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Public Transport Statistics Bulletin: GB 2006 Edition Supplement

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Public Transport Statistics Bulletin: Great Britain 2006 Edition Supplement - The key points are as follows:

  • GB passenger revenue, including concessionary fare reimbursement to operators, was around 80 pence per passenger boarding in 2005/06 - up 5 per cent in real terms since 2004/05. Passenger revenue per passenger in London was 52 pence.
  • GB local bus operating costs in 2005/06 are estimated to have been £1.29 per vehicle kilometre and 70 pence per passenger boarding. Operating costs were highest per kilometre in London, at £2.38 per kilometre, but lowest per passenger boarding at 61 pence. Frequent services and high bus use in London account for this.
  • Concessionary fare reimbursement to bus operators, based on provisional estimates from local authority returns, is included in the published operator revenue total and rose to £631 million in Great Britain in 2005/06. In England, it was £499 million, up 4 per cent in real terms on 2004/05.
  • 37 per cent of GB local buses at 31 March 2006 were fitted with CCTV cameras. The percentage for London was 89 per cent.
  • The average age of the GB local bus fleet at 31 March 2006 is estimated at 8.4 years. The average for London was 4.8 years.
  • Following the introduction of free concessionary fares for residents in England on 1 April 2006, over half of the Travel Concession Authorities were offering enhancements or alternatives to the standard free bus pass, such as taxi tokens or travel on local light rail systems.

Notes

  1. The publication is a web-only release.
  2. The original publication Public Transport Statistics Bulletin Great Britain: 2006 Edition is available from:

Department for Transport
Statistics Travel Division 3/09
Great Minster House
76 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DR
Tel 020 7944 3076
E-mail: bus.statistics@dft.gov.uk

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Published on 30 November 2006 by Transport Statistics.

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