42,739 Preston Bus bus journeys followed to their destination across 71 days, 15 Aug 2026 to 24 Oct 2026. 63% arrived on time by the GB bus standard, and 30% arrived early.
That is about 602 journeys a day, 0.5% of all the bus journeys we followed on the same dates.
Its on-time share is 7 points below the 70% for every operator we followed on those dates. It ranks 33 of 71 operators with a page here.
Its buses run early far more often than late, 4.2 early arrivals for every late one, while 7% 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 0.3 min late, against 0.1 min early for all operators on the same dates.
Its best day was Sunday, 20 September 2026, 71% on time over 406 journeys, and its worst Wednesday, 19 August 2026, at 54% over 520.
Preston Bus in numbers
Days covered
71
15 Aug 2026 to 24 Oct 2026
Journeys followed
42,739
0.5% of 8,972,755 on the same dates
…on time
26,794
62.7% · all operators 69.8%
…early
12,863
30.1% · all operators 24.5%
…late
3,082
7.2% · all operators 5.7%
…of which more than 15 minutes late
160
0.4%
Average arrival
0.3 min late
all operators 0.1 min early
Rank by on-time share
33
of 71 operators with a page
These are the 42,739 Preston Bus 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.