Bus and coach transportation numbers UK

The volume of coach and bus passenger transport in the United Kingdom increased by 4.2 billion million passenger-kilometers (+30.68 percent) in 2021. The year therefore marks a significant change in the volume of coach and bus passenger transport compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significant lower volume of coach and bus passenger transport than the preceding years.
Road passenger transport by buses and coaches refers to the movement of people by a motor vehicle designed to seat more than nine persons across a road network. This includes both urban and intercity services.

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Volume of bus and coach passenger transport in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2021 (in million passenger-kilometers)

Characteristic	Transport volume in million passenger-kilometers
2021	17,926
2020b	13,718
2019	32,638.84
2018	35,267.4
2017	37,978.84
2016	34,364.24
2015	39,366.88
2014	39,617.9
2013	40,381.52
2012	42,226.39
2011	42,607.02
2010	44,723.41
2009	44,219.15
2008	43,209.53

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Release date

October 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2008 to 2021

Supplementary notes

b: Break.
To retrieve the data, click on Passenger transport, choose Inland passenger transport and Road passenger transport by buses and coaches.

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