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Transport Bulletin November 2021

Public and Other Transport

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Public Transport Volumes

Detailed data relating to bus and rail journeys is presented in table 3.1 and figure 3.1. The number of passenger journeys on public transport has dropped dramatically since the start of the COVID-19 crisis. Since the start of this year public transport journeys have been increasing. Public transport services returned to full capacity from the beginning of September.

The total number of rail and bus journeys is now 58.9% of those taken in early March 2020 (pre COVID-19). The number of bus journeys outside of Dublin in the same week is 67.4% of pre COVID-19 levels. The corresponding level for bus journeys within Dublin is 59.4% of pre-COVID levels. Week commencing 24 October was mid-term break and if we look at results from previous week commencing 17 October, we see that the total number of rail and bus journeys was 70.3% of those taken pre COVID-19.

The data indicates that rail was the mode of transport that was most severely hit since the onset of the crisis. In the week commencing 05 April 2020 the number of journeys undertaken by rail was 97.2% lower than it was in the first week of March of 2020. For the latest week under consideration (week commencing 24 October) the number of journeys by rail was half of those taken 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. Latest data for week 43 shows that journeys taken on the red line increased by 92.1% on the red line when compared with week 43 in 2020 but are still 44.5% lower than the same week in 2019.

For the green line in the same week, data shows that journeys have increased by 128,531 journeys compared with the corresponding period in 2020 but are still 49.1% lower than the same period in 2019.

X-axis label	Dublin Metro Bus	Bus excluding Dublin	Rail
01-Mar 2020	3118388	759099	856295
08-Mar	2558064	608088	912353
15-Mar	889683	202304	658934
22-Mar	626201	149976	97413
29-Mar	362551	85405	26427
05-Apr	378705	92237	24019
12-Apr	354552	84256	26808
19-Apr	408715	100255	32728
26-Apr	426395	105799	35270
03-May	451547	109066	37642
10-May	496898	122049	43357
17-May	613764	146462	65923
24-May	728080	169158	95072
31-May	726144	170657	103530
07-Jun	861573	216191	130802
14-Jun	1001001	248019	170729
21-Jun	1052931	258414	200664
28-Jun	1191210	300688	244513
05-Jul	1289296	336563	261970
12-Jul	1313755	343314	275425
19-Jul	1345114	359881	289544
26-Jul	1386355	367623	303230
02-Aug	1343514	355596	322643
09-Aug	1411115	385771	303273
16-Aug	1362931	353142	257459
23-Aug	1436786	387797	279886
30-Aug	1580513	419330	333834
06-Sep	1630992	428665	333173
13-Sep	1618446	432162	345327
20-Sep	1502915	437676	286524
27-Sep	1533592	442461	297248
04-Oct	1515680	406845	267040
11-Oct	1537559	383168	265885
18-Oct	1346619	330169	214392
25-Oct	876747	206062	113250
01-Nov	1148715	286145	184547
08-Nov	1171793	290186	175989
15-Nov	1200377	300827	191122
22-Nov	1239144	307240	198651
29-Nov	1531864	394576	277354
06-Dec	1686019	438481	316210
13-Dec	1725502	438507	330387
20-Dec	1145902	290209	188230
27-Dec	740923	176527	108781
03-Jan 2021	748249	184722	108960
10-Jan	733387	183439	90673
17-Jan	732763	184267	93610
24-Jan	741770	189800	93032
31-Jan	788069	200704	104897
07-Feb	771818	198143	96252
14-Feb	834579	208286	110225
21-Feb	879836	216657	123968
28-Feb	946469	241147	144058
07-Mar	958077	240176	136507
14-Mar	951775	244207	146201
21-Mar	1023741	263829	148522
28-Mar	1002717	257885	172052
04 Apr	909983	236391	142224
11-Mar	1173626	310562	225420
18-Apr	1204437	320715	243777
25-Apr	1214598	322515	237706
02-May	1115344	292577	218273
09-May	1334448	354165	258430
16-May	1472199	390329	281501
23-May	1515762	407582	319966
30-May	1561039	418925	417866
06-Jun	1509114	408566	367119
13-Jun	1639265	451833	393290
20-Jun	1597027	445458	358167
27-Jun	1601648	452743	406633
04-Jul	1562262	440760	369570
11-Jul	1597032	458391	419195
18-Jul	1626647	467910	471616
25-Jul	1590107	447394	395063
01-Aug	1516887	415176	390785
08-Aug	1638932	456851	401060
15-Aug	1645965	456528	399245
22-Aug	1768162	505439	474555
29-Aug	1839214	508117	440813
05-Sep	1925192	528026	457128
12-Sep	1982469	539648	433992
19-Sep	2139467	584064	482351
26-Sep	2197132	602033	513794
03-Oct	2239670	599004	519955
10-Oct	2248609	613989	526755
17-Oct	2239438	603941	484768
24-Oct	1852466	511861	422606

