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A total of 205.6 million passengers were carried on scheduled bus services, 34.0 million passengers travelled on the Luas and 42.8 million passengers travelled by rail in 2016.

Iarnród Éireann carried 581,000 tonnes of freight in 2016. The principal commodity carried was mineral ores.

The largest number of journeys by users of the bicycle sharing scheme in Dublin was in September when 409,077 journeys were made. For Cork and Galway, the month of October had the most bicycle journeys when 32,652 and 1,425 journeys were made respectively. May was the month when most journeys occured in Limerick (3,387).

X-axis label	Number of bus passengers
2009	212.929
2010	198.564
2011	195.273
2012	192.370
2013	191.111
2014	197.390
2015	200.994
2016	205.571

Public transport (bus, Luas, rail)

Table 8.1 Summary of scheduled bus passenger services, 2009 - 2016
								'000
Scheduled services	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Passengers
Dublin city services	128,289	118,977	116,958	115,198	114,268	116,262	122,093	125,377
Provincial city and town services	18,323	16,620	16,389	16,728	17,651	18,641	19,352	20,578
Other scheduled services	23,929	20,640	20,112	20,046	18,076	18,547	18,509	19,108
School transport scheme	42,388	42,327	41,814	40,398	41,116	43,940	41,040	40,508
Total passengers	212,929	198,564	195,273	192,370	191,111¹	197,390	200,994	205,571

Vehicle kilometres
Dublin city services	64,856	61,767	60,086	57,372	50,137	48,714	54,784	54,568
Provincial city and town services	8,784	8,267	8,061	7,805	7,664	7,946	8,360	8,968
Other scheduled services	85,341	82,779	82,409	82,633	71,171	70,804	69,390	71,400
Total vehicle kilometres	158,981	152,813	150,556	147,810	128,972	127,464	132,534	134,936

Litres of fuel used
Dublin Bus - diesel	33,712	31,346	30,060	28,000	27,439	27,115	27,487	27,416
Bus Éireann - diesel	29,694	28,196	28,500	28,700	28,200	28,215	28,183	28,740
Total fuel used	63,406	59,542	58,560	56,700	55,639	55,330	55,670	56,156
Sources: Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus
¹ Revised

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Table 8.2 Average daily flow of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann passengers by city services and time of day, 2016
Hour	% of daily flow
Hour	Cork	Galway	Limerick	Waterford	Dublin
00:00 - 06:59	1.0	0.9	0.2	0.0	2.7
07:00 - 07:59	5.8	4.8	4.2	2.0	7.3
08:00 - 08:59	7.0	7.2	7.5	9.1	8.5
09:00 - 09:59	5.8	5.5	6.4	7.3	5.5
10:00 - 12:59	19.5	19.9	23.2	28.1	15.8
13:00 - 15:59	23.6	24.6	27.0	30.2	20.0
16:00 - 16:59	9.2	9.0	9.4	9.4	8.3
17:00 - 17:59	8.9	7.9	7.9	6.8	9.3
18:00 - 18:59	6.5	6.8	5.7	2.8	7.3
19:00 - 21:59	9.7	10.0	6.7	3.6	11.5
22:00 - 24:00	3.0	3.4	1.8	0.7	3.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Sources: 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, 2016
					Number
Day of week	Cork	Galway	Limerick	Waterford	Dublin
Monday	35,931	12,406	8,356	2,522	368,471
Tuesday	39,621	13,360	9,220	2,793	399,379
Wednesday	41,111	13,620	9,655	2,833	413,992
Thursday	41,233	13,770	9,688	3,014	415,778
Friday	41,212	13,592	9,910	3,078	408,157
Saturday	27,762	9,607	6,665	1,652	262,982
Sunday	14,602	4,950	2,399	0	177,446
Total	241,472	81,305	55,893	15,892	2,446,205
Sources: Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus

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Table 8.4 Dublin Bus passenger numbers by month, 2012 - 2016
Month	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
January	8,813,606	9,242,355	8,991,175	9,577,528	9,857,291
February	9,399,904	9,164,152	9,117,393	9,596,458	10,700,553
March	10,078,356	9,414,331	10,327,497	10,543,380	10,701,987
April	9,233,672	9,691,480	9,648,830	10,041,339	11,091,977
May	9,500,542	9,945,249	9,439,479	9,371,545	10,825,747
June	8,983,213	9,677,183	9,096,253	9,470,674	9,957,220
July	9,282,610	9,491,128	9,250,780	10,317,027	10,480,109
August	9,479,251	8,184,995	9,348,448	9,537,133	10,243,169
September	10,150,742	9,947,848	10,288,409	10,979,884	8,559,909
October	10,522,170	10,806,861	10,746,115	11,432,628	11,236,567
November	10,404,761	10,538,516	10,545,021	11,052,013	11,318,902
December	9,349,844	9,163,955	9,462,591	10,172,946	10,403,922
Total	115,198,671	115,268,053	116,261,991	122,092,555	125,377,353
Source: Dublin Bus

