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Quarterly bus statistics: April to June 2018

Local bus passenger journeys and fares in Great Britain during April to June 2018.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 27 September 2018

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Quarterly bus statistics: April to June 2018 tables

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Details

Statistics on the number of local bus:

• passenger journeys
• fares

in Great Britain.

For the year ending June 2018, the number of local bus passenger journeys in:

• England was 4.36 billion, a 1.5% decrease
• London decreased by 1.2%
• England outside London, decreased by 1.7%

Comparing local bus passenger journeys for April to June 2018 with April to June 2017, we see:

• a 1.7% decrease in England
• bus use in London decreased by 2.8%

In the same period for bus use, we see:

• England outside London decreased by 0.6%.
• Scotland decreased by 6.0%
• Wales increased by 1.0%

The local bus fares index increased by 3.2% in England between June 2017 and June 2018.

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

• 0.4% increase in London
• 2.2% increase in metropolitan areas
• 6.6% increase in non-metropolitan areas

The consumer prices index (CPI) increased by 2.4% over the same 12-month period.

Local bus fares increased by:

• 4.5% in Scotland
• 3.5% in Wales

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Published 27 September 2018