Rail transport: April 2017 to March 2018

Passenger journeys

• The number of rail passenger journeys in Wales increased in 2017-18, reaching the highest level on record.
• There were 31.0 million rail passenger journeys which either started or ended in Wales in 2017-18, an increase of 1.9% compared with the previous year. Over two-thirds (69%) of these journeys were within Wales.
• Rail passenger journeys within Wales increased to 21.5 million in 2017-18, a 1.3% increase on 2016-17.
• Cardiff was the most common destination for within-Wales journeys, accounting for 41% of all journeys.

Fatalities

• In 2017 there were 13 railway fatalities, 11 of which were suicides.
• In recent years there have been between 8 and 12 suicides annually and between 1 and 4 other fatalities.

Offences

• In 2017-18, recorded notifiable offences increased by 15.3%.
• There were 1,369 notifiable offences reported on Welsh railways in 2017-18, an increase of 182 from the previous year.

Passenger satisfaction

• Overall passenger satisfaction levels have been relatively stable in recent years.
• In autumn 2018 82% of passengers were satisfied with their journey overall. Satisfaction levels and recent trends are similar in Wales and Great Britain as a whole.