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Quarterly bus statistics: January to March 2018

Local bus passenger journeys and fares in Great Britain during January to March 2018.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 12 June 2018

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Quarterly bus statistics: January to March 2018 report

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Details

Statistics on the number of local bus:

• passenger journeys
• fares

in Great Britain.

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

• England was 4.38 billion, a 1.4% decrease
• London decreased by 0.6%
• England outside London decreased by 2.2%

Comparing local bus passenger journeys for January to March 2018 to the same period in 2017, we see:

• a 1.5% decrease in England
• bus use in London decreased by 1.2%

In the same period for bus use, we see:

• England outside London decreased by 1.7%.
• Scotland decreased by 5.8%
• Wales decreased by 3.7%

The local bus fares index increased by 2.8% in England between March 2017 and March 2018.

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

• 0.4% increase in London
• 3.1% increase in metropolitan areas
• 5.2% increase in non-metropolitan areas

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) increased by 2.5% over the same 12-month period.

Local bus fares increased by:

• 5.1% in Scotland
• 3.6% in Wales

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Published 12 June 2018