National statistics

Quarterly bus statistics: January to March 2017

Local bus passenger journeys and fares statistics in Great Britain during January to March 2017.

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Quarterly bus statistics: January to March 2017 tables

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Statistics on local bus passenger journeys and fares in Great Britain for January to March 2017.

For the year ending March 2017, the number of local bus passenger journeys in:

  • England was 4.45 billion, a 1.7% decrease
  • London was 2.24 billion, a 2.3% decrease

Bus use in England outside London decreased by 1.1% when compared with a year earlier.

The local bus fares index for England increased by 1.6% between March 2016 and March 2017.

The retail prices index increased by 3.1% over the same 12-month period.

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Published 13 June 2017