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Quarterly bus fares statistics: July to September 2023

Local bus fares statistics in Great Britain for July to September 2023.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
30 November 2023

Documents

Local bus fares index by metropolitan area status and country, quarterly: Great Britain

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus-statistics-data-tables#quarterly-bus-fares-statistics

Details

Statistics on local bus fares in Great Britain.

The local bus fares index decreased by 1.1 % in England between September 2022 and September 2023. This likely reflects the ongoing £2 fare cap that came into effect in England outside London from January 2023, some metropolitan areas introduced their own fare caps in the second half of 2022.

For other areas, the local bus fares index change was:

  • 6.0% increase in London
  • 0.3% decrease in metropolitan areas
  • 11.0% decrease in non-metropolitan areas
  • 9.8% increase in Scotland
  • 6.2% increase in Wales

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 6.7% over the same 12-month period.

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