14,291 Arriva Kent and Surrey bus journeys followed to their destination across 71 days, 15 Aug 2026 to 24 Oct 2026. 72% arrived on time by the GB bus standard, and 22% arrived early.
That is about 201 journeys a day, 0.2% of all the bus journeys we followed on the same dates, run under 2 operating companies (AKSS, AMTM) that share the Arriva Kent and Surrey name.
Its on-time share is within a few points of the 70% for every operator we followed on those dates. It ranks 12 of 71 operators with a page here.
Its buses run early far more often than late, 3.9 early arrivals for every late one, while 6% arrived late. Early running counts against the standard, so on these routes the timetable, more than the traffic, is what holds the on-time figure back.
Averaged across every journey, its buses arrived 0.1 min early, against 0.1 min early for all operators on the same dates.
Its best day was Thursday, 27 August 2026, 84% on time over 211 journeys, and its worst Sunday, 18 October 2026, at 63% over 127.
Arriva Kent and Surrey in numbers
Days covered
71
15 Aug 2026 to 24 Oct 2026
Journeys followed
14,291
0.2% of 8,972,755 on the same dates
…on time
10,353
72.4% · all operators 69.8%
…early
3,136
21.9% · all operators 24.5%
…late
802
5.6% · all operators 5.7%
…of which more than 15 minutes late
206
1.4%
Average arrival
0.1 min early
all operators 0.1 min early
Rank by on-time share
12
of 71 operators with a page
These are the 14,291 Arriva Kent and Surrey journeys we followed to within 250 metres of their last
stop in the urban areas we sample, so they describe its running where we sample rather than on
every route it operates. On time, early and late add up to every journey; "more than 15 minutes
late" is part of late. How bus punctuality is measured and why so many buses arrive early.