A total of 217.6 million passengers were carried on scheduled bus services, 37.6 million passengers travelled on the Luas and 45.5 million passengers travelled by rail in 2017.
Iarnród Éireann carried 546,000 tonnes of freight in 2017. The principal commodity carried was mineral ores.
The largest number of journeys by users of the bicycle sharing scheme in Dublin was in May when 388,889 journeys were made. For Cork and Galway, the month of October had the most bicycle journeys when 27,865 and 4,514 journeys were made respectively. May was the month when most journeys occurred in Limerick (3,584).
X-axis label | Number of bus passengers |
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2010 | 198.564 |
2011 | 195.273 |
2012 | 192.370 |
2013 | 191.111 |
2014 | 197.390 |
2015 | 200.994 |
2016 | 205.571 |
2017 | 217.605 |
Table 8.1 Summary of scheduled bus passenger services, 2010 - 2017 | ||||||||
'000 | ||||||||
Scheduled services | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Passengers | ||||||||
Dublin city services | 118,977 | 116,958 | 115,198 | 114,268 | 116,262 | 122,093 | 125,377 | 138,978 |
Provincial city and town services | 16,620 | 16,389 | 16,728 | 17,651 | 18,641 | 19,352 | 20,578 | 20,178 |
Other scheduled services | 20,640 | 20,112 | 20,046 | 18,076 | 18,547 | 18,509 | 19,108 | 17,683 |
School transport scheme | 42,327 | 41,814 | 40,398 | 41,116 | 43,940 | 41,040 | 40,508 | 40,766 |
Total passengers | 198,564 | 195,273 | 192,370 | 191,111 | 197,390 | 200,994 | 205,571 | 217,605 |
Vehicle kilometres | ||||||||
Dublin city services1 | 56,500 | 53,900 | 52,100 | 50,300 | 54,730 | 55,340 | 55,320 | 57,350 |
Provincial city and town services | 8,267 | 8,061 | 7,805 | 7,664 | 7,946 | 8,360 | 8,968 | 9,266 |
Other scheduled services | 82,779 | 82,409 | 82,633 | 71,171 | 70,804 | 69,390 | 71,400 | 67,031 |
Total vehicle kilometres | 147,546 | 144,370 | 142,538 | 129,135 | 133,480 | 133,090 | 135,688 | 133,647 |
Litres of fuel used | ||||||||
Dublin Bus - diesel | 31,346 | 30,060 | 28,000 | 27,439 | 27,115 | 27,487 | 27,416 | 27,786 |
Bus Éireann - diesel | 28,196 | 28,500 | 28,700 | 28,200 | 28,215 | 28,183 | 28,740 | 26,606 |
Total fuel used | 59,542 | 58,560 | 56,700 | 55,639 | 55,330 | 55,670 | 56,156 | 54,392 |
Sources: Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus | ||||||||
1 Revised data from 2010 to 2016 |
Table 8.2 Average daily flow of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann passengers by city services and time of day, 2017 | |||||
Hour | % of daily flow | ||||
Cork | Galway | Limerick | Waterford | Dublin | |
00:00 - 06:59 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
07:00 - 07:59 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 7.2 |
08:00 - 08:59 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 8.3 |
09:00 - 09:59 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 5.4 |
10:00 - 12:59 | 19.5 | 19.9 | 22.8 | 28.4 | 15.9 |
13:00 - 15:59 | 23.6 | 24.1 | 26.8 | 29.9 | 20.1 |
16:00 - 16:59 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.3 |
17:00 - 17:59 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 9.2 |
18:00 - 18:59 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 7.2 |
19:00 - 21:59 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 7.5 | 4.1 | 11.6 |
22:00 - 24:00 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Sources: Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus |
Table 8.3 Average weekly flow of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann passengers by city services and day of week, 2017 | |||||
Number | |||||
Day of week | Cork | Galway | Limerick | Waterford | Dublin |
Monday | 33,172 | 11,639 | 8,749 | 2,154 | 395,241 |
Tuesday | 38,258 | 13,165 | 10,015 | 2,537 | 435,395 |
Wednesday | 39,440 | 13,445 | 10,369 | 2,641 | 447,695 |
Thursday | 39,839 | 13,739 | 10,761 | 2,805 | 454,196 |
Friday | 39,621 | 13,220 | 10,538 | 2,709 | 447,024 |
