Tarka Line Shows Further Growth The chart below, supplied by the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership, and derived from ticket sales data from First Great Western, shows a further increase in passenger numbers for the first three months of this year, an average increase so far on 2007 of 24%. This is encouraging, considering the problems that have been experienced with stock, and the type of stock currently in use, but in order to capitalise on this increase and build on it further, consideration must be given to increasing the capacity available, either by longer trains or a more frequent service.
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Period (9 Jan - 5 Feb) (6 Feb - 5 Mar) (6 Mar - 31 Mar) (1 Apr - 30 Apr) (1May - 28 May) (29 May - 25 Jun) (26 Jun - 23 Jul) (24 Jul - 20 Aug) (21 Aug - 17 Sep) (18 Sep - 15 Oct) (16 Oct - 12 Nov) (13 Nov - 10 Dec) (11 Dec - 7 Jan) Total
2004 14,389 14,768 16,618 20,273 17,800 19,396 21,915 25,405 21,538 16,890 16,797 18,689 15,519 239,997
2005 14,613 14,329 16,635 18,942 18,376 21,932 22,239 26,014 23,900 21,000 16,619 18,765 16,737 250,102
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2006 18,036 22,050 16,088 22,545 21,982 23,560 26,198 31,064 29,615 26,841 23,849 24,872 19,469 306,169
2007 17,952 18,924 18,207 22,564 22,741 26,004 25,320 29,400 27,633 24,481 26,658 20,218 21,028 301,131
2008 21,340 26,461 20,931