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Slight growth in bus costs
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2014-12-19T10:00:00.000Z
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The total cost index for buses shows the price development in different cost components.

Cost index for passenger transport by bus, Q3 2014

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Slight growth in bus costs

The total cost index for bus transport for the 3rd quarter of this year increased by 0.5 per cent compared with the previous quarter. From the 3rd quarter of 2013, the total costs increased by 1.4 per cent.

Kost indeks for passenger transport by bus. Q1 2010=100Published 19 December 2014
Index levelPercentage change
3rd quarter 20142nd quarter 2014 - 3rd quarter 20143rd quarter 2013 - 3rd quarter 2014
Cost index for passenger transport by bus. Total index115.20.51.4
Labour costs. Sub index121.21.23.3
Fuel costs. Sub index118.30.9-1.3
Capital costs. Sub index77.5-3.7-13.6
Repair and maintenance costs. Sub index116.60.63.8
Administrative costs. Sub index109.41.22.7

Source: Statistics Norway

Sub-indices for labour and administrative costs increased by 1.2 per cent compared to Q2 2014, while fuel costs increased by 0.9 per cent during the same period. Compared to the 3rd quarter of 2013, the repair and maintenance costs increased by 3.8 per cent, while labour costs increased by 3.3 per cent during the same period. Labour costs are the main component of the overall index and constitute 56 per cent of the total costs.

The sub-indices for capital costs made the largest contribution to the fall in the overall index from the previous quarter. The capital cost index decreased by 3.7 per cent. From Q3 2013 to Q3 2014, capital costs decreased by 13.6 per cent. The change in capital costs is mainly due to changes in interest rates. Interest rates are based on 10-year bonds from the Central Bank, which are adjusted for inflation by CPI-ATE (CPI adjusted for tax changes and excluding energy products).