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Quarterly bus statistics: July to September 2019

Local bus passenger statistics on journeys and fares in Great Britain for July to September 2019.

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Quarterly bus statistics: July to September 2019 tables

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Details

Statistics on the number of local bus:

  • passenger journeys
  • fares

in Great Britain.

For the year ending September 2019, the number of local bus passenger journeys in:

  • England was 4.30 billion, a 0.4% decrease
  • London decreased by 0.8%
  • England outside London remained static

Comparing local bus passenger journeys for July to September 2019 to the same period in 2018, we see:

  • a 1.0% decrease in England
  • London decreased by 1.3%
  • England outside London decreased by 0.6%
  • Scotland remained static
  • Wales decreased by 2.1%

The local bus fares index increased by 3.2% in England between September 2018 and September 2019.

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

  • 1.4% increase in London
  • 3.7% increase in metropolitan areas
  • 4.6% increase in non-metropolitan areas
  • 2.4% in Scotland
  • 3.9% in Wales

The consumer prices index (CPI) increased by 1.7% over the same 12-month period.

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Published 22 January 2020

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