Saturday | 26,517 | 9,611 | 7,377 | 1,533 | 296,475 |
Sunday | 15,053 | 5,484 | 3,364 | 3 | 200,378 |
Total | 231,900 | 80,303 | 61,173 | 14,382 | 2,676,404 |
Sources: Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus |
Table 8.4 Dublin Bus passenger numbers by month, 2013 - 2017 | |||||
Month | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
January | 9,242,355 | 8,991,175 | 9,577,528 | 9,857,291 | 10,468,427 |
February | 9,164,152 | 9,117,393 | 9,596,458 | 10,700,553 | 10,718,425 |
March | 9,414,331 | 10,327,497 | 10,543,380 | 10,701,987 | 12,051,139 |
April | 9,691,480 | 9,648,830 | 10,041,339 | 11,091,977 | 10,841,832 |
May | 9,945,249 | 9,439,479 | 9,371,545 | 10,825,747 | 11,771,832 |
June | 9,677,183 | 9,096,253 | 9,470,674 | 9,957,220 | 10,986,482 |
July | 9,491,128 | 9,250,780 | 10,317,027 | 10,480,109 | 11,629,833 |
August | 8,184,995 | 9,348,448 | 9,537,133 | 10,243,169 | 11,342,248 |
September | 9,947,848 | 10,288,409 | 10,979,884 | 8,559,909 | 12,432,529 |
October | 10,806,861 | 10,746,115 | 11,432,628 | 11,236,567 | 12,546,921 |
November | 10,538,516 | 10,545,021 | 11,052,013 | 11,318,902 | 13,024,610 |
December | 9,163,955 | 9,462,591 | 10,172,946 | 10,403,922 | 11,163,861 |
Total | 115,268,053 | 116,261,991 | 122,092,555 | 125,377,353 | 138,978,139 |
Source: Dublin Bus |
Table 8.5 Dublin Bus fleet by garage, 2016 - 2017 | |||||||
Number | |||||||
Depot | 2016 | 2017 | |||||
Low floor buses | Other buses | Total | Low floor buses | Other buses | Total | ||
Donnybrook 1 | 113 | 0 | 113 | 113 | 0 | 113 | |
Donnybrook 2 | 113 | 0 | 113 | 113 | 0 | 113 | |
Ringsend | 106 | 0 | 106 | 107 | 0 | 107 | |
Conyngham Road | 94 | 0 | 94 | 95 | 0 | 95 | |
Summerhill | 81 | 0 | 81 | 101 | 0 | 101 | |
Clontarf | 82 | 0 | 82 | 81 | 0 | 81 | |
Phibsboro | 183 | 0 | 183 | 185 | 0 | 185 | |
Harristown | 192 | 0 | 192 | 197 | 0 | 195 | |
Total | 964 | 0 | 964 | 990 | 0 | 990 | |
Source: Dublin Bus |
Table 8.6 Bus Éireann passenger numbers, 2013 - 2017 | |||||
Million | |||||
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
City/town services | |||||
Cork city | 10.3 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 12.3 |
Galway city | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
Limerick city | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
Waterford city | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
Stage carriage/commuter | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 10.6 |
Expressway/eurolines | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
Schools | 41.1 | 43.9 | 41.0 | 40.5 | 40.8 |
Other services | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Total | 76.8 | 81.1 | 78.9 | 80.2 | 78.6 |
Source: Bus Éireann |
Table 8.7 Bus Éireann fleet, 2013 - 2017 | |||||
Number of buses | |||||
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
Expressway/eurolines | 181 | 170 | 180 | 148 | 144 |
Stage carriage/commuter | 297 | 305 | 308 | 312 | 325 |
City/town services | |||||
Cork city | 78 | 85 | 88 | 103 | 104 |
Limerick city | 21 | 21 | 22 | 35 | 36 |
Galway city | 25 | 25 | 26 | 38 | 38 |
Waterford city | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 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 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
Total | 637 | 646 | 664 | 677 | 687 |
Source: Bus Éireann |
Table 8.8 Number of licensed bus operators by county, 2013 - 2017 | |||||
County | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Carlow | 24 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 |
Cavan | 60 | 60 | 59 | 56 | 51 |
Clare | 69 | 67 | 69 | 65 | 64 |
Cork | 141 | 136 | 133 | 131 | 123 |
Donegal | 129 | 124 | 126 | 128 | 127 |
Dublin | 240 | 232 | 234 | 229 | 227 |
Galway | 143 | 132 | 128 | 129 | 130 |
Kerry | 103 | 101 | 104 | 105 | 104 |
Kildare | 93 | 90 | 89 | 80 | 74 |
Kilkenny | 35 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 32 |
Laois | 43 | 43 | 40 | 41 | 40 |