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Table 8.5 Dublin Bus fleet by garage, 2015 - 2016
Number
Depot	2015			2016
Depot	Low floor buses	Other buses	Total	Low floor buses	Other buses	Total
Donnybrook 1	105	0	105	113	0	113
Donnybrook 2	109	0	109	113	0	113
Ringsend	107	0	107	106	0	106
Conyngham Road	93	0	93	94	0	94
Summerhill	88	0	88	81	0	81
Clontarf	78	0	78	82	0	82
Phibsboro	171	0	171	183	0	183
Harristown	186	0	186	192	0	192
Total	937	0	937	964	0	964
Source: Dublin Bus

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Table 8.6 Bus Éireann passenger numbers, 2012 - 2016
Million
	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
City/town services
Cork city	9.5	10.3	10.9	11.7	12.6
Galway city	3.5	3.8	4.1	4.0	4.3
Limerick city	2.9	2.8	2.9	2.8	2.9
Waterford city	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8

Stage carriage/commuter	11.9	11.0	11.0	10.9	11.5
Expressway/eurolines	7.4	6.5	6.9	7.0	6.9
Schools	40.4	41.1	43.9	41.0	40.5
Other services	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7
Total	77.2	76.8	81.1	78.9	80.2
Source: Bus Éireann

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Table 8.7 Bus Éireann fleet, 2012 - 2016
				Number of buses
	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Expressway/eurolines	186	181	170	180	148
Stage carriage/commuter	296	297	305	308	312
City/town services
Cork city	82	78	85	88	103
Limerick city	21	21	21	22	35
Galway city	25	25	25	26	38
Waterford city	11	11	11	11	12
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	5	5	10	10	10
Total	645	637	646	664	677
Source: Bus Éireann

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Table 8.8 Number of licensed bus operators by county, 2012 - 2016
County	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Carlow	25	24	22	21	20
Cavan	56	60	60	59	56
Clare	67	69	67	69	65
Cork	143	141	136	133	131
Donegal	130	129	124	126	128
Dublin	245	240	232	234	229
Galway	135	143	132	128	129
Kerry	105	103	101	104	105
Kildare	90	93	90	89	80
Kilkenny	35	35	32	31	32
Laois	40	43	43	40	41
Leitrim	23	21	22	21	20
Limerick	69	69	71	71	67
Longford	18	21	21	20	19
Louth	46	48	47	51	49
Mayo	98	93	94	93	90
Meath	100	97	101	106	110
Monaghan	44	43	43	42	41
Offaly	36	39	38	36	38
Roscommon	38	36	38	38	35
Sligo	32	33	29	31	31
Tipperary	79	78	78	78	77
Waterford	34	30	29	29	28
Westmeath	36	33	30	31	34
Wexford	64	61	64	65	67
Wicklow	72	73	74	72	67
Total	1860	1855	1818	1818	1789
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

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Table 8.9 Luas passenger numbers by month and line, 2016
Month	Red line	Green line	Total
January	1,463,803	1,128,590	2,592,393
February	1,342,720	1,017,375	2,360,095
March	1,685,218	1,223,273	2,908,490
April	1,578,448	1,129,101	2,707,549
May	1,301,671	1,099,533	2,401,204
June	1,209,519	1,192,059	2,401,578
July	1,607,588	1,199,268	2,806,856
August	1,688,265	1,200,419	2,888,684
September	1,864,157	1,430,314	3,294,471
October	1,832,166	1,361,346	3,193,512
November	1,864,239	1,402,331	3,266,570
December	1,724,438	1,481,116	3,205,554
Total	19,162,232	14,864,725	34,026,957
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

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Table 8.10 Luas infrastructure, 2016
	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	19,162,233	14,864,725
Vehicle kilometres	2,030,921	1,459,399
Passenger kilometres	109,224,730	74,323,625
Average length of journey	5.7km	5.0km
Average number of stops per passenger	8	7
Timeliness (% services to timetable)	94.59%	95.44%
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

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Table 8.11 Average weekly flow of Luas passengers by day of week and line, 2016¹
			Number
Day of week	Average red line	Average green line	Average Total
Monday	53,225	43,615	96,840
Tuesday	58,604	47,505	106,109
Wednesday	59,238	49,905	109,143
Thursday	63,004	52,034	115,038
Friday	64,630	50,753	115,383
Saturday	45,358	30,848	76,206
Sunday	36,051	20,089	56,140
Total	380,111	294,748	674,858
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland
¹ Data based on the period 1/1/2016 to 31/12/2016

