London Transport Bus Competitive
Tendering Results from 1984/5
Savings at Least 9B Pounds
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Competitive tendering costs per vehicle kilometer down 38 percent from 1984/5, though up from 2000 |
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Service levels up 74 percent from 1985/5 |
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Cost per passenger down 30 percent from1984/5 |
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Competitive tendering savings at least £8.5B from 1984/5 (assumes 1984/5£ rate at 2005£) |
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(Costs had been rising relative to inflation before 1984/5) |
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Year |
Vehicle Kilometers
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Operating Cost
2005$
(Millions) |
Cost per KM |
Change |
Passengers (Millions) |
Cost per Passenger |
Change |
Savings Compared to 1984/5 Unit Costs (Millions) |
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1984/85 |
268 |
£983 |
£3.67 |
0.0% |
1,160 |
£0.85 |
0.0% |
£0 |
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1985/86 |
263 |
£886 |
£3.37 |
-8.1% |
1,152 |
£0.77 |
-9.2% |
£79 |
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1986/87 |
260 |
£824 |
£3.17 |
-13.6% |
1,164 |
£0.71 |
-16.4% |
£129 |
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1987/88 |
263 |
£772 |
£2.94 |
-20.0% |
1,207 |
£0.64 |
-24.5% |
£193 |
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1988/89 |
274 |
£790 |
£2.88 |
-21.5% |
1,211 |
£0.65 |
-23.0% |
£216 |
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1989/90 |
282 |
£761 |
£2.69 |
-26.6% |
1,188 |
£0.64 |
-24.4% |
£275 |
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1990/91 |
300 |
£778 |
£2.59 |
-29.3% |
1,178 |
£0.66 |
-22.0% |
£323 |
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1991/92 |
316 |
£782 |
£2.47 |
-32.6% |
1,149 |
£0.68 |
-19.6% |
£378 |
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1992/93 |
321 |
£766 |
£2.39 |
-35.0% |
1,129 |
£0.68 |
-19.9% |
£412 |
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1993/94 |
326 |
£709 |
£2.18 |
-40.7% |
1,117 |
£0.63 |
-25.0% |
£487 |
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1994/95 |
322 |
£662 |
£2.06 |
-44.0% |
1,167 |
£0.57 |
-33.1% |
£520 |
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1995/96 |
329 |
£631 |
£1.92 |
-47.8% |
1,205 |
£0.52 |
-38.2% |
£577 |
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1996/97 |
332 |
£610 |
£1.84 |
-50.0% |
1,242 |
£0.49 |
-42.1% |
£609 |
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1997/98 |
342 |
£640 |
£1.87 |
-49.1% |
1,277 |
£0.50 |
-40.9% |
£616 |
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1998/99 |
344 |
£624 |
£1.81 |
-50.6% |
1,267 |
£0.49 |
-41.9% |
£639 |
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1999/00 |
354 |
£642 |
£1.81 |
-50.6% |
1,296 |
£0.50 |
-41.5% |
£658 |
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2000/01 |
364 |
£681 |
£1.87 |
-48.9% |
1,363 |
£0.50 |
-41.0% |
£653 |
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2001/02 |
373 |
£733 |
£1.97 |
-46.4% |
1,430 |
£0.51 |
-39.5% |
£636 |
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2002/03 |
406 |
£889 |
£2.19 |
-40.3% |
1,530 |
£0.58 |
-31.4% |
£601 |
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2003/04 |
473 |
£994 |
£2.20 |
-40.1% |
1,692 |
£0.59 |
-30.6% |
£695 |
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2004/05 |
466 |
£1,053 |
£2.26 |
-38.4% |
1,777 |
£0.59 |
-30.0% |
£657 |
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Change |
74.0% |
7.2% |
-38.4% |
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53.2% |
-30.0% |
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Total |
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£9,352 |
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Data from Transport for London (formerly London Transport) and Department for Transport |
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Includes depreciation |
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In 2005£ |
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To facilitate the ideal of government as the servant of the people
by identifying and implementing
strategies to achieve public purposes
at a cost that is no higher than necessary.
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