Bus Services

(asked on 10th September 2018) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Baroness Sugg Portrait
Baroness Sugg
This question was answered on 17th September 2018

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)

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