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A total of 201 million passengers were carried on scheduled bus services, 34.6 million passengers travelled on the Luas and 39.7 million passengers travelled by rail in 2015.

Iarnród Éireann carried 540,000 tonnes of freight in 2015. The principal commodity carried was mineral ores.

The number of journeys by users of the bicycle sharing scheme in Dublin increased to just over 4 million (4,072,878) in 2015, an increase of 35.1% on the 2014 figure.

X-axis label	Number of bus passengers
2008	237.357
2009	212.929
2010	198.564
2011	195.273
2012	192.37
2013	193.105
2014	197.39
2015	200.994

Public transport (bus, Luas, rail)

Table 8.1 Summary of scheduled bus passenger services, 2008 - 2015
							000
Scheduled services	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015

Passengers
Dublin city services	143,483	128,289	118,977	116,958	115,198	114,268	116,262	122,093
Provincial city and town services	21,217	18,323	16,620	16,389	16,728	17,651	18,641	19,352
Other scheduled services	26,948	23,929	20,640	20,112	20,046	18,076	18,547	18,509
School transport scheme	45,709	42,388	42,327	41,814	40,398	41,116	43,940	41,040

Total passengers	237,357	212,929	198,564	195,273	192,370	193,105	197,390	200,994


Vehicle kilometres
Dublin city services	67,592	64,856	61,767	60,086	57,372	50,137	48,714	54,784
Provincial city and town services	8,841	8,784	8,267	8,061	7,805	7,664	7,946	8,360
Other scheduled services	87,007	85,341	82,779	82,409	82,633	71,171	70,804	69,390

Total vehicle kilometres	163,440	158,981	152,813	150,556	147,810	128,972	127,464	132,534


Litres of fuel used
Dublin Bus - diesel	35,314	33,712	31,346	30,060	28,000	27,439	27,115	27,487
Bus Éireann - diesel	30,691	29,694	28,196	28,500	28,700	28,200	28,215	28,183

Total fuel used	66,005	63,406	59,542	58,560	56,700	55,639	55,330	55,670

Source: Bus Éireann – Dublin Bus

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Table 8.2 Average daily flow of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann passengers by city services and time of day, 2015

Hour	% of daily flow
Hour	Cork	Galway	Limerick	Waterford	Dublin

00:00 - 06:59	0.8	0.8	0.1	0.0	2.5
07:00 - 07:59	5.7	4.7	3.7	1.7	7.1
08:00 - 08:59	6.9	7.6	7.6	9.3	8.6
09:00 - 09:59	5.7	5.6	6.6	7.5	5.6
10:00 - 12:59	19.9	20.2	23.4	28.2	16.1
13:00 - 15:59	24.2	24.7	27.8	30.2	20.3
16:00 - 16:59	9.1	9.2	9.4	9.5	8.3
17:00 - 17:59	8.8	8.0	7.8	6.9	9.2
18:00 - 18:59	6.4	6.8	5.5	2.7	7.1
19:00 - 21:59	9.4	9.3	6.4	3.4	11.2
22:00 - 24:00	3.1	3.1	1.7	0.6	3.9

Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus

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Table 8.3 Average weekly flow of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann passengers by city services and day of week, 2015
					Number
Day of week	Cork	Galway	Limerick	Waterford	Dublin

Monday	33,525	11,685	8,203	2,539	355,430
Tuesday	37,347	12,717	9,093	2,750	385,280
Wednesday	38,374	12,937	9,256	2,880	399,113
Thursday	38,817	13,215	9,616	2,998	396,031
Friday	38,013	12,573	9,352	3,033	404,829
Saturday	25,264	8,550	6,308	1,674	253,209
Sunday	13,528	4,464	2,313	2	166,866

Total	224,868	76,141	54,141	15,876	2,360,758

Source: Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus

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Table 8.4 Dublin Bus passenger numbers by month, 2011 - 2015

