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‘Green shoots of growth’ for post COVID return to public transport says UTG

Peter Stonham
21 March 2025

 

Bus, rail and light rail passenger numbers increased for the third consecutive year in 2023/4 following the Covid-19 pandemic and are now close to having returned to 2019 levels says the Urban Transport Group . Growth in bus patronage has been strong in the city regions, UTG says, with West Midlands, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire above the English average.

UTG describes it as the ‘Green shoots of growth’ in its latest annual transport statistics report Inside track –...

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