Quarterly bus statistics: April to June 2022 (revised)
Local bus passenger journeys and fares statistics in Great Britain for April to June 2022.
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The figures for the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and CPI including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) in the “Quarterly bus statistics, England: April to June 2022” statistical release have been revised for the last 2 quarters, following the discovery of an error due to the way the Office for National Statistics (ONS) CPI data was processed. This does not affect the published data on bus fares or bus patronage, but affects the CPI data used as context in the release, and published in the tables. We have therefore revised table BUS0415 and the relevant charts and text in the statistical release.
Quarterly statistics on local bus passenger journeys and fares in Great Britain.
The department is reviewing the range of bus statistics that it produces, with a view to modernising these to ensure that they meet user needs.
As part of this process, the department is proposing to cease the publication of the quarterly bus passenger journey estimates, effective from the Winter 2022 to 2023 quarterly release. These have been largely superseded by the more timely transport use official statistics, which provide frequent updates on bus passenger journey levels in Great Britain. Alongside the more detailed annual bus statistics, we believe that this meets the needs of many of our users.
We intend to continue to publish the quarterly bus fares statistics in the form of a table, and we will no longer publish the current series on quarterly bus passenger numbers. We will also cease the publication of the quarterly bus statistics report (in html format).
We are continuing exploring ways to further develop the transport use statistics to ensure that these timely statistics meet an even wider range of user needs.
We would welcome any feedback from users of the statistics on these proposed changes. Please contact bus statistics with any views.
Statistics on the number of local bus:
- passenger journeys
- fares
in Great Britain.
For the year ending June 2022, the number of local bus passenger journeys in:
- England was 3.09 billion, a 55% increase
- London increased by 51%
- England outside London increased by 59%
Comparing local bus passenger journeys for April to June 2022 to the same period in 2021, we see:
- a 36% increase in England
- London increased by 36%
- England outside London increased by 36%
- Scotland increased by 44%
- Wales increased by 32%
The local bus fares index increased by 4.2% in England between June 2021 and June 2022.
For other areas, the local bus fares index change was:
- 5.9% increase in London
- 1.1% increase in metropolitan areas
- 4.2% increase in non-metropolitan areas
- 1.3% in Scotland
- no change in Wales
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 9.4% over the same 12-month period.
This publication covers April to June 2022, but makes reference to previous quarters during which there were some 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 restrictions were announced. An indication of changes in bus passenger volume during this period can be found in the separate weekly release covering transport use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Updates to this page
Last updated 6 December 2022 + show all updates
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Notes and revisions to the figures of the quarterly bus statistics report for April to June 2022 added.
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First published.