📊 Bus use in Dorset excluding Poole & Bournemouth
Passengers made 6.1 million bus journeys in Dorset excluding Poole & Bournemouth in the year to March 2025. That's 45% below the 2011 peak of 11.1m.
Passenger journeys by year (millions)
10.3
10
11.1
11
10.7
12
9.9
13
10.2
14
10.0
15
10.0
16
8.7
17
8.3
18
8.2
19
7.6
20
2.4
21
4.8
22
5.2
23
6.0
24
6.1
25
Service provision (million vehicle miles)
| Year to March | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles operated | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Source: Department for Transport bus statistics, tables BUS01 (journeys) and BUS02 (vehicle miles), Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years ending March. All local authorities →