Request ID: FOI-0364-2324 Date published: 31 May 2023
You asked
I would be most grateful if you could please advise me :
Looking at the year since the U10 bus route was reduced in frequency from 1 bus per hour to 1 bus per 90 minutes-
1. Has the total number of passengers carried on this route reduced and by what percentage? Or has passenger numbers carried increased and by what percentage?
2. What is the average number of passengers carried per journey? How does this compare with the previous year.
We answered
TfL Ref: 0364-2324
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 6 May 2023 asking for information about the U10 bus route.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked: Looking at the year since the U10 bus route was reduced in frequency from 1 bus per hour to 1 bus per 90 minutes-
1. Has the total number of passengers carried on this route reduced and by what percentage? Or has passenger numbers carried increased and by what percentage?
2. What is the average number of passengers carried per journey? How does this compare with the previous year.
Please see the two tables on the route U10 below, as requested.
The number of boarders on the U10 on an average weekday and Saturday:
Day type
Average number of boarders on the U10 (2021)
Average number of boarders on the U10 (2022)
% change from 2021
Weekday
318
223
-30%
Saturday
194
176
-9%
The average number of boarders per U10 trip on an average weekday and Saturday:
Day type
Average number of boarders per U10 trip (2021)
Average number of boarders per U10 trip (2022)
% change from 2021
Weekday
10
12
20%
Saturday
6
10
67%
The figures represent an average weekday and Saturday in Autumn 2021 and 2022 (dates with industrial action are excluded from the average). This period is chosen as it is typically the busiest time of the year for bus demand.
Please note that demand in 2021 should not be used as a representative of normal demand on the U10 as this was during the pandemic when overall demand across the bus network was heavily reduced compared to pre-pandemic conditions.
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Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
