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Dept for Transport

Answer

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much freight in (a) actual and (b) percentage terms was carried by (i) road, (ii) rail and (iii) water in each year from 1974 to date. [133111] Dr. Howells: The information requested is as follows: Domestic freight transport by mode: Great Britain 1974-2002 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Goods moved (billion tonne kilometres) Goods moved (percentage share of total) Year Road Rail 1 Water Pipeline All modes Road Rail Water Pipeline All modes 1974 90 22 31 5 148 61 15 21 4 100 1975 92 21 28 6 147 63 14 19 4 100 1976 96 21 30 6 153 63 14 20 4 100 1977 98 20 41 9 168 58 12 24 5 100 1978 100 20 48 10 178 56 11 27 6 100 1979 103 20 56 10 189 54 11 30 5 100 1980 93 18 54 10 175 53 10 31 6 100 1981 94 18 53 9 173 54 10 31 5 100 1982 95 16 59 10 179 53 9 33 5 100 1983 96 17 60 10 183 52 9 33 5 100 1984 100 13 60 10 183 55 7 33 6 100 1985 103 15 58 11 187 55 8 31 6 100 1986 105 17 55 10 187 56 9 29 6 100 1987 113 17 54 11 195 58 9 28 5 100 1988 130 18 59 11 219 60 8 27 5 100 1989 138 17 58 10 223 62 8 26 4 100 1990 136 16 56 211 219 62 7 26 5 100 1991 130 15 58 11 214 61 7 27 5 100 1992 127 16 55 11 208 61 7 26 5 100 1993 135 14 51 12 211 64 7 24 5 100 1994 144 13 52 12 221 65 6 24 5 100 1995 150 13 53 11 227 66 6 23 5 100 1996 154 15 55 12 236 65 6 23 5 100 1997 157 17 48 11 233 67 7 21 5 100 1998 160 17 57 12 245 65 7 23 5 100 1999 157 18 59 12 246 64 7 24 5 100 2000 158 18 67 11 255 62 7 26 4 100 2001 157 19 59 12 247 64 8 24 5 100 2002 157 19 67 11 254 62 7 26 4 100 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source : 1 Road and water--DfT ; Rail--Strategic Rail Authority ; Pipeline--DTI From 1991 figures for rail are for financial years ie 1991/92 etc, and from 1998 are calculated on a new basis. 2 The increase in 1990 is largely due to changes in coverage

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

133111; 413 c924-6W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Inland waterways Freight Railways Transport Roads Shipping

Contains statistics

Yes

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