Rail travel for the South-East dropped by 80% last year compared to pre-pandemic.

62 million journeys were made between 2020 and 2021 compared to 306 million the year before.

Half of those journeys were to and from other regions equating to a drop of 84% for the same period.

The exact figures released are below:

The total number of journeys for the South East region was 62.2 million in 2020-21, which equates to 20.3% of the 306 million journeys made in 2019-20.

The 26.7 million journeys within the South East equate to 31.6% of the 84.4 million journeys made in 2019-20.

The South East recorded 35.5 million journeys to or from other regions, the equivalent of 16.0% of the 222 million journeys made in 2019-20.

London accounted for 89.7% of these journeys. The 31.8 million journeys to or from London in 2020-21 equate to 15.7% of the 203 million journeys recorded in 2019-20.

 
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