Month	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015

January	9,338,408	8,813,606	9,242,355	8,991,175	9,577,528
February	9,693,248	9,399,904	9,164,152	9,117,393	9,596,458
March	10,417,913	10,078,356	9,414,331	10,327,497	10,543,380
April	9,901,813	9,233,672	9,691,480	9,648,830	10,041,339
May	9,446,686	9,500,542	9,945,249	9,439,479	9,371,545
June	9,173,632	8,983,213	9,677,183	9,096,253	9,470,674
July	9,435,871	9,282,610	9,491,128	9,250,780	10,317,027
August	9,471,165	9,479,251	8,184,995	9,348,448	9,537,133
September	10,063,087	10,150,742	9,947,848	10,288,409	10,979,884
October	10,637,523	10,522,170	10,806,861	10,746,115	11,432,628
November	10,470,838	10,404,761	10,538,516	10,545,021	11,052,013
December	8,907,706	9,349,844	9,163,955	9,462,591	10,172,946

Total	116,957,890	115,198,671	115,268,053	116,261,991	122,092,555

Source: Dublin Bus

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Table 8.5 Dublin Bus fleet by garage, 2014 - 2015
						Number
Depot	2014			2015
Depot	Low floor buses	Other buses	Total	Low floor buses	Other buses	Total

Donnybrook 1	105	0	105	105	0	105

Donnybrook 2	106	0	106	109	0	109

Ringsend	104	0	104	107	0	107

Conyngham Road	93	0	93	93	0	93

Summerhill	88	0	88	88	0	88

Clontarf	78	0	78	78	0	78

Phibsboro	169	0	169	171	0	171

Harristown	176	0	176	186	0	186

Total	919	0	919	937	0	937

Source: Dublin Bus

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Table 8.6 Bus Éireann passenger numbers, 2011 - 2015
					Million
	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015

City/town services
Cork city	9.3	9.5	10.3	10.9	11.7
Galway city	3.3	3.5	3.8	4.1	4.0
Limerick city	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.9	2.8
Waterford city	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8

Stage carriage/commuter	12.1	11.9	11.0	11.0	10.9

Expressway/eurolines	7	7.4	6.5	6.9	7.0

Schools	41.8	40.4	41.1	43.9	41.0

Other services	1	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.7

Total	78.3	77.2	76.8	81.1	78.9

Source: Bus Éireann

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Table 8.7 Bus Éireann fleet, 2011 - 2015
				Number of buses
	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015

Expressway/eurolines	191	186	181	170	180
Stage carriage/commuter	292	296	297	305	308
City/town services
Cork city	78	82	78	85	88
Limerick city	21	21	21	21	22
Galway city	25	25	25	25	26
Waterford city	11	11	11	11	11
Sligo town	6	6	6	6	6
Navan town	3	3	3	3	3
Athlone town	3	3	3	3	3

Dundalk, Drogheda, Balbriggan	7	7	7	7	7
Other services	20	5	5	10	10
Total	657	645	637	646	664

Source: Bus Éireann

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Table 8.8 Number of licensed bus operators by county, 2011 - 2015
					Number
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015

Carlow	26	25	24	22	21
Cavan	58	56	60	60	59
Clare	71	67	69	67	69
Cork	145	143	141	136	133
Donegal	134	130	129	124	126
Dublin	240	245	240	232	234
Galway	141	135	143	132	128
Kerry	112	105	103	101	104
Kildare	95	90	93	90	89
Kilkenny	36	35	35	32	31
Laois	39	40	43	43	40
Leitrim	24	23	21	22	21
Limerick	71	69	69	71	71
Longford	21	18	21	21	20
Louth	48	46	48	47	51
Mayo	102	98	93	94	93
Meath	96	100	97	101	106
Monaghan	43	44	43	43	42
Offaly	40	36	39	38	36
Roscommon	37	38	36	38	38
Sligo	35	32	33	29	31
Tipperary	80	79	78	78	78
Waterford	35	34	30	29	29
Westmeath	39	36	33	30	31
Wexford	69	64	61	64	65
Wicklow	74	72	73	74	72

