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X-axis label | Number of bus passengers |
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2013 | 191.111 |
2014 | 197.39 |
2015 | 200.994 |
2016 | 205.571 |
2017 | 217.605 |
2018 | 226.745 |
2019 | 227.698 |
2020 | 120.225 |
Table 8.1 Summary of scheduled bus passenger services, 2013 - 2020 | ||||||||
'000 | ||||||||
Scheduled services | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Passengers | ||||||||
Dublin city services | 114,268 | 116,262 | 122,093 | 125,377 | 138,978 | 143,104 | 138,311 | 68,927 |
Provincial city and town services | 17,651 | 18,641 | 19,352 | 20,578 | 20,178 | 22,995 | 26,699 | 13,551 |
Other scheduled services | 18,076 | 18,547 | 18,509 | 19,108 | 17,683 | 19,070 | 20,074 | 9,017 |
School transport scheme | 41,116 | 43,940 | 41,040 | 40,508 | 40,766 | 41,576 | 42,614 | 28,730 |
Total passengers | 191,111 | 197,390 | 200,994 | 205,571 | 217,605 | 226,745 | 227,698 | 120,225 |
Vehicle kilometres | ||||||||
Dublin city services | 50,137 | 48,714 | 54,784 | 55,320 | 57,350 | 54,906 | 43,421 | 42,860 |
Provincial city and town services | 7,664 | 7,946 | 8,360 | 8,968 | 9,266 | 10,176 | 12,408 | 13,256 |
Other scheduled services | 71,171 | 70,804 | 69,390 | 71,400 | 67,031 | 74,155 | 69,876 | 61,408 |
Total vehicle kilometres | 128,972 | 127,464 | 132,534 | 135,688 | 133,647 | 139,237 | 125,7051 | 117,524 |
Litres of fuel used | ||||||||
Dublin Bus - diesel | 27,439 | 27,115 | 27,487 | 27,416 | 27,786 | 27,012 | 25,185 | 22,716 |
Bus Éireann - diesel | 28,200 | 28,215 | 28,183 | 28,740 | 26,606 | 28,487 | 30,231 | 23,471 |
Total fuel used | 55,639 | 55,330 | 55,670 | 56,156 | 54,392 | 55,499 | 55,416 | 46,187 |
Sources: Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus | ||||||||
1 Amended |
Table 8.2 Average daily flow of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann passengers by city services and time of day, 2020 | |||||
Hour | % of daily flow | ||||
Cork | Galway | Limerick | Waterford1 | Dublin | |
00:00 - 06:59 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 4.4 | |
07:00 - 07:59 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 6.9 | |
08:00 - 08:59 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.4 | |
09:00 - 09:59 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.0 | |
10:00 - 12:59 | 19.7 | 19.5 | 22.6 | 16.1 | |
13:00 - 15:59 | 25.4 | 25.8 | 27.1 | 21.4 | |
16:00 - 16:59 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.5 | |
17:00 - 17:59 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.8 | |
18:00 - 18:59 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 6.9 | |
19:00 - 21:59 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 11.1 | |
22:00 - 24:00 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 | |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Sources: Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus | |||||
1 Data not available at the time of publication |
Table 8.3 Average weekly flow of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann passengers by city services and day of week, 2020 | |||||
Number | |||||
Day of week | Cork | Galway | Limerick | Waterford1 | Dublin |
Monday | 22,492 | 8,623 | 6,478 | 198,694 | |
Tuesday | 24,160 | 9,405 | 6,877 | 210,003 | |
Wednesday | 25,129 | 9,551 | 7,247 | 214,838 | |
Thursday | 25,047 | 9,558 | 7,402 | 217,645 | |
Friday | 26,003 | 9,795 | 7,623 | 224,439 | |
Saturday | 17,002 | 6,436 | 5,143 | 150,482 | |
Sunday | 10,829 | 4,508 | 2,771 | 105,425 | |
Total | 150,662 | 57,876 | 43,541 | 1,321,526 | |
Sources: Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus | |||||
1 Data not available at the time of publication |
Table 8.4 Dublin Bus passenger numbers by month, 2016 - 2020 | |||||
Month | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
January | 9,857,291 | 10,468,427 | 11,419,534 | 11,216,738 | 11,501,632 |
