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Fare cap rise blamed for bus journeys drop
Birmingham Mail
|January 16, 2026
TRANSPORT CHIEF ALSO POINTED FINGER AT CONGESTION FOR FALL
Bus 'boardings' in the region dropped by over 2% in the third quarter of last year
THE number of people using buses across the West Midlands has fallen, with bosses blaming the hike in the national fare cap.
Figures presented to the West Midlands Combined Authority's Transport Overview and Scrutiny Committee showed the number of bus boardings in July to September 2025 was 57,768,872.
This represents a 2.21 per cent drop from the same period in 2024 where 59,071,487 passengers used buses in the region.
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