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Annual bus statistics: year ending, March 2019

Local bus statistics in Great Britain for the year ending March 2019.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 17 December 2019

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Annual bus statistics: year ending, March 2019 report

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Details

Local bus statistics in Great Britain, including passengers, mileage and vehicle fleet, for the year ending March 2019.

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 2019, the number of bus passenger journeys decreased by:

• 0.7% in England
• 1.2% in London
• 0.1% in England outside of London

In the year ending March 2019, bus service mileage decreased by:

• 1.3% in England
• 1.9% in London
• 1.1% in England outside of London

At March 2019, 99% of buses in England had the accessibility certificate which were required for all buses operating local services by 2017 at the latest (100% of buses in London and 98% of buses in England outside of London).

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Published 17 December 2019