What the Data Shows
Great Britain rail passenger journeys from April 2024 to March 2025 compare annual journeys by operator. The rows rank ten operators in million passenger journeys and use the Great Britain total of 1,729 million journeys as the denominator. Govia Thameslink Railway ranked first with 298.0 million journeys, equal to about 17 percent of the total. The Elizabeth line ranked second with 242.9 million journeys, and the top ten operators together accounted for about 83 percent of total journeys.
Data table
Unit: million passenger journeys · Period: April 2024 to March 2025
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|
| 1 | Govia Thameslink Railway | 298.0m | April 2024 to March 2025 |
| 2 | Elizabeth line | 242.9m | April 2024 to March 2025 |
| 3 | London Overground | 180.4m | April 2024 to March 2025 |
| 4 | South Western Railway | 165.6m | April 2024 to March 2025 |
| 5 | Southeastern | 137.9m | April 2024 to March 2025 |
| 6 | Northern Trains | 91.8m | April 2024 to March 2025 |
| 7 | Great Western Railway | 89.0m | April 2024 to March 2025 |
| 8 | ScotRail | 84.7m | April 2024 to March 2025 |
| 9 | Greater Anglia | 81.8m | April 2024 to March 2025 |
| 10 | West Midlands Trains | 67.7m | April 2024 to March 2025 |
Sources
Source 1: Office of Rail and Road
Publisher: Office of Rail and Road
Dataset/table: Annual summary and Figure 1.2/Table 1223: passenger journeys by operator
Units: million passenger journeys
Date checked: 2026-05-22
Evidence: Supports Great Britain annual passenger journeys and operator journey values for April 2024 to March 2025.
Source 2: Office of Rail and Road
Publisher: Office of Rail and Road
Dataset/table: Passenger rail usage landing page and table catalogue
Units: journeys, kilometres and revenue
Date checked: 2026-05-22
Evidence: Supports the ORR table catalogue and accredited passenger rail usage source family.
Data notes & caveats
Passenger journeys are counted from ticketing data, and a trip involving a change of train can count as more than one journey. ORR marks annual passenger journey values from April 2020 onward as provisional because future split-ticketing adjustments are expected.
Methodology
Rows are ranked by annual passenger journeys in millions. Shares are computed against the Great Britain total in the same ORR annual frame.
Source consistency notes
Rows use the same ORR passenger-rail source family, period, unit and denominator frame.
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