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Mrs. Dunwoody
asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will provide a table, giving at constant
| Trends in real bus and rail fares* | ||||||||||
| Great Britain | ||||||||||
| Index 1972 = 100 | ||||||||||
| 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | |
| Rail† | 99 | 113 | 114 | 120 | 117 | 123 | 126 | 133 | 134 | 129 |
| Bus Operators‡ | ||||||||||
| Municipal | 108 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 117 | 123 | 129 | 133 | 136 | 139 |
| PTEs | 97 | 103 | 101 | 107 | 107 | 116 | 112 | 112 | 109 | 103 |
| NBC, SBG and Private║ | 111 | 117 | 116 | 121 | 121 | 126 | 130 | 134 | 137 | 138 |
| All bus operators | 102 | 111 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 123 | 124 | 131 | 130 | 127 |
| Sources: | ||||||||||
| Department of Employment Retail Prices Index. | ||||||||||
| Department of Transport Stage Bus Fares Index. | ||||||||||
| * Fare indices deflated by the all-items retail prices index. | ||||||||||
| † British Rail and London underground. Average fares per passenger-kilometre have moved differently to the fares index because of the greater use made of reduced rate tickets and travelcards. | ||||||||||
| ‡ Stage bus services only. | ||||||||||
| ║ As grouped in "Buses", Cmnd. 9300. | ||||||||||