
Years of data
17
1970–1994

Passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1970–1994

05.0k10.0k15.0k1970198219941970: 12.7k1975: 11.5k1979: 17.3k1980: 17.1k1981: 16.3k1982: 15.5k1983: 14.9k1984: 14.4k1985: 14.2k1986: 13.8k1987: 13.1k1989: 12.8k1990: 12.6k1991: 11.9k1992: 11.3k1993: 11.0k1994: 10.7k

Source: Eurostat.

Analysis

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 10,743 for passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle in 1994. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 25.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 17,273 in 1979 and was at its lowest, 10,743, in 1994.

That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3rd out of 29 countries with data for 1994, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

Passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle (until 2012) in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1970 to 1994.
Year Value Change
1970 12,737
1975 11,501 -9.7%
1979 17,273 +50.2%
1980 17,131 -0.8%
1981 16,267 -5.0%
1982 15,503 -4.7%
1983 14,912 -3.8%
1984 14,410 -3.4%
1985 14,175 -1.6%
1986 13,786 -2.7%
1987 13,127 -4.8%
1989 12,792 -2.6%
1990 12,564 -1.8%
1991 11,929 -5.1%
1992 11,291 -5.3%
1993 10,999 -2.6%
1994 10,743 -2.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 13,837 11,501 17,273 3
1980s 14,678 12,792 17,131 9
1990s 11,505 10,743 12,564 5

Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  1. 1 France 15,358 compare
  2. 2 Germany 12,047 compare
  3. 4 Italy 7,835 compare
  4. 5 Poland 7,330 compare
  5. 6 Switzerland 6,373 compare

See the full ranking of 30 places →

More reference data data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

All data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland →

Frequently asked questions

What is passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 10,743 in 1994, according to Eurostat.
What is the highest passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 17,273 in 1979.
What is the lowest passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 10,743 in 1994.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 3rd out of 29 countries with data for 1994.
Is passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is down 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland data come from?
The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle (until 2012). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 17 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Statizoid, drawing on Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/passenger-railway-vehicles-by-category-of-vehicle-until-2012/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/passenger-railway-vehicles-by-category-of-vehicle-until-2012/united-kingdom/">Passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Passenger railway vehicles by category of vehicle (until 2012)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
30 places, 686 data points, 1970–2012
Last refreshed