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Quarterly bus statistics: October to December 2019

Quarterly statistics on local bus passenger journeys and fares in Great Britain.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 25 March 2020

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Quarterly bus statistics: October to December 2019 report

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Quarterly bus statistics: October to December 2019 tables

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Details

Statistics on the number of local bus:

• passenger journeys
• fares

in Great Britain.

For the year ending December 2019, the number of local bus passenger journeys in:

• England was 4.27 billion, a 1.0% decrease
• London decreased by 1.4%
• England outside London decreased by 0.6%

Comparing local bus passenger journeys for October to December 2019 to the same period in 2018, we see:

• a 2.7% decrease in England
• London decreased by 3.2%
• England outside London decreased by 2.1%
• Scotland decreased by 2.2%
• Wales decreased by 4.2%

The local bus fares index increased by 3.4% in England between December 2018 and December 2019.

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

• 1.4% increase in London
• 4.3% increase in metropolitan areas
• 4.9% increase in non-metropolitan areas
• 1.7% in Scotland
• 5.0% in Wales

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) increased by 1.3% over the same 12-month period.

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Published 25 March 2020