Table 3.1 Passenger journeys by public transport, 01 March 2020 to 30 October 2021

Table 3.1 Passenger journeys by public transport¹, 01 March 2020 to 30 October 2021
				Number
Week commencing	Dublin Metro Bus	Bus excluding Dublin	Rail	Total
01-Mar	3,118,388	759,099	856,295	4,733,782
08-Mar	2,558,064	608,088	912,353	4,078,505
15-Mar	889,683	202,304	658,934	1,750,921
22-Mar	626,201	149,976	97,413	873,590
29-Mar	362,551	85,405	26,427	474,383
05-Apr	378,705	92,237	24,019	494,961
12-Apr	354,552	84,256	26,808	465,616
19-Apr	408,715	100,255	32,728	541,698
26-Apr	426,395	105,799	35,270	567,464
03-May	451,547	109,066	37,642	598,255
10-May	496,898	122,049	43,357	662,304
17-May	613,764	146,462	65,923	826,149
24-May	728,080	169,158	95,072	992,310
31-May	726,144	170,657	103,530	1,000,331
07-Jun	861,573	216,191	130,802	1,208,566
14-Jun	1,001,001	248,019	170,729	1,419,749
21-Jun	1,052,931	258,414	200,664	1,512,009
28-Jun	1,191,210	300,688	244,513	1,736,411
5-Jul	1,289,296	336,563	261,970	1,887,829
12-Jul	1,313,755	343,314	275,425	1,932,494
19-Jul	1,345,114	359,881	289,544	1,994,539
26-Jul	1,386,355	367,623	303,230	2,057,208
2-Aug	1,343,514	355,596	322,643	2,021,753
9-Aug	1,411,115	385,771	303,273	2,100,159
16-Aug	1,362,931	353,142	257,459	1,973,532
23-Aug	1,436,786	387,797	279,886	2,104,469
30-Aug	1,580,513	419,330	333,834	2,333,677
6-Sep	1,630,992	428,665	333,173	2,392,830
13-Sep	1,618,446	432,162	345,327	2,395,935
20-Sep	1,502,915	437,676	286,524	2,227,115
27-Sep	1,533,592	442,461	297,248	2,273,301
4-Oct	1,515,680	406,845	267,040	2,189,565
11-Oct	1,537,559	383,168	265,885	2,186,612
18-Oct	1,346,619	330,169	214,392	1,891,180
25-Oct	876,747	206,062	113,250	1,196,059
1-Nov	1,148,715	286,145	184,547	1,619,407
8-Nov	1,171,793	290,186	175,989	1,637,968
15-Nov	1,200,377	300,827	191,122	1,692,326
22-Nov	1,239,144	307,240	198,651	1,745,035
29-Nov	1,531,864	394,576	277,354	2,203,794
6-Dec	1,686,019	438,481	316,210	2,440,710
13-Dec	1,725,502	438,507	330,387	2,494,396
20-Dec	1,145,902	290,209	188,230	1,624,341
27-Dec	740,923	176,527	108,781	1,026,231
03-Jan 2021	748,249	184,722	108,960	1,041,931
10-Jan	733,387	183,439	90,673	1,007,499
17-Jan	732,763	184,267	93,610	1,010,640
24-Jan	741,770	189,800	93,032	1,024,602
31-Jan	788,069	200,704	104,897	1,093,670
7-Feb	771,818	198,143	96,252	1,066,213
14-Feb	834,579	208,286	110,225	1,153,090
21-Feb	879,836	216,657	123,968	1,220,461
28-Feb	946,469	241,147	144,058	1,331,674
7-Mar	958,077	240,176	136,507	1,334,760
14-Mar	951,775	244,207	146,201	1,342,183
21-Mar	1,023,741	263,829	148,522	1,436,092
28-Mar	1,002,717	257,885	172,052	1,432,654
4-Apr	909,983	236,391	142,224	1,288,598
11-Apr	1,173,626	310,562	225,420	1,709,608
18-Apr	1,204,437	320,715	243,777	1,768,929
25-Apr	1,214,598	322,515	237,706	1,774,819
2-May	1,115,344	292,577	218,273	1,626,194
9-May	1,334,448	354,165	258,430	1,947,043
16-May	1,472,199	390,329	281,501	2,144,029
23-May	1,515,762	407,582	319,966	2,243,310
30-May	1,561,039	418,925	417,866	2,397,830
6-Jun	1,509,114	408,566	367,119	2,284,799
13-Jun	1,639,265	451,833	393,290	2,484,388
20-Jun	1,597,027	445,458	358,167	2,400,652
27-Jun	1,601,648	452,743	406,633	2,461,024
4-Jul	1,562,262	440,760	369,570	2,372,592
11-Jul	1,597,032	458,391	419,195	2,474,618
18-Jul	1,626,647	467,910	471,616	2,566,173
25-Jul	1,590,107	447,394	395,063	2,432,564
1-Aug	1,516,887	415,176	390,785	2,322,848
8-Aug	1,638,932	456,851	401,060	2,496,843
15-Aug	1,645,965	456,528	399,245	2,501,738
22-Aug	1,768,162	505,439	474,555	2,748,156
29-Aug	1,839,214	508,117	440,813	2,788,144
5-Sep	1,925,192	528,026	457,128	2,910,346
12-Sep	1,982,469	539,648	433,992	2,956,109
19-Sep	2,139,467	584,064	482,351	3,205,882
26-Sep	2,197,132	602,033	513,794	3,312,959
3-Oct	2,239,670	599,004	519,955	3,358,629
10-Oct	2,248,609	613,989	526,755	3,389,353
17-Oct	2,239,438	603,941	484,768	3,328,147
24-Oct	1,852,466	511,861	422,606	2,786,933
Source: National Transport Authority
¹ Onboard capacity is operating at 100% since 1 September up from 75% on 19 July