Total	1,911	1,860	1,855	1,818	1,818

Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

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Table 8.9 Luas passenger numbers by month and line, 2015
			Number
Month	Red line	Green line	Total

January	1,412,480	1,151,614	2,564,094
February	1,449,886	1,113,642	2,563,528
March	1,659,613	1,246,502	2,906,115
April	1,630,604	1,174,152	2,804,756
May	1,688,191	1,192,063	2,880,254
June	1,625,729	1,150,695	2,776,424
July	1,754,533	1,207,950	2,962,483
August	1,653,620	1,125,197	2,778,817
September	1,668,598	1,282,068	2,950,666
October	1,831,520	1,374,543	3,206,063
November	1,771,117	1,303,332	3,074,449
December	1,737,028	1,392,481	3,129,509

Total	19,882,919	14,714,239	34,597,158

Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

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Table 8.10 Luas infrastructure, 2015

	Red line	Green line

Length of line	20.8km	16.4km
Journey time	51 minutes	40 minutes
Number of trams	40	26
Length of tram	40.8 metres	43.6 metres
Capacity of tram	310	310
Passengers carried	19,882,919	14,714,239
Vehicle kilometres	2,296,874	1,572,920
Passenger kilometres	85,496,552	94,171,130
Average length of journey	4.3 km	6.4 km
Average number of stops per passenger	6	9
Timeliness (% services to timetable)	98.90%	99.47%

Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

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Table 8.11 Average weekly flow of Luas passengers by day of week and line, 2015¹
			Number
Day of week	Average red line	Average green line	Average Total
Monday	54,091	41,697	95,788
Tuesday	58,542	45,711	104,253
Wednesday	60,421	47,753	108,174
Thursday	62,430	49,063	111,493
Friday	67,299	51,526	118,825
Saturday	46,126	28,323	74,449
Sunday	33,549	18,940	52,489

Total	382,458	283,013	665,471

¹ Data based on the period 1/1/2015 to 31/12/2015
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

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Table 8.12 Average daily flow of Luas passengers by time of day and line, 2015
			Rate
Hour	Daily flow green line %	Daily flow red line %	Weighted average %

05:00 - 05:59	0.14	0.38	0.27
06:00 - 06:59	1.37	1.81	1.62
07:00 - 07:59	7.64	6.06	6.76
08:00 - 08:59	16.00	10.18	12.78
09:00 - 09:59	6.19	6.80	6.53

10:00 - 10:59	3.10	5.66	4.52
11:00 - 11:59	2.97	4.37	3.75
12:00 - 12:59	3.46	5.35	4.51
13:00 - 13:59	3.73	6.58	5.31
14:00 - 14:59	3.56	6.12	4.98

15:00 - 15:59	5.13	6.73	6.02
16:00 - 16:59	7.34	8.89	8.20
17:00 - 17:59	12.49	10.23	11.24
18:00 - 18:59	10.25	7.37	8.65
19:00 - 19:59	5.53	4.31	4.85

20:00 - 20:59	3.73	3.35	3.52
21:00 - 21:59	2.83	2.67	2.74
22:00 - 22:59	2.02	1.66	1.82
23:00 - 23:59	1.66	1.06	1.33
00:00 - 00:59	0.85	0.38	0.59

Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

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Table 8.13 Summary of passenger and freight traffic by rail, 2010- 2015
						'000
	2010	2011	2012¹	2013	2014	2015

Passengers
Mainline and other services	9,697	10,656	8,189	8,144	10,230	10,490
Dublin suburban services	10,861	9,911	12,100	11,730	10,584	10,962
DART	16,793	15,924	15,565	15,985	15,949	17,150
International journeys	719	731	886	880	1,041	1,058

