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AMBERLINE COMMUNITY BUSES · ANNUAL REPORT 2025

Every fare, accounted for.

We run eleven routes across the Amber valley as a not-for-profit. Here is where last year's fares went and who they carried.
1.42m

Journeys in 2025

Up 9% on 2024

£2

Flat fare on every route

Fixed with the council until 2027

96.1%

Buses on time

Within five minutes of the timetable

38

Volunteer drivers

Working alongside 21 paid drivers

EACH £1 OF FARE

Two thirds pays for drivers and fuel

Fares covered 71% of our running costs. The rest came from the county council and our supporters.
  • Drivers' wages52p
  • Fuel and charging17p
  • Vehicle upkeep14p
  • Insurance and licences9p
  • Reserve fund5p
  • Office and bookings3p
Reserve fund is shown as an outline: it is money set aside for the next electric bus, not spent.
WHO RODE WITH US

Nearly half of all journeys were on a bus pass

1.42 million journeys, split by the ticket shown to the driver.
  • Bus pass holders654k46%
  • Adult tickets441k31%
  • Under-19s241k17%
  • Weekly and group tickets84k6%
Bus pass journeys are repaid by the council at a fixed rate per trip.