Open in Excel: Transport Bulletin 2021 Series 19 Table 3.1 (XLS 14KB)

X-axis label	2019	2020	2021
Week 1	549533	602998	154882
Week 2	839022	828455	147908
Week 3	819359	889804	150280
Week 4	860745	904841	148633
Week 5	912795	942828	156469
Week 6	912612	920121	154595
Week 7	940476	911461	158958
Week 8	952291	923869	173458
Week 9	929391	898856	182546
Week 10	941919	914613	182343
Week 11	924998	684508	184592
Week 12	868205	172062	194458
Week 13	1003871	109378	193222
Week 14	933575	51655	175429
Week 15	945662	51695	232495
Week 16	842186	49393	240221
Week 17	801296	55246	237120
Week 18	919255	53321	216926
Week 19	817933	62327	304059
Week 20	904983	70288	356075
Week 21	902415	97318	388279
Week 22	973025	121645	381468
Week 23	826269	116454	376282
Week 24	925516	162187	414980
Week 25	883208	198036	413187
Week 26	905636	212109	408603
Week 27	982288	260302	403259
Week 28	919158	272181	417819
Week 29	903958	281255	416359
Week 30	926491	299837	391588
Week 31	832452	329979	386208
Week 32	807393	324687	430283
Week 33	868677	327981	441304
Week 34	862939	332762	462372
Week 35	897355	352046	456687
Week 36	933362	364177	490348
Week 37	969818	385884	505786
Week 38	990123	359756	552233
Week 39	1031937	322384	551254
Week 40	986159	334649	592664
Week 41	1054749	350028	575688
Week 42	1014017	338183	606775
Week 43	1028522	283638	546048
Week 44	924586	186287
Week 45	1019705	227605
Week 46	1038825	237979
Week 47	1062275	244276
Week 48	1113668	259772
Week 49	1080791	394613
Week 50	1151098	443719
Week 51	1173473	460029
Week 52	538511	276844
Week 53	-	141651

