The compendium Scottish Transport Statistics publication released today shows that travel across a range of modes has increased over the latest reporting year, but remains below pre-pandemic levels.
The most recent statistics show that there were 334 million bus journeys in 2023/24, an increase of 12% compared to 2022/23 but 7% below the number of journeys in 2019/20.
There were 81.2 million passenger journeys on ScotRail services in 2023/24, an increase of 27% compared with 2022/23, but 16% lower than the 96 million passenger journeys in 2019/20.
Motor traffic also rose in 2023. The distance driven by motor vehicles on Scotland’s roads increased by 2% to 48.0 billion vehicle kilometres in 2023. This is slightly below the 2019 figure of 48.3 billion vehicle kilometres.