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Annual bus statistics: year ending, March 2017

Bus statistics in Great Britain, including passengers, mileage and vehicle fleet, for the year ending March 2017.

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Annual bus statistics: year ending, March 2017 tables

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Details

Local bus statistics in Great Britain, including passengers, mileage and vehicle fleet, for the year ending March 2017.

The summary relates only to England to match the coverage of Department for Transport bus policy, but the tables also cover Scotland and Wales.

In the year ending March 2017, the number of bus passenger journeys:

  • decreased by 1.5% in England
  • decreased by 2.3% in London
  • decreased by 0.8% outside London

In the year ending March 2017, bus service mileage:

  • fell by an estimated 1.1% in England
  • increased by 0.4% in London
  • fell by 1.6% outside London

At March 2017, 98% of buses in England had the accessibility certificate which will be required for all buses operating local services by 2017 at the latest (100% of buses in London and 97% outside London).

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Published 14 December 2017

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