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A number of things all happened around the time that the railways were privatised, and one can argue no end as to what caused the rising passenger numbers. As
by gsnedders 10y ago
A number of things all happened around the time that the railways were privatised, and one can argue no end as to what caused the rising passenger numbers.
As crdoconnor says, rising house-prices will play a part in it. But in the ScotRail case, there's also the obvious contrast in the age of the rolling stock: the Glasgow suburban lines had plenty of 1950s-era DMUs and EMUs until ~2000 being replaced by stock from ~1990 and some new build stock, and the main intercity routes moved to brand new DMUs. (I believe the only pre-1979 stock that remained with ScotRail were a number of the sleeper coaches.)