Leitrim | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 21 |
Limerick | 69 | 71 | 71 | 67 | 69 |
Longford | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 |
Louth | 48 | 47 | 51 | 49 | 49 |
Mayo | 93 | 94 | 92 | 90 | 89 |
Meath | 97 | 101 | 107 | 110 | 103 |
Monaghan | 43 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 38 |
Offaly | 39 | 38 | 36 | 38 | 38 |
Roscommon | 36 | 38 | 38 | 35 | 33 |
Sligo | 33 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 26 |
Tipperary | 78 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 71 |
Waterford | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 25 |
Westmeath | 33 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 33 |
Wexford | 61 | 64 | 65 | 67 | 64 |
Wicklow | 73 | 74 | 72 | 67 | 65 |
Total | 1,855 | 1,818 | 1,818 | 1,789 | 1,735 |
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport |
Table 8.9 Luas passenger numbers by month and line, 2017 | |||
Month | Red line | Green line | Total |
January | 1,576,814 | 1,227,244 | 2,804,058 |
February | 1,659,725 | 1,193,160 | 2,852,885 |
March | 1,861,563 | 1,383,112 | 3,244,675 |
April | 1,720,725 | 1,204,248 | 2,924,974 |
May | 1,824,942 | 1,315,884 | 3,140,826 |
June | 1,794,575 | 1,219,455 | 3,014,029 |
July | 1,842,568 | 1,245,151 | 3,087,719 |
August | 1,831,583 | 1,239,224 | 3,070,807 |
September | 1,841,223 | 1,368,469 | 3,209,692 |
October | 1,859,324 | 1,344,626 | 3,203,950 |
November | 2,046,051 | 1,461,126 | 3,507,177 |
December | 1,850,278 | 1,733,920 | 3,584,198 |
Total | 21,709,372 | 15,935,619 | 37,644,991 |
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland |
Table 8.10 Luas infrastructure, 2017 | ||
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 | 265 | 285 |
Passengers carried | 21,709,372 | 15,935,619 |
Vehicle kilometres | 2,314,436 | 1,603,413 |
Passenger kilometres | 102,034,048 | 82,865,219 |
Average length of journey | 4.7km | 5.2km |
Average number of stops per passenger | 7 | 7 |
Timeliness (% services to timetable) | 98.04% | 99.06% |
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland |
Table 8.11 Average weekly flow of Luas passengers by day of week and line, 20171 | |||
Number | |||
Day of week | Average red line | Average green line | Average Total |
Monday | 58,040 | 43,137 | 101,177 |
Tuesday | 64,546 | 48,240 | 112,785 |
Wednesday | 67,836 | 51,350 | 119,186 |
Thursday | 70,888 | 53,364 | 124,252 |
Friday | 72,933 | 54,764 | 127,697 |
Saturday | 46,666 | 33,392 | 80,058 |
Sunday | 36,579 | 22,208 | 58,787 |
Total | 417,488 | 306,454 | 723,942 |
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland | |||
1 Data based on the period 1/1/2017 to 31/12/2017 |
Table 8.12 Average daily flow of Luas passengers by time of day and line, 2017 | |||
Rate | |||
Hour | Daily flow green line % | Daily flow red line % | Weighted average % |
05:00 - 05:59 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.29 |
06:00 - 06:59 | 1.46 | 1.75 | 1.63 |
07:00 - 07:59 | 7.10 | 4.75 | 5.73 |
08:00 - 08:59 | 13.43 | 8.44 | 10.51 |
09:00 - 09:59 | 5.46 | 5.67 | 5.58 |
10:00 - 10:59 | 3.28 | 4.99 | 4.28 |
11:00 - 11:59 | 3.68 | 5.21 | 4.57 |
12:00 - 12:59 | 3.94 | 6.14 | 5.23 |
13:00 - 13:59 | 4.82 | 6.82 | 5.99 |
14:00 - 14:59 | 5.06 | 6.34 | 5.81 |
15:00 - 15:59 | 5.82 | 6.85 | 6.42 |
16:00 - 16:59 | 7.78 | 8.76 | 8.35 |
17:00 - 17:59 | 10.89 | 9.35 | 9.99 |
18:00 - 18:59 | 9.32 | 7.48 | 8.25 |
19:00 - 19:59 | 5.79 | 5.47 | 5.60 |
20:00 - 20:59 | 4.10 | 3.78 | 3.91 |
21:00 - 21:59 | 3.23 | 2.56 | 2.84 |
22:00 - 22:59 | 2.36 | 1.78 | 2.02 |
23:00 - 23:59 | 1.62 | 3.17 | 2.53 |
00:00 - 00:59 | 0.56 | 0.40 | 0.46 |
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland |
Table 8.13 Summary of passenger and freight traffic by rail, 2012- 2017 | ||||||
'000 | ||||||
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
Passengers | ||||||
Mainline and other services | 8,189 | 8,144 | 10,230 | 10,490 | 10,772 | 11,557 |
