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Public and Other Transport

Public transport usage continues to surpass pre-pandemic figures

Online ISSN: 2811-6151
CSO statistical release, , 11am

Public Transport Volumes

Source: National Transport Authority

Bus transport volumes continue to exceed pre-COVID-19 volumes in May 2023.

The number of bus journeys in Dublin for week 21, 2023 (the week beginning 22 May 2023) was 8% higher compared with the number of journeys in the same week in 2019.

The number of bus journeys outside of Dublin for week 21 of 2023 exceeded 2019 figures by 24%.

Luas journeys for week 21, 2023 increased by 28% and 4% in comparison to the same week in 2022 and 2019 respectively (See Figure 3.2).

Rail journeys are reported in table THA24 under “Data”. Please note that there are no comparable 2019 data available for rail journeys.

(Data for rail journeys includes passenger journeys on Intercity and DART services.)

Please note that more detailed statistics can be found under “Data”.

Figure 3.1: Number of journeys by Dublin Bus per week, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023
Figure 3.2: Number of journeys by Luas per week, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023

Additional Data

More detailed statistics can be found under “Data”.

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