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Quarterly bus statistics: October to December 2018

Statistics on local bus passenger journeys and fares in Great Britain for October to December 2018.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
13 March 2019

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Statistics on the number of local bus:

  • passenger journeys
  • fares

in Great Britain.

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

  • England was 4.32 billion, a 1.6% decrease
  • London decreased by 1.4%
  • England outside London decreased by 1.9%

When comparing local bus passenger journeys for October to December 2018 with October to December 2017, we see:

  • a 0.6% decrease in England
  • bus use in London decreased by 0.9%

In the same period for bus use, we see:

  • England outside London decreased by 0.3%.
  • Scotland decreased by 5.1%
  • Wales increased by 2.8%

The local bus fares index increased by 4.6% in England between December 2017 and December 2018.

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

  • 0.4% increase in London
  • 3.3% increase in metropolitan areas
  • 9.7% increase in non-metropolitan areas

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) increased by 2.1% over the same 12-month period.

Local bus fares increased by:

  • 5.3% in Scotland
  • 2.5% in Wales

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