Light rail and tram statistics (LRT)
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-29)

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

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

LRT0101: Passenger journeys on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/688241483f770776241205ee/lrt0101.ods) (ODS, 32.1 KB)

LRT0102: Concessionary passenger journeys on light rail and trams by system: England (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/688243be9fab8e2e86161041/lrt0102.ods) (ODS, 29.3 KB)

LRT0103: Passenger kilometres on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69135265d7081798fa18adcf/lrt0103.ods) (ODS, 12.8 KB)

LRT0104: Passenger miles on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6913528a2017198896ad7fc0/lrt0104.ods) (ODS, 12.5 KB)

LRT0105: Vehicle kilometres on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/688243bf9fab8e2e86161042/lrt0105.ods) (ODS, 31.5 KB)

LRT0106: Vehicle miles on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/688243bff47abf78ca1d363d/lrt0106.ods) (ODS, 31.1 KB)

LRT0108: Average light rail and tram vehicle occupancy by system: England (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/688243cf901d5f8d47120605/lrt0108.ods) (ODS, 29.1 KB)

LRT0109: Passenger journeys per person on light rail and trams by system: England (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/688243da901d5f8d47120606/lrt0109.ods) (ODS, 31 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 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/688243e83f770776241205f7/lrt0201.ods) (ODS, 28.2 KB)

LRT0202: Passenger carriages or tram cars on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/688243f22b6fd60b7c16101c/lrt0202.ods) (ODS, 28.6 KB)

LRT0203: Route kilometres open for passenger traffic on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/688243fd2b6fd60b7c16101d/lrt0203.ods) (ODS, 29.7 KB)

LRT0204: Route miles open for passenger traffic on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system in England: Great Britain (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/688244083f770776241205f8/lrt0204.ods) (ODS, 27.9 KB)

Revenue from light rail and trams (LRT03)

LRT0301: Passenger revenue on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/688244119fab8e2e86161043/lrt0301.ods) (ODS, 18 KB)

LRT0302: Concessionary revenue on light rail and trams by system: England (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6882441d2b6fd60b7c16101e/lrt0302.ods) (ODS, 11.7 KB)

Other government data sources

LRT0501: Numbers of full time equivalent (FTE) staff employed by light rail, tram and underground systems by worker type: Great Britain (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6882442d6a7ea0e1ce1d3637/lrt0501.ods) (ODS, 32.5 KB)

Discontinued light rail and tram statistics data tables

Ceased publishing table LRT0107 (average journey length)

Last year we suggested that we cease producing table LRT0107, which presented the average length of journey on light rail and tram systems. Having received no feedback, we are no longer updating this table. This was calculated by dividing total passenger distance travelled by the number of passengers and 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.

Ceased publishing table LRT0401 (light rail and tram stages, distance and time by disability status)

Previous versions of this release have included data from the National Travel Survey (NTS), which gathers data on personal travel behaviour by households in England and can be used to analyse users of light rail and tram systems in areas where such systems exist. This analysis was based on combining several years of NTS data to provide a sufficient sample size to analyse trends.

Data collection for the NTS was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with lower response rates and substantial missing data around the start of the pandemic. Travel behaviours and the profile of survey respondents also changed significantly during the pandemic, meaning the findings will be less comparable to previous years. For these reasons, we are not providing updated analysis of passenger behaviour in relation to light rail and tram systems.

If you have any comments on these changes please contact us (#contact-us).

LRT0107: Average length of journey on light rail and trams by system: England (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64f6004a9ee0f2000fb7be81/lrt0107.ods) (ODS, 8.5 KB)

LRT0401: Users of light rail and tram systems (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64f601039ee0f2000fb7be85/lrt0401.ods) (ODS, 30.3 KB)

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