Numbers fell in second English lockdown

摘要

Bus use in England fell sharply during the four-week November lockdown, reversing gains in ridership made over the summer. Department for Transport figures show a fall from 60% of pre-pandemic levels to around 45 to 50%, except at weekends when they dropped to one-third. They were a little higher in London. This is borne out by the Ten Per Cent Club of PLC, municipal and independent operators' managers, whose members experienced a fall in fare-paying passengers on commercial services from 60% in September and October to 51% in November. While fare paying passenger numbers on their tendered services rose from 43% of pre-crisis levels in September to 50% in October, they fell to 44% in November. Concessionary passholders fell from 44% on commercial routes in October to 36% in November, but hold steady at 41% on tendered routes. 'That reflects the valued nature of such routes for the small numbers using them,' it says.