| added a new report on "Rail Travel Market Report " ( | | | | infrastructure provider, Network Rail, and the train |
| Executive Summary - In the year ending March 2007, | | | | operating companies (TOCs) under franchise, |
| the passenger receipts of the UK market for rail travel | | | | concession and open-access arrangements, as well |
| amounted to £7.37bn, an increase of 11.4% | | | | as the services provided by Northern Ireland Railways. |
| compared with turnover of £6.61bn in the | | | | It also includes services offered by urban rail systems, |
| previous year. This was largely due to a 12.1% rise in | | | | including London Underground and other metro and light |
| the turnover of the national rail sector, although urban | | | | rail operators, and the international services provided |
| rail services also reported healthy growth (of 9%) over | | | | by Eurostar and the Eurotunnel Passenger Shuttle. The |
| the same period, while Northern Ireland Railways' | | | | activities of preserved railways â which are |
| turnover increased by 21.5%. | | | | regarded more as tourist attractions than transport |
| The UK passenger rail sector is defined to include the | | | | operations â are not covered in this it Market |
| services provided on the national rail system by the | | | | Report. |