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Local bus passenger journeys, England

Accredited official statistics; the latest years provisional

Passenger journeys on local bus services in England each year ending March since 2005, in London and in the rest of England, in millions, from DfT's table BUS01a.

Bus journeys in England

3,672.0 million

2024/25 · 1,821.5 million of them in London; provisional

Verified against source, 7 November 2026, 06:49 UTC
Local bus passenger journeys, England
  • England
  • London
  • England outside London
0m1,000m2,000m3,000m4,000m5,000m2004/052008/092012/132016/172020/212024/25

Source: Department for Transport. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

21 periods, newest first

PeriodEnglandLondonEngland outside London
2024/253,672.0 million (provisional (DfT))1,821.5 million (provisional (DfT))1,850.5 million (provisional (DfT))
2023/243,629.4 million (provisional (DfT))1,848.5 million (provisional (DfT))1,780.9 million (provisional (DfT))
2022/233,389.0 million (provisional (DfT))1,766.1 million (provisional (DfT))1,622.8 million (provisional (DfT))
2021/222,840.0 million (provisional (DfT))1,476.1 million (provisional (DfT))1,363.9 million (provisional (DfT))
2020/211,582.0 million856.2 million725.8 million
2019/204,074.9 million2,090.6 million1,984.3 million
2018/194,311.2 million2,197.8 million2,113.4 million
2017/184,347.9 million2,225.3 million2,122.6 million
2016/174,438.8 million2,240.3 million2,198.5 million
2015/164,510.9 million2,292.6 million2,218.3 million
2014/154,627.1 million2,363.6 million2,263.4 million
2013/144,672.4 million2,384.1 million2,288.4 million
2012/134,570.1 million2,314.6 million2,255.6 million
2011/124,639.5 million2,323.9 million2,315.7 million
2010/114,618.4 million2,269.2 million2,349.2 million
2009/104,613.4 million2,238.2 million2,375.2 million
2008/094,636.5 million2,228.2 million2,408.3 million
2007/084,530.2 million2,160.4 million2,369.9 million
2006/074,298.0 million1,993.5 million2,304.5 million
2005/064,114.0 million1,881.2 million2,232.8 million
2004/054,026.4 million1,802.5 million2,223.9 million

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Source and licence

Publisher
Department for Transport
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https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus-statistics-data-tables
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
7 November 2026, 06:44 UTC
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Verification

Verified against source, 7 November 2026, 06:49 UTC Run at 7 November 2026, 06:49 UTC; 63 of 63 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedDepartment for Transport; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-07T06:44:44Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures63 of 63 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers63 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure63 of 63 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassGOV.UK table is currentlatest period 2024/25 ended 586 days before retrieval (limit 650), from Local bus passenger journeys
Not runSecond official routeno second route is published: DfT gives these figures in this workbook alone; its table by council, BUS01e, gives England's and London's rows from 2010, which the checks compare
PassLondon and the rest of England add up to England21 of 21 cases of the years' journeys in London and in England outside London add up to England's, within a millionth of a million within 1e-06 (21 exactly)
PassBUS01e gives England's and London's journeys32 of 32 cases of BUS01e's figures for England and London equal BUS01a's, within a millionth of a million within 1e-06 (32 exactly)
PassSource page answershttps://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus-statistics-data-tables – HTTP 200

Notes

  • Boardings of local bus services, each boarding counted as a journey, as bus operators return them to DfT, for each year ending in March.
  • DfT marks its latest years provisional on the table's cover.