Stephen Timms – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-01-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers have used high-speed rail services from London St Pancras station in each year since such services started.

Claire Perry

Whilst Eurostar services commenced in 1994, St Pancras has only been the London terminus for HS1 services since late 2007. Eurostar journeys originating from St Pancras are as follows:

2008 4.3m

2009 4.3m

2010 4.6m

2011 4.7m

20124.8m

2013 5.0m

2014 5.1m

2015 5.1m

Domestic high speed services, operated by franchised train company Southeastern, commenced in 2010. Southeastern journeys originating from St Pancras are as follows:

2010 0.6m

2011 2.0m

2012 2.5m

2013 2.8m

2014 3.0m

2015 3.4m