525 million public transport journeys were made in 2017/18

National statistics released today by Transport Scotland show that of public transport journeys 74 per cent were made by bus; 19 per cent by rail; 5 per cent by air and 2 per cent by ferry.

In addition to public transport journeys the publication also shows that in Scotland there were:

3 million motor vehicles licensed in Scotland by the end of 2017 and 250,000 new vehicle registrations in 2017. 83 per cent of all vehicles licensed were cars
there were 48 billion vehicle kilometres travelled on Scotland’s roads in 2017, a 3 per cent increase on the previous year
car traffic is estimated to have increased by 2 per cent over the year to 36.2 billion vehicle kilometres and pedal cycle traffic is estimated to have increased by 0.7 per cent to 290 million vehicle kilometres in 2017
there were 388 million passenger journeys by bus in 2017, accounting for 74% of all public transport journeys
there were 97.8 million passenger journeys on ScotRail services in 2017/18, an increase of 4 per cent since 2016/17
there were 28.8 million air passengers at Scottish airports in 2017, an increase of 7 per cent in the last year
there were 10.3 million passengers on ferry services; 8.5 million passengers were on ferry routes within Scotland in 2017. Ferry passenger numbers have seen an increase of 2 per cent over the year
over the past five years air, rail and ferry passengers and car traffic have increased but, bus passengers and cycle traffic have seen a decrease.

These figures were published in Scottish Transport Statistics. This compendium publication provides a comprehensive statistical picture of transport activity in Scotland, bringing together a wide range of transport related statistics that have been published throughout the last year by a number of organisations including Transport Scotland and the Department for Transport.

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