February | 10,700,553 | 10,718,425 | 11,279,304 | 11,107,751 | 11,510,850 |
March | 10,701,987 | 12,051,139 | 11,067,489 | 11,959,588 | 6,606,702 |
April | 11,091,977 | 10,841,832 | 12,046,319 | 11,285,530 | 1,467,736 |
May | 10,825,747 | 11,771,832 | 12,737,152 | 11,811,474 | 2,192,361 |
June | 9,957,220 | 10,986,482 | 11,490,525 | 10,569,888 | 3,544,895 |
July | 10,480,109 | 11,629,833 | 12,074,231 | 11,760,960 | 5,224,212 |
August | 10,243,169 | 11,342,248 | 11,679,839 | 10,931,243 | 5,418,671 |
September | 8,559,909 | 12,432,529 | 12,448,501 | 11,898,080 | 6,024,417 |
October | 11,236,567 | 12,546,921 | 13,240,113 | 12,611,911 | 5,296,571 |
November | 11,318,902 | 13,024,610 | 12,765,522 | 12,239,821 | 4,449,595 |
December | 10,403,922 | 11,163,861 | 10,855,955 | 10,917,996 | 5,689,784 |
Total | 125,377,353 | 138,978,139 | 143,104,484 | 138,310,980 | 68,927,428 |
Source: Dublin Bus |
Table 8.5 Dublin Bus fleet by garage, 2019 - 2020 | |||||||
Number | |||||||
Depot | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
Low floor buses | Other buses | Total | Low floor buses | Other buses | Total | ||
Donnybrook 1 | 116 | 0 | 116 | 114 | 0 | 114 | |
Donnybrook 2 | 110 | 0 | 110 | 109 | 0 | 109 | |
Ringsend | 111 | 0 | 111 | 114 | 0 | 114 | |
Conyngham Road | 99 | 0 | 99 | 99 | 0 | 99 | |
Summerhill | 104 | 0 | 104 | 101 | 0 | 101 | |
Clontarf | 81 | 0 | 81 | 83 | 0 | 83 | |
Phibsboro | 183 | 0 | 183 | 143 | 0 | 143 | |
Harristown | 212 | 0 | 212 | 143 | 0 | 143 | |
Broadstone | 88 | 0 | 88 | ||||
Total | 1,016 | 0 | 1,016 | 994 | 0 | 994 | |
Source: Dublin Bus |
Table 8.6 Bus Éireann passenger numbers, 2016 - 2020 | |||||
Million | |||||
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
City/town services | |||||
Cork city | 12.6 | 12.3 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 5.3 |
Galway city | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 2.2 |
Limerick city | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 1.4 |
Waterford city | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0 |
Stage carriage/commuter | 11.5 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 13.9 | 4.6 |
Expressway/eurolines | 6.9 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 1.8 |
School transport scheme | 40.5 | 40.8 | 41.6 | 42.6 | 28.7 |
Other scheduled services | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 |
Total | 80.2 | 78.6 | 83.6 | 89.4 | 44 |
Source: Bus Éireann |
Table 8.7 Bus Éireann fleet, 2016 - 2020 | |||||
Number of buses | |||||
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
Expressway/eurolines | 148 | 144 | 146 | 151 | 150 |
Stage carriage/commuter | 312 | 325 | 332 | 330 | 339 |
City/town services | |||||
Cork city | 103 | 104 | 130 | 130 | 130 |
Limerick city | 35 | 36 | 40 | 32 | 32 |
Galway city | 38 | 38 | 44 | 39 | 42 |
Waterford city | 12 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 4 |
Sligo town | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Navan town | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Athlone town | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
Dundalk, Drogheda, Balbriggan | 7 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 25 |
Other scheduled services | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
Total | 677 | 687 | 747 | 743 | 742 |
Source: Bus Éireann |
Table 8.8 Number of licensed bus operators by county, 2016 - 2020 | |||||
County | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Carlow | 20 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 18 |
Cavan | 56 | 51 | 46 | 48 | 48 |
Clare | 65 | 64 | 58 | 61 | 58 |
Cork | 131 | 123 | 120 | 119 | 113 |
Donegal | 128 | 127 | 126 | 124 | 117 |
Dublin | 229 | 227 | 228 | 225 | 218 |
Galway | 129 | 130 | 130 | 132 | 126 |
Kerry | 105 | 104 | 102 | 99 | 91 |
Kildare | 80 | 74 | 72 | 76 | 72 |
Kilkenny | 32 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 28 |
Laois | 41 | 40 | 41 | 37 | 35 |
