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Quarterly bus statistics: April to June 2017

Statistics on local bus passenger journeys and fares in Great Britain for April to June 2017.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 12 September 2017

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Quarterly bus statistics: April to June 2017 tables

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Details

Statistics on the number of local bus:

• passenger journeys
• fares

in Great Britain.

For the year ending June 2017, the number of local bus passenger journeys in:

• England was 4.43 billion, a 1.7% decrease
• London decreased by 1.7%
• England outside London decreased by 1.7%

Comparing local bus passenger journeys for April to June 2017 to the same period in 2016, we see:

• a 1.6% decrease in England
• bus use in London decreased by 0.7%

In the same period for bus use, we see:

• England outside London decreased by 2.4%.
• Scotland decreased by 2.0%
• Wales decreased by 1.9%

The local bus fares index increased by 2.1% in England between June 2016 and June 2017.

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

• 1.8% decrease in London
• 3.9% increase in metropolitan areas
• 5.2% increase in non-metropolitan areas

The retail prices index increased by 3.5% over the same 12-month period.

Local bus fares increased by:

• 2.2% in Scotland
• 1.8% in Wales

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Published 12 September 2017