Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

Table 2.3 Vehicle kilometres by type of service ¹

1. The revisions made by DfT in September 2005 increased the number of passengers for 1999-00 onwards by about 2% in each year.
In September 2006, DfT revised the bus passenger numbers for each year from 1985-86 in order to adjust for the under-recording by some operators of the numbers of passengers not pay cash ( e.g. season tickets, concessionary fare passes, multi-trip tickets etc). These revisions increased the passenger numbers by between 2.4% and 4.4% per year, (as the proportion of cash fares has been declining, the adjustments to the more recent figures tended to be greater).
2. Services run without direct financial support, but which are still eligible for Government subsidy in the form of the Bus Service Operators Grant and concessionary fare reimbursement.
3. Services which are run under contract, with some direct subsidy from the local transport authority, because they are considered socially necessary.
4. Break in the local bus series due to changes in the estimation methodology from 2004/05

Figure 2.3 Passenger receipts at constant 2009-10 prices

£ Million

Note: Local bus service figures prior to 2004/05 are not strictly comparable with previous years due to changes in the method Estimated receipts for non-local services are not available for 2004-05 onwards

Figure 2.4 Local bus fare indices