Table 3.2 Passenger journeys by Luas per week

Table 3.2 Passenger journeys by Luas per week
Week number	Reference month	Red Line				Green Line				Total
Week number	Reference month	2019	2020	2021	Change	2019	2020	2021	Change	2019	2020	2021	Change
1	Dec/Jan	274,139	304,607	86,518	-218,089	275,394	298,391	68,364	-230,027	549,533	602,998	154,882	-448,116
2	January	408,199	401,704	83,202	-318,502	430,823	426,751	64,705	-362,046	839,022	828,455	147,908	-680,547
3	January	376,785	436,427	84,576	-351,851	442,574	453,378	65,704	-387,674	819,359	889,804	150,280	-739,524
4	January	405,224	438,798	84,355	-354,443	455,521	466,044	64,278	-401,766	860,745	904,841	148,633	-756,208
5	January	441,197	460,495	87,285	-373,210	471,598	482,333	69,184	-413,149	912,795	942,828	156,469	-786,359
6	February	449,398	460,914	86,266	-374,648	463,215	459,207	68,329	-390,878	912,612	920,121	154,595	-765,526
7	February	466,795	448,811	85,601	-363,210	473,682	462,651	73,357	-389,294	940,476	911,461	158,958	-752,503
8	February	480,974	461,085	95,896	-365,189	471,317	462,784	77,563	-385,221	952,291	923,869	173,458	-750,411
9	February	468,299	437,082	99,907	-337,175	461,093	461,774	82,639	-379,135	929,391	898,856	182,546	-716,310
10	March	475,467	472,655	100,098	-372,557	466,451	441,958	82,245	-359,713	941,919	914,613	182,343	-732,270
11	March	442,796	347,419	97,816	-249,603	482,201	337,090	86,775	-250,315	924,998	684,508	184,592	-499,916
12	March	440,137	94,591	103,504	8,913	428,068	77,471	90,954	13,483	868,205	172,062	194,458	22,396
13	March	516,298	64,188	104,351	40,163	487,573	45,190	88,872	43,682	1,003,871	109,378	193,222	83,844
14	Mar/Apr	457,616	30,357	94,942	64,585	475,959	21,298	80,488	59,190	933,575	51,655	175,429	123,774
15	April	469,346	31,902	118,595	86,693	476,316	19,793	113,900	94,107	945,662	51,695	232,495	180,800
16	April	426,377	29,666	126,802	97,136	415,809	19,727	113,419	93,692	842,186	49,393	240,221	190,828
17	April	408,238	33,589	125,669	92,080	393,058	21,657	111,451	89,794	801,296	55,246	237,120	181,874
18	April	453,764	30,363	112,233	81,870	465,491	22,958	104,694	81,736	919,255	53,321	216,926	163,605
19	May	411,312	37,373	157,788	120,415	406,621	24,953	146,271	121,318	817,933	62,327	304,059	241,732
20	May	446,595	42,233	181,324	139,091	458,388	28,056	174,751	146,695	904,983	70,288	356,075	285,787
21	May	455,929	57,828	202,202	144,374	446,486	39,490	186,077	146,587	902,415	97,318	388,279	290,961
22	May	502,622	70,711	210,560	139,849	470,403	50,934	170,908	119,974	973,025	121,645	381,468	259,823
23	June	422,419	66,098	196,288	130,190	403,850	50,356	179,995	129,639	826,269	116,454	376,282	259,828
24	June	471,816	91,498	219,396	127,898	453,700	70,689	195,584	124,895	925,516	162,187	414,980	252,793
25	June	444,675	104,738	218,088	113,350	438,533	93,298	195,099	101,801	883,208	198,036	413,187	215,151
26	June	457,342	111,503	218,863	107,360	448,295	100,606	189,741	89,135	905,636	212,109	408,603	196,494
27	Jun/Jul	498,818	132,545	216,285	83,740	483,470	127,756	186,974	59,218	982,288	260,302	403,259	142,957
28	July	478,360	144,676	225,848	81,172	440,798	127,505	191,971	64,466	919,158	272,181	417,819	145,638
29	July	452,205	147,109	228,641	81,532	451,753	134,146	187,718	53,572	903,958	281,255	416,359	135,104
30	July	469,191	153,043	201,734	48,691	457,300	146,794	189,854	43,060	926,491	299,837	391,588	91,751
31	Jul/Aug	422,939	175,329	203,388	28,059	409,513	154,650	182,820	28,170	832,452	329,979	386,208	56,229
32	August	423,004	173,546	231,872	58,326	384,389	151,141	198,411	47,270	807,393	324,687	430,283	105,596
33	August	445,915	166,560	235,705	69,145	422,762	161,421	205,599	44,178	868,677	327,981	441,304	113,323
34	August	448,568	176,256	239,564	63,308	414,371	156,507	222,808	66,301	862,939	332,762	462,372	129,610
35	Aug/Sept	442,634	183,972	230,456	46,484	454,721	168,074	226,231	58,157	897,355	352,046	456,687	104,641
36	September	454,849	181,996	245,380	63,384	478,513	182,181	244,968	62,787	933,362	364,177	490,349	126,172
37	September	469,489	196,461	249,168	52,707	500,329	189,424	256,618	67,194	969,818	385,884	505,786	119,902
38	September	484,461	183,897	268,040	84,143	505,662	175,859	284,193	108,334	990,123	359,756	552,233	192,477
39	Sept/Oct	515,967	158,777	270,932	112,155	515,970	163,607	280,322	116,715	1,031,937	322,384	551,254	228,870
40	October	484,015	167,616	290,380	122,764	502,144	167,033	302,283	135,250	986,159	334,649	592,664	258,015
41	October	534,986	174,748	262,502	87,754	519,763	175,280	313,186	137,906	1,054,749	350,028	575,688	225,660
42	October	499,959	164,088	301,424	137,336	514,057	174,095	305,350	131,255	1,014,017	338,183	606,775	268,592
43	October	502,241	145,295	279,174	133,879	526,281	138,343	266,874	128,531	1,028,522	283,638	546,048	262,410
44	November	471,553	102,521		-369,032	453,032	83,766		-369,266	924,586	186,287		-738,299
45	November	497,796	118,170		-379,626	521,908	109,435		-412,473	1,019,705	227,605		-792,100
46	November	514,523	124,527		-389,996	524,302	113,452		-410,850	1,038,825	237,979		-800,846
47	November	530,882	129,443		-401,439	531,392	114,833		-416,559	1,062,275	244,276		-817,999
48	Nov/Dec	544,022	133,829		-410,193	569,646	125,944		-443,702	1,113,668	259,772		-853,896
49	December	519,257	195,204		-324,053	561,534	199,409		-362,125	1,080,791	394,613		-686,178
50	December	556,229	214,437		-341,792	594,869	229,282		-365,587	1,151,098	443,719		-707,379
51	December	550,775	223,291		-327,484	622,699	236,739		-385,960	1,173,473	460,029		-713,444
52	December	259,211	135,020		-124,191	279,301	141,825		-137,476	538,511	276,844		-261,667
53	Dec/Jan		71,440				70,211				141,651
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Note: Onboard capacity is operating at 100% since 1 September up from 75% on 19 July

