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Written Question · S2W-25658 · Session 2

How many people travelled by rail from (a) Perth to Edinburgh via Kirkcaldy, (b) Gleneagles to Edinburgh, (c) Dunblane to Edinburgh and (d)…

Answered Asked by Roseanna Cunningham SNP Lodged 4 May 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people travelled by rail from (a) Perth to Edinburgh via Kirkcaldy, (b) Gleneagles to Edinburgh, (c) Dunblane to Edinburgh and (d) Perth to Dundee in each year since 1990.

The answer

Answered by Tavish Scott on 18 May 2006 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

The following table shows thenumber of journeys by rail on the routes requested. This data is based on ticketsales information.

| Journeys*

2002-03
| 2003-04
| 2004-05
| 2005-06

Perth
- Edinburgh (via Kirkcaldy)
| 29,272
| 29,107
| 33,330
| 34,500

Edinburgh
- Perth (via Kirkcaldy)
| 20,767
| 21,975
| 22,942
| 23,441

Gleneagles
- Edinburgh
| 1,168
| 1,103
| 1,891
| 1,588

Edinburgh
- Gleneagles
| 1,471
| 1,401
| 1,875
| 2,143

Dunblane
- Edinburgh
| 72,642
| 83,146
| 87,539
| 93,524

Edinburgh
- Dunblane
| 23,878
| 21,911
| 24,716
| 27,231

Perth
- Dundee
| 62,464
| 73,080
| 91,197
| 103,592

Dundee
- Perth
| 48,282
| 57,953
| 56,868
| 64,819

Note: *Data had been derivedfrom the Lennon Database and is based on ticket sales. Data prior to financial year2002-03 is only available at zonal level and not individual point-to-point journeys.
The Edinburgh figuresinclude journeys to/from Edinburgh Waverley, Haymarket and (from 2003-04 onwards)Edinburgh Park.

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