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Quarterly bus statistics: April to June 2020

Local bus passenger journeys and fares statistics in Great Britain for April to June 2020.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
23 September 2020

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Details

Statistics on the number of local bus:

  • passenger journeys
  • fares

in Great Britain.

For the year ending June 2020, the number of local bus passenger journeys in:

  • England was 3.25 billion, a 24.7% decrease
  • London decreased by 24.7%
  • England outside London decreased by 24.7%

When comparing local bus passenger journeys for April to June 2020 to April to June 2019, we see:

  • a 82.5% decrease in England
  • London decreased by 80.2%
  • England outside London decreased by 84.8%
  • Scotland decreased by 85.0%
  • Wales decreased by 87.1%

The local bus fares index increased by 1.9% in England between June 2019 and June 2020.

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

  • 0.0% increase in London
  • 2.5% increase in metropolitan areas
  • 3.5% increase in non-metropolitan areas
  • 2.8% in Scotland
  • 1.7% in Wales

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) increased by 1.1% over the same 12-month period.

This publication covers April to June 2020, which coincides with the application of movement restrictions due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in Great Britain. The collection of passenger data is not granular enough to distinguish numbers of passenger journeys before and after changes in the restrictions. An indication of changes in bus passenger volume during this period can be found in the separate weekly release covering transport use during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Published 23 September 2020

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