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Bus use picks up further - except in London, latest DfT figures show

Peter Stonham
04 December 2025
 

New local bus statistics for Great Britain, including passengers, mileage, and vehicle fleet, have been released by the DfT for the year ending March 2025. 

The number of bus passenger journeys  increased by 1% in England as a whole to a total of 3,661 million, comprising a growth of4%  outside of London, offset by a decrease of  1% in London.

In metropolitan areas, there were 776 million passenger journeys, a 5% increase compared with the year ending March 2024. In...

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