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Quarterly bus statistics: July to September 2021

Local bus passenger journeys and fares statistics in Great Britain for July to September 2021.

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Quarterly bus statistics: July to September 2021 tables

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Statistics on the number of local bus:

  • passenger journeys
  • fares

in Great Britain.

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

  • England was 2.21 billion, a 17% decrease
  • London decreased by 14%
  • England outside London decreased by 20%

When comparing local bus passenger journeys for July to September 2021 to July to September 2020, we see:

  • a 47% increase in England
  • London increased by 47%
  • England outside London increased by 47%
  • Scotland increased by 54%
  • Wales increased by 86%

The local bus fares index increased by 0.9% in England between September 2020 and September 2021.

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

  • 3.3% increase in London
  • 1.5% decrease in metropolitan areas
  • 0.1% increase in non-metropolitan areas
  • 0.3% increase in Scotland
  • 0.0% change in Wales

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 3.1% over the same 12-month period.

This publication covers July to September 2021, which coincides with the application of movement restrictions due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic 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 14 December 2021

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