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Quarterly bus statistics: January to March 2021

Local bus passenger journeys and fares in Great Britain for January to March 2021.

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Department for Transport
Published
16 June 2021

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Statistics on the number of local bus:

  • passenger journeys
  • fares

in Great Britain.

For the year ending March 2021, the number of local bus passenger journeys in:

  • England was 1.55 billion, a 62% decrease
  • London decreased by 60%
  • England outside London decreased by 64%

Comparing local bus passenger journeys for January to March 2021 with January to March 2020, we see:

  • a 57% decrease in England
  • London decreased by 56%
  • England outside London decreased by 59%
  • Scotland decreased by 61%
  • Wales decreased by 68%

The local bus fares index increased by 1.7% in England between March 2020 and March 2021.

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

  • 3.3% increase in London
  • 0.3% increase in metropolitan areas
  • 0.8% increase in non-metropolitan areas
  • 0.3% in Scotland
  • 0.0% in Wales

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) increased by 0.7% over the same 12-month period.

This publication covers January to March 2021, which coincides with the application of movement restrictions due to COVID-19 in Great Britain. The collection of passenger data is not granular enough to distinguish numbers of passenger journeys before and after restrictions were announced. An indication of changes in bus passenger volume during this period can be found in the separate weekly release covering transport use during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Published 16 June 2021

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