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Annual bus statistics: year ending March 2025

Annual statistics on local buses in Great Britain for the year ending March 2025.

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Annual bus statistics: year ending March 2025 tables

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Local bus statistics in Great Britain, including passengers, mileage, and vehicle fleet, for the year ending March 2025.

The summary relates only to England to match the coverage of Department for Transport bus policy, but the tables also cover Scotland and Wales.

In the year ending March 2025, the number of bus passenger journeys:

  • increased by 1% in England
  • decreased by 1% in London
  • increased by 4% in England outside of London

In the year ending March 2025, bus service mileage:

  • increased by 2% in England
  • remained broadly stable in London
  • increased by 3% in England outside of London

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Published 26 November 2025

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