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Quarterly bus statistics: April to June 2016

Statistics on local bus passenger journeys and fares in Great Britain for April to June 2016.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 13 September 2016

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Quarterly bus statistics: April to June 2016 tables

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Details

Statistics on:

• the number of local bus passenger journeys
• local bus fares

in Great Britain for April to June 2016.

For the year ending June 2016, the number of local bus passenger journeys in:

• England was 4.51 billion, a 2.7% decrease
• London decreased by 3.6%

Bus use in England outside London, bus use decreased by 1.8% over the same period.

Comparing local bus passenger journeys for April to June 2016 to the same period last year:

• there was a 1.8% decrease in England
• bus use in London decreased by 3.0%

In the same period, bus use:

• in England outside London decreased by 0.6%
• decreased in Scotland
• increased slightly in Wales

The local bus fares index for England increased by 1.6% in England between June 2015 and June 2016. For other areas, the local bus fares index change was a:

• 1.2% increase in London
• 1.5% increase in metropolitan areas
• 2.0% increase in non-metropolitan areas

The retail prices index increased by 1.6% over the same 12-month period.

Local bus fares increased by:

• 3.1% in Scotland
• 0.8% in Wales

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Published 13 September 2016