Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Table S4 Summary of cross-border transport
Passenger journeys millions
to / from other parts of UK
Rail 4.97 5.27 4.85 5.01 4.88 5.20 5.58 5.81 6.13 6.64 ..
Air1 9.51 10.21 11.51 12.38 12.88 13.16 12.96 12.87 12.07 10.89 9.83
Ferry2 2.47 2.33 2.28 2.43 2.34 2.05 2.02 2.09 1.94 1.92 1.92
Total these modes 16.95 17.81 18.65 19.82 20.09 20.41 20.55 20.77 20.13 19.45 ..
to / from other countries
Air3 5.76 6.24 6.63 7.13 8.12 8.97 9.67 10.35 10.35 9.74 9.27
Ferry4 0.01 0.01 0.11 0.21 0.21 0.20 0.12 0.11 0.07 0.03 0.05
Total these modes 5.77 6.24 6.74 7.34 8.33 9.17 9.79 10.46 10.43 9.77 9.32
Total cross-border passengers
Rail 4.97 5.27 4.85 5.01 4.88 5.20 5.58 5.81 6.13 6.64 ..
Air 15.27 16.45 18.14 19.52 21.00 22.14 22.63 23.23 22.42 20.63 19.10
Ferry 2.48 2.33 2.40 2.64 2.54 2.25 2.14 2.20 2.01 1.95 1.97
Total these modes 22.71 24.06 25.39 27.16 28.42 29.58 30.34 31.24 30.56 29.22 ..
Freight millions of tonnes lifted
to other parts of UK
Road5,9 15.5 15.4 15.2 14.8 14.3 12.5 14.2 16.4 12.3 12.6 14.8
Rail 3.1 4.9 4.4 4.1 6.4 9.0 7.1 4.6 3.8 3.3 ..
Water 21.7 19.6 17.6 17.6 18.7 22.5 17.9 19.7 21.0 17.6 ..
Total these modes 40.2 39.9 37.1 36.5 39.4 44.0 39.3 40.6 37.1 33.4 ..
from other parts of UK
Road5,9 20.3 19.3 18.3 20.9 17.6 17.4 18.9 21.9 17.7 16.0 17.9
Rail 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.3 ..
Water 6.2 5.1 5.1 4.6 5.4 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.1 4.9 ..
Total these modes 27.6 25.5 24.4 26.6 23.9 25.3 26.6 29.4 24.8 22.1 ..
Total to / from other parts of UK
Road5,9 35.8 34.7 33.5 35.7 31.9 29.9 33.1 38.3 30.0 28.6 32.7
Rail 4.1 6.1 5.4 5.2 7.3 11.1 9.2 6.6 5.9 4.5 ..
Water 27.9 24.6 22.6 22.2 24.0 28.4 23.6 25.2 26.1 22.4 ..
Total these modes 67.8 65.4 61.5 63.0 63.2 69.3 65.9 70.0 61.9 55.5 ..
to other countries
Road5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4
Rail6 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 ..
Water7 73.2 67.0 67.8 58.9 54.5 45.0 44.0 45.6 42.4 38.3 39.9
Total these modes 74.6 68.1 68.9 59.9 55.5 45.9 44.9 46.7 43.3 39.2 ..
from other countries
Road5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Rail8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 ..
Water7 10.8 17.5 11.4 9.5 15.0 17.0 17.9 14.6 16.1 13.5 13.2
Total these modes 11.9 18.3 12.3 10.2 15.8 17.8 18.6 15.3 16.9 14.2 ..
Total to / from other countries
Road 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6
Rail 1.7 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 ..
Water 84.0 84.5 79.2 68.4 69.4 62.0 61.9 60.2 58.5 51.9 53.1
Total 86.5 86.4 81.1 70.2 71.3 63.7 63.5 62.0 60.2 53.3 ..
Total cross-border freight
Road 36.6 35.4 34.3 36.5 32.7 30.6 33.7 39.2 30.8 29.3 33.3
Rail 5.8 7.3 6.6 6.1 8.3 12.1 10.2 7.5 6.7 5.3 ..
Water 111.9 109.1 101.8 90.6 93.5 90.4 85.5 85.4 84.6 74.3 ..
Total these modes 154.3 151.8 142.7 133.2 134.5 133.0 129.3 132.0 122.1 108.9 ..

1. England, Wales or Northern Ireland - for the purposes of this table, UK offshore is not counted as another part of the UK.
2. Scotland / Northern Ireland ferries
3. Figures for 1999 and earlier years are approximate as they include an element of estimation.
4. The Rosyth / Zeebrugge service started in May 2002.  Figures for services between Lerwick and other countries are available from 1998.
5. Freight lifted by UK HGVs only - does not include freight carried by other HGVs or by other types of vehicle (such as light goods vehicles) The figures for 2004 onwards are not directly comparable with earlier years, due to changes to the survey's methodology & processing.
6. The Rail figures for "outwith UK" include freight  taken to Scottish, English or Welsh ports for export.
7. Figures relate only to exports/imports from major ports only.  Note these have increased over the years.
8. The Rail figures for "outwith UK" include freight  imported at an English or Welsh port, then brought into Scotland by rail.
9. Domestic freight estimates for 2006 to 2009 were revised on 27 October 2011