Monthly totals of TfL's reported journey counts for London's bus and Tube networks. The source files contain daily counts for the two modes; this dataset sums those daily values by calendar month.
Format
A tibble with monthly observations:
- date_month
First day of the calendar month (
Date).- transit_mode
Transit mode:
"bus"or"tube".- journey_monthly
Sum of the reported daily journey counts for the month.
Source
Transport for London (TfL), Network demand data, and the Network Demand Dashboard. The package distributes an aggregated and reshaped version of TfL's daily Journeys files. TfL's Transport Data Service terms require the attribution: Powered by TfL Open Data. This package is not affiliated with or endorsed by TfL.
Details
These are recorded journey counts derived from TfL's ticketing system, not an absolute measure of passenger numbers or journeys made. TfL notes that the figures cover activity recorded through Oyster cards, contactless payment cards, and paper tickets, and do not include passengers who did not tap in or out. The source figures are approximate and rounded to the nearest thousand. This dataset is not the separate station footfall dataset.
TfL publishes separate files for 2019–2022 and a consolidated file for
subsequent observations. The version bundled with trendseries covers
daily source records from 2019-01-01 through 2025-12-27. Because the final
source file ends on 27 December 2025, the December 2025 monthly totals are
partial. TfL may revise historical rows when its source files are refreshed.