Bus Services

(asked on 18th July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cessations of bus services his Department or Traffic Commissioners have been notified of in each of the last five ears, and where in the UK these these been.


Answered by
Nusrat Ghani Portrait
Nusrat Ghani
This question was answered on 23rd July 2018

The table below shows cancelled bus services in Great Britain (outside of London), registered with the traffic commissioners.

Cancelled local bus service registrations by Traffic Area

2016-17

2015-16

2014-15

2013-14

2012-13

Eastern

480

412

525

480

476

North Eastern

639

511

711

639

719

North Western

683

684

644

683

736

South Eastern and Metropolitan

172

127

171

172

223

West Midlands

320

225

316

320

346

Western

395

380

474

395

362

Scotland

466

464

451

466

614

Wales

143

322

193

143

300

Total (excl London and N Ireland)

3,298

3,125

3,485

3,298

3,776

Source: Traffic Commissioner Annual Reports

These figures relate only to the local bus service registered with a traffic commissioner in Great Britain. They do not include those services registered with Transport for London or those in Northern Ireland.

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