Dublin suburban services | 12,100 | 11,730 | 10,584 | 10,962 | 11,954 | 12,696 |
DART | 15,565 | 15,985 | 15,949 | 17,150 | 18,987 | 20,077 |
International journeys | 886 | 880 | 1,041 | 1,058 | 1,103 | 1,175 |
Total | 36,740 | 36,739 | 37,804 | 39,660 | 42,815 | 45,505 |
Passenger kilometres | 1,607,702 | 1,591,851 | 1,862,793 | 1,916,722 | 1,989,798 | 2,120,987 |
Freight traffic tonnes | 567 | 589 | 578 | 540 | 581 | 546 |
Freight traffic tonne kilometres | 90,839 | 98,845 | 99,827 | 96,406 | 101,480 | 100,399 |
Source: Iarnród Éireann |
Table 8.14 Principal commodities conveyed by rail, 2012 - 2017 | ||||||
Thousand of tonnes | ||||||
Commodity | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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 | 364 | 364 | 339 | 299 | 334 | 291 |
Petrol and oil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wood and cork | 39 | 49 | 59 | 63 | 58 | 52 |
General freight | 164 | 176 | 180 | 178 | 189 | 203 |
Total | 567 | 589 | 578 | 540 | 581 | 546 |
Source : Iarnród Éireann |
Table 8.15 Rail infrastructure, 2012 - 2017 | ||||||
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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 | 1679.0 | 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 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 |
Source: Iarnród Éireann |
Table 8.16 Bicycle sharing scheme data for Dublin, 2016 - 2017 | ||||||||
Number | ||||||||
Month | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | ||
Long term subscriptions1 | Short term subscriptions | Number of journeys | ||||||
January | 1,353 | 1,352 | 707 | 646 | 297,735 | 325,331 | ||
February | 1,200 | 934 | 683 | 597 | 311,615 | 299,437 | ||
March | 1,363 | 1,277 | 1,318 | 1,129 | 334,423 | 348,944 | ||
April | 1,558 | 1,266 | 1,295 | 1,748 | 350,128 | 329,188 | ||
May | 1,918 | 1,587 | 2,242 | 1,804 | 399,488 | 388,889 | ||
June | 1,771 | 1,298 | 1,920 | 1,958 | 390,123 | 354,559 | ||
July | 1,820 | 1,611 | 2,141 | 2,475 | 405,016 | 373,039 | ||
August | 1,878 | 1,403 | 2,116 | 2,120 | 393,276 | 358,825 | ||
September | 2,622 | 1,837 | 1,665 | 1,756 | 409,077 | 364,989 | ||
October | 1,797 | 1,413 | 1,934 | 1,620 | 403,070 | 357,107 | ||
November | 1,323 | 883 | 767 | 1,066 | 365,182 | 347,689 | ||
December | 849 | 684 | 1,010 | 565 | 296,304 | 256,470 | ||
Total | 19,452 | 15,545 | 17,798 | 17,484 | 4,355,437 | 4,104,467 | ||
Source: JCDecaux | ||||||||
1 Data refers to new memberships each month |
Table 8.17 Bicycle sharing scheme data for Cork, Galway and Limerick, 2017 | ||||||||||||
Number | ||||||||||||
Annual subscriptions1 | Short-term subscriptions2 | Number of journeys | ||||||||||
Cork | Galway | Limerick | Multi-city | Cork | Galway | Limerick | Cork | Galway | Limerick | |||
January | 9,514 | 2,000 | 2,701 | 212 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 19,625 | 924 | 2,377 | ||
February | 9,595 | 2,009 | 2,709 | 213 | 49 | 8 | 8 | 22,124 | 969 | 2,325 | ||
March | 9,687 | 2,032 | 2,726 | 214 | 84 | 50 | 29 | 26,234 | 1,112 | 3,001 | ||
April | 9,792 | 2,053 | 2,757 | 213 | 110 | 71 | 34 | 24,432 | 1,154 | 3,269 | ||
May | 9,904 | 2,080 | 2,785 | 216 | 116 | 136 | 41 | 25,360 | 1,551 | 3,584 | ||
June | 10,035 | 2,104 | 2,812 | 220 | 145 | 125 | 28 | 21,445 | 1,147 | 2,842 | ||
July | 10,178 | 2,128 | 2,835 | 223 | 166 | 156 | 37 | 24,317 | 1,468 | 2,991 | ||
August | 10,277 | 2,199 | 2,858 | 224 | 150 | 115 | 43 | 21,428 | 1,401 | 2,729 | ||
September | 11,034 | 3,161 | 2,951 | 227 | 92 | 81 | 18 | 24,574 | 2,613 | 2,633 | ||
October | 11,188 | 3,236 | 2,965 | 229 | 90 | 58 | 30 | 27,865 | 4,514 | 2,498 | ||
November | 11,263 | 3,274 | 2,953 | 229 | 68 | 36 | 6 | 27,615 | 4,339 | 2,308 | ||
December | 11,278 | 3,312 | 2,955 | 231 | 42 | 30 | 4 | 16,247 | 2,566 | 1,924 | ||
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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