Daily local bus passenger and trip statistics: year end March 2025
Source: gov.uk (2025-06-19)

Local bus passenger and trip statistics in England outside London, year ending March 2025.

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Statistics on local bus passenger and trips in England outside London

This is the first publication of a new data series detailing local authority level changes in bus passenger numbers and trips, aimed at offering more granular coverage than existing outputs.

In the year ending March 2025, local bus passenger journeys in England outside London generally ranged between 90% and 140% of a similar week in the previous year, indicating an increase in local bus usage. In contrast, local bus trips remained relatively stable, typically ranging between 80% and 120% of a similar week in the previous year.

In individual Local Transport Authorities there is greater variability, with local bus passenger journeys generally ranging between 70% and 170% of the previous year, and local bus trips generally ranging between 70% and 140%.

Planned improvements to the data aim to expand coverage and include additional data. As such, all figures should be considered provisional, and future revisions are likely as the data set evolves, and coverage increases. Please see the methodology note (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/developing-faster-indicators-of-transport-activity-information) for more details.

Other more established bus statistics are also available, including daily estimates of passenger volumes (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-use-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic) at Great Britain outside London level.

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