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Transport policy-makers have little grasp of numeracy

Paul Withrington
13 November 2015
 

Andrew Braddock, chairman of the Light Rail Transit Association, claims I am mistaken in my calculation of the average passenger flow on Metrolink in Greater Manchester (Letters LTT 30 Oct). 

Here is the data for Metrolink for 2014/15 along with sources:

31.2 million passenger journeys (Transport Statistics GB (TSGB) table LR0101) 

202.5 million passenger miles (TSGB table LR 0104)

57 route miles (TSGB table LR 0204)

Mr Braddock divides the 31.2 million by 300 days per year...

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