Bus punctuality statistics GB: 2007
The bulletin presents the latest statistics on the timeliness of buses in Great Britain. The key points are:
- In May/June 2007, 75 per cent of non-frequent buses in Great Britain outside London departed from bus stops "on time", i.e. within a window of 1 minute early up to 5 minutes late. This was up from the 72 per cent recorded in the 2005 bus punctuality survey.
- Punctuality varied along the length of a route. At the start of the route, 84 per cent of buses departed on time. At major stops along the route (Intermediate Timing Points), only 73 percent of buses were on time.
- It is estimated that 77 per cent of buses in the South of England excluding London were on time. In comparison, only 73 per cent of buses in Scotland were on time. The difference in percentages for these areas in 2005 was more marked: 79 and 66 per cent respectively.
- The survey also showed that users of frequent buses experienced an average Excess Waiting Time (EWT) of 1.29 minutes in May/June 2007. This is an improvement from the average of 1.53 minutes recorded in 2005. EWT is a measure of the extra time waited by passengers over and above that expected by a service where the buses departed exactly on time.
- The percentage of buses that failed to run during the 2007 survey period was 2.4. This was higher than that recorded for the 2005 survey - 1.8 per cent.
- A comparison of the times of departure as recorded by the Bus Compliance Officers and as recorded by GPS/electronic devices on buses showed that in 90 per cent of cases, the times differed by a maximum of 1 minute only.
Publication details
Published on 8 May 2008 by Transport Statistics
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