Transport Facts
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Information about modes of travel, and changes over time can be found at Energy Saving Trust
• In 1952 the principal mode of transport was by bus and coach with 92 billion passenger kilometres (42.2%) travelled
• Car and van use represented a little over one quarter of the total (58 billion passenger kilometres)
• A decade later, car and van use had tripled and accounted for 56.5% of total travel
• Since the 1960s, cars and vans have increasingly dominated UK travel
• Rail travel saw its share reduced from over 17% in 1952 to around 7% by 1972 due in part to the extensive closures of lines in the 1960s and 1970s which forced passengers into cars
• Rail travel has grown significantly in the last 10 years and its share is slowly increasing again
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