Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people travelled by bus in (1) 2015, and (2) 2017, in (a) London, (b) the Metropolitan areas, and (3) the shire counties.
The table below shows the number of passenger journeys on local bus services for London, the Metropolitan areas and the shire counties (non-metropolitan areas) from 2014/15 to 2016/17.
Passenger journeys on local bus services by metropolitan area status and country (in millions)
Year | London | English metropolitan areas | English non-metropolitan areas |
2014/15 | 2,364 | 976 | 1,288 |
2015/16 | 2,293 | 949 | 1,266 |
2016/17 | 2,240 | 938 | 1,260 |
Source: DfT Local bus passenger journeys (BUS0103)