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Table 8.12 Average daily flow of Luas passengers by time of day and line, 2016
			Rate
Hour	Daily flow green line %	Daily flow red line %	Weighted average %
05:00 - 05:59	0.27	0.38	0.34
06:00 - 06:59	1.57	1.95	1.78
07:00 - 07:59	7.68	5.45	6.43
08:00 - 08:59	15.31	9.82	12.24
09:00 - 09:59	6.13	6.22	6.18

10:00 - 10:59	3.27	4.77	4.11
11:00 - 11:59	3.11	4.78	4.05
12:00 - 12:59	3.68	5.52	4.71
13:00 - 13:59	3.70	6.17	5.09
14:00 - 14:59	3.74	5.74	4.86

15:00 - 15:59	5.14	6.33	5.81
16:00 - 16:59	7.57	8.42	8.04
17:00 - 17:59	12.23	10.09	11.03
18:00 - 18:59	9.97	7.90	8.81
19:00 - 19:59	5.48	4.86	5.14

20:00 - 20:59	3.79	3.54	3.65
21:00 - 21:59	3.18	2.59	2.85
22:00 - 22:59	1.71	1.82	1.77
23:00 - 23:59	1.77	3.13	2.53
00:00 - 00:59	0.69	0.50	0.59
00:01 - 02:00	0.00	0.01	0.00
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

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Table 8.13 Summary of passenger and freight traffic by rail, 2011- 2016
						'000
	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Passengers
Mainline and other services	10,656	8,189	8,144	10,230	10,490	10,772
Dublin suburban services	9,911	12,100	11,730	10,584	10,962	11,954
DART	15,924	15,565	15,985	15,949	17,150	18,987
International journeys	731	886	880	1,041	1,058	1,103
Total	37,222	36,740	36,739	37,804	39,660	42,815

Passenger kilometres	1,638,464	1,607,702	1,591,851	1,862,793	1,916,722	1,989,798

Freight traffic tonnes	611	567	589	578	540	581

Freight traffic tonne kilometres	105,033	90,839	98,845	99,827	96,406	101,480
Source: Iarnród Éireann

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Table 8.14 Principal commodities conveyed by rail, 2011 - 2016
Thousand of tonnes
Commodity	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
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	373	364	364	339	299	334
Petrol and oil	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wood and cork	69	39	49	59	63	58
General freight	169	164	176	180	178	189
Total	611	567	589	578	540	581
Source : Iarnród Éireann

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Table 8.15 Rail infrastructure, 2011 - 2016
	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
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	1679.0
Length of lines in single track [line km]	1,208.0	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	144	144	144	144
Source: Iarnród Éireann

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Table 8.16 Bicycle sharing scheme data for Dublin, 2015 - 2016
						Number
Month	2015	2016	2015	2016	2015	2016
Month	Long term subscriptions¹		Short term subscriptions		Number of journeys
January	1,460	1,353	653	707	276,806	297,735
February	1,377	1,200	788	683	292,211	311,615
March	1,612	1,363	1,062	1,318	323,852	334,423
April	1,770	1,558	1,757	1,295	336,403	350,128
May	1,544	1,918	1,796	2,242	331,365	399,488
June	1,827	1,771	2,147	1,920	366,799	390,123
July	1,756	1,820	2,229	2,141	382,512	405,016
August	1,762	1,878	2,770	2,116	354,710	393,276
September	2,082	2,622	1,766	1,665	388,356	409,077
October	1,779	1,797	1,946	1,934	397,012	403,070
November	1,235	1,323	1,012	767	345,249	365,182
December	664	849	724	1,010	277,603	296,304
Total	18,868	19,452	18,650	17,798	4,072,878	4,355,437
Source: JCDecaux
¹ Data refers to new memberships each month

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Table 8.17 Bicycle sharing scheme data for Cork, Galway and Limerick, 2016
									Number
	Annual subscriptions¹			Short-term subscriptions²			Number of journeys
	Cork	Galway	Limerick	Cork	Galway	Limerick	Cork	Galway	Limerick
January	7,655	1,987	2,466	33	10	3	18,494	898	2142
February	7,759	1,991	2,478	43	31	4	23,278	1,035	2096
March	7,847	2,008	2,490	83	37	13	23,764	1,042	2613
April	7,955	2,032	2,511	97	77	10	26,318	1,217	3101
May	8,108	2,034	2,542	123	120	36	25,748	1,321	3387
June	8,270	2,036	2,584	169	137	43	23,058	1,363	3139
July	8,411	2,059	2,616	159	155	20	22,334	1,236	2691
August	8,539	2,071	2,649	164	117	23	21,924	1,074	2821
September	9,151	2,163	2,802	114	79	21	26,594	1,181	2749
October	9,434	2,149	2,837	88	79	33	32,652	1,425	3290
November	9,523	2,140	2,836	48	31	24	28,045	1,075	2739
December	9,549	2,143	2,840	37	16	19	18,381	707	2124
Source: National Transport Authority for 'Coca Cola Zero Bikes'
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.

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