Official Statistics

Concessionary travel statistics: year ending, March 2017

Statistics on concessionary bus travel statistics in England on the number of passes, bus journeys, reimbursement and expenditure.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
14 December 2017

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Concessionary travel statistics: year ending, March 2017 report

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Details

Concessionary bus travel statistics in England on the:

  • number of concessionary passholders
  • number of concessionary bus journeys
  • net expenditure on concessionary bus schemes
  • reimbursement to bus operators for concessionary schemes

For the financial year ending 2017, the number of concessionary passholders was:

  • 9.8 million, a 1.1% decrease

The number of older passholders was:

  • 8.9 million, a 1.4% decrease

The number of disabled passholders was:

  • 0.9 million, a 2.3% increase

When comparing concessionary bus passenger journeys to the previous financial year, there were:

  • 0.93 billion passenger journeys, a 3.1% decrease

Travel Concession Authorities (TCAs) spent an estimated £1.13 billion on providing statutory and discretionary concessions.

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Published 14 December 2017

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