SVR Passenger numbers
The SVRSevern Valley Railway publicises its passenger numbers in its annual reports, in Severn Valley Railway News and elsewhere.
Methodology
Generally, the SVRSevern Valley Railway counts tickets sold, with a return ticket counting as one (not two) passengers. Passes allowing unlimited travel, such as those for Shareholders and Working Members, were not included.
The Annual Family Pass was included from its launch in November 2012 for nominal numbers of trips per pass.
In some years, Shareholders eligible for a set number of free journeys were provided with travel vouchers that were exchanged for tickets and were thus included, but in recent years passes were issued instead.
Passenger numbers
Year | Passenger numbers | Reference | Notes |
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1970 | 32,037 | Opened May 1970 between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade | |
1971 | 78,774 | ||
1972 | |||
1973 | |||
1974 | 76,399 | Services extended to Bewdley | |
1975 | 74,000 | ||
1976 | 113,463 | ||
1977 | 112,514 | ||
1978 | 155,394 | ||
1979 | 149,715 | ||
1980 | 186,700 | ||
1981 | 157,522 | ||
1982 | 173,718 | ||
1983 | 173,968 | ||
1984 | 181,345 | Services extended to Kidderminster | |
1985 | 191,619 | ||
1986 | 185,053 | ||
1987 | 183,294 | ||
1988 | 200,466 | ||
1989 | 209,837 | ||
1990 | 213,029 | ||
1991 | 197,562 | ||
1992 | 194,566 | ||
1993 | 194,094 | ||
1994 | 183,282 | ||
1995 | 172,380 | ||
1996 | 187,780 | ||
1997 | 202,904 | ||
1998 | 212,582 | ||
1999 | 228,011 | ||
2000 | 227,225 | ||
2001 | 230,436 | ||
2002 | 236,704 | ||
2003 | 248,627 | ||
2004 | 242,258 | ||
2005 | 252,127 | ||
2006 | 245,711 | ||
2007 | 139,000 | 2007 Storm Damage | |
2008 | 238,056 | ||
2009 | 248,798 | ||
2010 | 225,570 | Since 2010, documents sent to shareholders became valid as a ticket which did not need to be exchanged for travel.[1] | |
2011 | 215,310 | ||
2012 | 202,552 | Annual Family Pass introduced in November | |
2013 | 211,000 | ||
2014 | 204,045 | SVRSevern Valley Railway News 186 | |
2015 | 204,842 | ||
2016 | 210,275 | [2] | Tickets sold. During 2016 passenger surveys identified forms of ticket and passes used, and the passenger number was recalculated to an estimated 252,330 (245,800 - 2015). This is directly comparable to the era when Shareholders’ travel vouchers were exchanged for tickets. |
2017 |
See also
Annual Family Pass
Shareholder benefits
References
- ↑ SVR Forum Shareholders' Passes thread
- ↑ Matthew Harris, ‘Passenger Numbers’, SVRLive, 16 February 2017 (Retrieved 22 March 2017)
Links
Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC (company 01046274) annual reports on Companies House