Open in Excel: Transport Bulletin 2021 Series 19 Table 3.2 (XLS 17KB)

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 October 2021 was 26.3% higher than October 2020 but still 42.5% lower than October 2019. The monthly volume of bicycles during off-peak hours in October 2021 was 4.3% higher than October 2020 and 5.4% higher than October 2019.

	2019 Peak	2020 Peak	2021 Peak	2019 Off peak	2020 Off peak	2021 Off peak
January	120861	127097	30241	82059	86118	62520
February	115392	110037	33931	82802	76481	67019
March	114304	76635	53046	90355	70315	99032
April	118120	28396	59939	91287	54611	115262
May	137132	43260	61134	105374	111189	113488
June	112541	55009	77311	99378	110170	128018
July	146190	64701	74258	113917	109296	127191
August	129797	58210	68178	108179	119001	108353
September	140262	78388	90551	108352	115860	115264
October	140226	63867	80643	103886	104946	109450
November	121607	57702	0	91845	93118
December	84178	46652	0	77375	79108

Table 3.3 Monthly volume of bicycles at selected Dublin sites

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Table 3.3 Monthly volume of bicycles at selected Dublin sites
	Peak¹				Off-Peak¹				Total
	2019	2020	2021	Change	2019	2020	2021	Change	2019	2020	2021	Change
January	120,861	127,097	30,241	-96,856	82,059	86,118	62,520	-23,598	202,920	213,215	92,761	-120,454
February	115,392	110,037	33,931	-76,106	82,802	76,481	67,019	-9,462	198,194	186,518	100,950	-85,568
March	114,304	76,635	53,046	-23,589	90,355	70,315	99,032	28,717	204,659	146,950	152,078	5,128
April	118,120	28,396	59,939	31,543	91,287	54,611	115,262	60,651	209,407	83,007	175,201	92,194
May	137,132	43,260	61,134	17,874	105,374	111,189	113,488	2,299	242,506	154,449	174,622	20,173
June	112,541	55,009	77,311	22,302	99,378	110,170	128,018	17,848	211,919	165,179	205,329	40,150
July	146,190	64,701	74,258	9,557	113,917	109,296	127,191	17,895	260,107	173,997	201,449	27,452
August	129,797	58,210	68,178	9,968	108,179	119,001	108,353	-10,648	237,976	177,211	176,531	-680
September	140,262	78,388	90,551	12,163	108,352	115,860	115,264	-596	248,614	194,248	205,815	11,567
October	140,226	63,867	80,643	16,776	103,886	104,946	109,450	4,504	244,112	168,813	190,093	21,280
November	121,607	57,702		-63,905	91,845	93,118		1,273	213,452	150,820		-62,632
December	84,178	46,652		-37,526	77,375	79,108		1,733	161,553	125,760		-35,793
Source: Dublin City Council
¹Peak hours are 7-10am & 4-7pm, Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays. Off-peak refers to all other times

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