FOI request detail

Weekday AM and PM peak: daily passenger numbers

Request ID: FOI-3005-1819
Date published: 06 March 2019

You asked

Could you please provide the available data about of weekday AM and PM peak passenger numbers in the time period of 01/01/2017 – 31/12/2018, divided into days (AM and PM separated), and grouped by bus, tube, overground, DLR numbers. Thanks in advance.

We answered

TfL Ref: 3005-1819

Thank you for your email received by us on 9 February 2019 asking for information about weekday AM and PM peak passenger numbers on London Buses, London Underground, London Overground and Docklands Light Railway (DLR) services from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2018.

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 some of the information you require. You asked for:

weekday AM and PM peak passenger numbers in the time period of 01/01/2017 – 31/12/2018, divided into days (AM and PM separated), and grouped by bus, tube, overground, DLR numbers.

Unfortunately our systems do not record all of the requested data at the specific level of detail you are seeking. However, we publish various passenger usage statistics via the following links to our website:

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/underground-services-performance - London Underground station entry and exit passenger figures

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/buses#on-this-page-1 – London Buses passenger usage data

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/london-overground-performance London Overground passenger data

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/dlr-performance-data - DLR passenger data

We also report upon trends in public transport usage during AM and PM peak periods covering the requested modes in our Travel in London reports in the ‘Trends demands by trends’ section via: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/travel-in-london-reports

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely

Jasmine Howard
FOI Case Officer
Information Governance
Transport For London

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