The proportion of train journeys made using season tickets has fallen to a record low thanks to home working, new figures have revealed.
Office of Rail and Road (ORR) data show the tickets accounted for just over 13 per cent of the 1.6 billion journeys taken on Britain’s railways in the year to the end of March.
That is down from 15 per cent during the previous 12 months, and is the lowest percentage of season ticket journeys in records dating back to 1987.
The proportion of journeys made using season tickets has been steadily falling for the past 10 years, Telegraph analysis of ORR data shows.
Around a third of train journeys before coronavirus restrictions began in March 2020 were made using season tickets. That decline sharply accelerated during the pandemic and has continued to fall ever since.
Between April and June 2021 the number of journeys made using season tickets crashed to just 18 per cent of total rail journeys, down from 32 per cent in the previous three months.
Since then, the percentage of journeys made using expensive season tickets has hovered around the 15 per cent mark.
Passengers who only travel to the workplace by train for part of the week often buy daily tickets because this is more cost-effective than weekly, monthly or annual season tickets.