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Public Transport Volumes

Source: National Transport Authority

Detailed data relating to bus and rail journeys is presented in table 3.1 and figure 3.1. As with figures for traffic volumes, journeys on public transport increased throughout the weeks of January from 2,055,852 to 3,111,354. However, also bus and rail journeys at the end of January are still below pre COVID-19 levels. The total number of rail and bus journeys in the week commencing 23 January was 65.7% of those taken in early March 2020 (pre COVID-19). The corresponding level for bus journeys within Dublin was 67.5% of pre COVID-19 levels. The number of bus journeys outside of Dublin in the same week was 73.1% of pre COVID-19 levels and the number of journeys undertaken by rail was 52.9% of pre COVID-19 levels. Please note that rail data includes passenger journeys on Intercity and DART services.

Data on Luas journeys taken is presented in table 3.2 and illustrated in figure 3.2. As seen with other public transport journeys, Luas journeys increased during January 2022. Data for week 4 show that the journeys taken on LUAS increased by 55.7% compared to week 1 of 2022.

Data for week 4 shows that journeys taken on the red line and green line stayed below pre COVID-19 levels. Luas journeys taken on the red line are 37.5% lower than in week 4 in 2020. For the green line in the same week, data shows that journeys are still 43.4% lower than the same period in 2020. 

X-axis labelDublin Metro BusBus excluding DublinRail
01-Mar 20203118388759099856295
08-Mar2558064608088912353
15-Mar889683202304658934
22-Mar62620114997697413
29-Mar3625518540526427
05-Apr3787059223724019
12-Apr3545528425626808
19-Apr40871510025532728
26-Apr42639510579935270
03-May45154710906637642
10-May49689812204943357
17-May61376414646265923
24-May72808016915895072
31-May726144170657103530
07-Jun861573216191130802
14-Jun1001001248019170729
21-Jun1052931258414200664
28-Jun1191210300688244513
05-Jul1289296336563261970
12-Jul1313755343314275425
19-Jul1345114359881289544
26-Jul1386355367623303230
02-Aug1343514355596322643
09-Aug1411115385771303273
16-Aug1362931353142257459
23-Aug1436786387797279886
30-Aug1580513419330333834
06-Sep1630992428665333173
13-Sep1618446432162345327
20-Sep1502915437676286524
27-Sep1533592442461297248
04-Oct1515680406845267040
11-Oct1537559383168265885
18-Oct1346619330169214392
25-Oct876747206062113250
01-Nov1148715286145184547
08-Nov1171793290186175989
15-Nov1200377300827191122
22-Nov1239144307240198651
29-Nov1531864394576277354
06-Dec1686019438481316210
13-Dec1725502438507330387
20-Dec1145902290209188230
27-Dec740923176527108781
03-Jan 2021748249184722108960
10-Jan73338718343990673
17-Jan73276318426793610
24-Jan74177018980093032
31-Jan788069200704104897
07-Feb77181819814396252
14-Feb834579208286110225
21-Feb879836216657123968
28-Feb946469241147144058
07-Mar958077240176136507
14-Mar951775244207146201
21-Mar1023741263829148522
28-Mar1002717257885172052
04 Apr909983236391142224
11-Mar1173626310562225420
18-Apr1204437320715243777
25-Apr1214598322515237706
02-May1115344292577218273
09-May1334448354165258430
16-May1472199390329281501
23-May1515762407582319966
30-May1561039418925417866
06-Jun1509114408566367119
13-Jun1639265451833393290
20-Jun1597027445458358167
27-Jun1601648452743406633
04-Jul1562262440760369570
11-Jul1597032458391419195
18-Jul1626647467910471616
25-Jul1590107447394395063
01-Aug1516887415176390785
08-Aug1638932456851401060
15-Aug1645965456528399245
22-Aug1768162505439474555
29-Aug1839214508117440813
05-Sep1925192528026457128
12-Sep1982469539648433992
19-Sep2139467584064482351
26-Sep2197132602033513794
03-Oct2239670599004519955
10-Oct2248609613989526755
17-Oct2239438603941484768
24-Oct1852466511861422606
31-Oct2224173584497563545
07-Nov2257316592226569996
14-Nov2213510597519499332
21-Nov2164074575895473111
28-Nov2128364547422465681
05-Dec1904032476860423514
12-Dec2166426580423474108
19-Dec1586173420506326333
26-Dec1074278282313222091
02-Jan 20221399516363116293220
09-Jan1757824468689346283
16-Jan1958570517852398318
23-Jan2103666555065452623
Table 3.1 Passenger journeys by public transport, 01 March 2020 to 29 January 2022

X-axis label201920212022
Week 1549533154882345593
Week 2839022147908433914
Week 3819359150280462831
Week 4860745148633537929
Week 5912795156469
Week 6912612154595
Week 7940476158958
Week 8952291173458
Week 9929391182546
Week 10941919182343
Week 11924998184592
Week 12868205194458
Week 131003871193222
Week 14933575175429
Week 15945662232495
Week 16842186240221
Week 17801296237120
Week 18919255216926
Week 19817933304059
Week 20904983356075
Week 21902415388279
Week 22973025381468
Week 23826269376282
Week 24925516414980
Week 25883208413187
Week 26905636408603
Week 27982288403259
Week 28919158417819
Week 29903958416359
Week 30926491391588
Week 31832452386208
Week 32807393430283
Week 33868677441304
Week 34862939462372
Week 35897355456687
Week 36933362490349
Week 37969818505786
Week 38990123552233
Week 391031937551254
Week 40986159592664
Week 411054749575688
Week 421014017606775
Week 431028522546048
Week 44924586616810
Week 451019705630247
Week 461038825617761
Week 471062275613392
Week 481113668597259
Week 491080791550174
Week 501151098649573
Week 511173473403994
Week 52538511278203
Table 3.2 Passenger journeys by Luas per week, 2019 to 30 January 2022

Bicycle Counter Data

Source: Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council operates cycle counters at five locations across the city to aid traffic planning and gauge demand for cycling. The cycle counter automatically counts cyclists passing in both directions and relays information to Dublin City Council’s traffic control centre. Data from these counters is presented in table 3.3. Please note that data in table 3.3 counts public holidays as off-peak.

The data for peak hours shows a different pattern to that of the off-peak data. The volume of cyclists on weekdays between 7am and 10am and from 4pm to 7pm decreased significantly when restrictions were most stringent last year.

The monthly volume of bicycles during peak hours in January 2022 was 104.2% higher than January 2021 (during level 5 restrictions) but 51.4% lower than January 2020 (pre COVID-19). The monthly volume of bicycles during off-peak hours follow a different trend. Off-peak volumes surpassed pre COVID-19 levels. The monthly volume of bicycles during off-peak hours in January 2022 was 42.3% higher than January 2021 and 3.3% higher than January 2020 (pre COVID-19).

Figure 3.3 Monthly volume of bicycles at selected Dublin sites, 2019 to 2022
Table 3.3 Average monthly volume of bicycles at selected Dublin sites, 2019 to 2022

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