Total	38,070	37,222	36,740	36,739	37,804	39,660

Passenger kilometres	1,677,939	1,638,464	1,607,702	1,591,851	1,862,793	1,916,722

Freight traffic tonnes	568	611	567	589	578	540

Freight traffic tonnes kilometres	92,456	105,033	90,839	98,845	99,827	96,406

¹ Revised passenger data
Source: Iarnród Éireann

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Table 8.14 Principal commodities conveyed by rail, 2010 - 2015
				Thousand of tonnes
Commodity	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015

Ale, beer, stout	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beet and beet pulp	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cement	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fertiliser	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mineral ores	376	373	364	364	339	299
Petrol and oil	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wood and cork	55	69	39	49	59	63
General freight	137	169	164	176	180	178

Total	568	611	567	589	578	540

Source : Iarnród Éireann

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Table 8.15 Rail infrastructure, 2010 - 2015

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Length of lines, total [line km]	1,894.0	1,894.0	1,894.0	1,894.0	1,894.0	1,894.0
Length of lines, passenger [line km]	1,679.0	1,679.0	1,679.0	1,679.0	1,679.0	1,679.0
Length of lines in single track [line km]	1,208.5	1,208.0	1,208.0	1,208.0	1,208.0	1,208.0
Length of maintrack [main track km]	2,384.0	2,384.0	2,384.0	2,384.0	2,384.0	2,384.0
Length of electrified maintrack [main track km]	107.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	107.5
Number of passenger stations [passenger stations]	142	142	142	144	144	144

Source: Iarnród Éireann

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Table 8.16 Bicycle sharing scheme data for Dublin, 2014 - 2015
						Number
Month	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015
Month	Long term subscriptions¹		Short term subscriptions		Number of journeys

January	887	1,460	283	653	139,911	276,806
February	885	1,377	341	788	139,136	292,211
March	1,342	1,612	732	1,062	176,677	323,852
April	1,651	1,770	1,144	1,757	197,820	336,403
May	1,825	1,544	1,380	1,796	228,190	331,365
June	2,405	1,827	1,575	2,147	256,096	366,799
July	2,542	1,756	1,795	2,229	303,787	382,512
August	2,300	1,762	1,732	2,770	280,560	354,710
September	3,016	2,082	1,895	1,766	354,372	388,356
October	2,087	1,779	1,760	1,946	355,155	397,012
November	1,517	1,235	990	1,012	317,608	345,249
December	844	664	731	724	265,625	277,603
Total	21,301	18,868	14,358	18,650	3,014,937	4,072,878

¹ Data refers to new memberships each month
Source: JC Decaux for 'Coca-Cola Zero dublinbikes'

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Table 8.17 Bicycle sharing scheme data for Cork, Galway and Limerick, 2015
									Number
	Annual subscriptions¹			Short-term subscriptions²			Number of journeys
	Cork	Galway	Limerick	Cork	Galway	Limerick	Cork	Galway	Limerick

January	2,115	1,667	1,724	0	1	2	4,485	1,570	2459
February	2,622	1,735	1,840	17	0	2	9,067	1,980	2727
March	3,573	1,796	1,975	26	6	3	19,920	1,949	3198
April	4,335	1,881	2,111	70	12	14	25,339	2,113	3621
May	4,858	1,931	2,206	41	27	4	24,902	1,716	3283
June	5,453	2,043	2,283	53	16	6	28,130	1,705	3739
July	5,869	2,099	2,340	45	19	16	28,657	1,807	4152
August	6,289	2,122	2,410	77	33	9	26,243	1,346	3692
September	6,913	2,176	2,477	98	27	16	34,281	1,732	3799
October	7,313	2,126	2,528	112	53	22	37,712	1,950	4181
November	7,485	2,025	2,479	54	11	10	32,160	1,252	2893
December	7,521	1,987	2,455	25	22	4	18,530	814	2374

¹ Figures represent cumulative annual membership numbers at the end of each month.
² Short-term refers to the three day/temporary membership
Note: A user can be a member in more than one city.
Source: National Transport Authority for 'Coca Cola Zero Bikes'