Leitrim | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 17 |
Limerick | 67 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 66 |
Longford | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
Louth | 49 | 49 | 49 | 53 | 51 |
Mayo | 90 | 89 | 91 | 86 | 81 |
Meath | 110 | 103 | 101 | 97 | 91 |
Monaghan | 41 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 34 |
Offaly | 38 | 38 | 33 | 30 | 30 |
Roscommon | 35 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 36 |
Sligo | 31 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 25 |
Tipperary | 77 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 66 |
Waterford | 28 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 28 |
Westmeath | 34 | 33 | 32 | 27 | 22 |
Wexford | 67 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 68 |
Wicklow | 67 | 65 | 68 | 65 | 64 |
Total | 1,789 | 1,735 | 1,717 | 1,701 | 1,622 |
Source: Department of Transport |
Table 8.9 Luas passenger numbers by month and line, 2020 | |||
Month | Red line | Green line | Total |
January | 1,858,367 | 1,940,809 | 3,799,176 |
February | 1,867,159 | 1,903,333 | 3,770,492 |
March | 1,011,517 | 939,226 | 1,950,743 |
April | 139,275 | 89,358 | 228,633 |
May | 216,344 | 152,570 | 368,914 |
June | 411,810 | 350,566 | 762,376 |
July | 673,121 | 620,358 | 1,293,479 |
August | 770,756 | 698,594 | 1,469,350 |
September | 771,302 | 763,488 | 1,534,789 |
October | 669,016 | 656,545 | 1,325,561 |
November | 534,799 | 489,420 | 1,024,219 |
December | 803,723 | 844,601 | 1,648,324 |
Total | 9,727,187 | 9,448,869 | 19,176,056 |
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland |
Table 8.10 Luas infrastructure, 2020 | ||
Red line | Green line | |
Length of line | 20.8km | 22.0km |
Journey time | 55 minutes | 66 minutes |
Number of trams | 37 | 41 |
Length of tram | 40.8 metres | 54.7 metres |
Capacity of tram | 262 | 367 |
Passengers carried | 9,727,187 | 9,448,869 |
Vehicle kilometres | 2,318,838 | 2,003,437 |
Passenger kilometres | 43,772,340 | 76,535,839 |
Average length of journey | 4.5km | 8.1km |
Average number of stops per passenger | 7 | 7 |
Timeliness (% services to timetable) | 97.51% | 98.75% |
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland |
Table 8.11 Average weekly flow of Luas passengers by day of week and line, 20201 | |||
Number | |||
Day of week | Average red line | Average green line | Average Total |
Monday | 27,913 | 26,689 | 54,602 |
Tuesday | 29,892 | 28,570 | 58,461 |
Wednesday | 29,560 | 29,129 | 58,689 |
Thursday | 30,784 | 29,959 | 60,743 |
Friday | 32,131 | 31,067 | 63,198 |
Saturday | 21,456 | 20,981 | 42,437 |
Sunday | 14,165 | 14,178 | 28,343 |
Total | 185,901 | 180,573 | 366,474 |
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland | |||
1 Data based on the period 1/1/2020 to 31/12/2020 |
Table 8.12 Percentage of daily Luas passengers by hour and by line, 2020 | |||
% | |||
Hour | Green line | Red line | Total |
05:00 - 05:59 | 0.43 | 0.53 | 0.48 |
06:00 - 06:59 | 2.50 | 3.07 | 2.79 |
07:00 - 07:59 | 8.41 | 7.38 | 7.90 |
08:00 - 08:59 | 13.71 | 11.27 | 12.49 |
09:00 - 09:59 | 6.75 | 7.16 | 6.96 |
10:00 - 10:59 | 3.59 | 5.16 | 4.38 |
11:00 - 11:59 | 3.09 | 4.54 | 3.82 |
12:00 - 12:59 | 3.88 | 4.95 | 4.42 |
13:00 - 13:59 | 4.24 | 6.11 | 5.18 |
14:00 - 14:59 | 3.72 | 5.51 | 4.62 |
15:00 - 15:59 | 5.32 | 6.30 | 5.81 |
16:00 - 16:59 | 7.98 | 8.85 | 8.42 |
17:00 - 17:59 | 11.80 | 8.78 | 10.29 |
18:00 - 18:59 | 9.02 | 7.30 | 8.16 |
19:00 - 19:59 | 4.88 | 4.23 | 4.56 |
20:00 - 20:59 | 3.90 | 3.26 | 3.58 |
21:00 - 21:59 | 2.68 | 2.45 | 2.57 |
22:00 - 22:59 | 2.01 | 1.88 | 1.94 |
23:00 - 23:59 | 1.49 | 1.06 | 1.28 |
00:00 - 00:59 | 0.61 | 0.21 | 0.41 |
Total1 | 100.01 | 100.00 | 100.01 |
Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland | |||
1 Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding |
Table 8.13 Summary of passenger and freight traffic by rail, 2015- 2020 | ||||||
'000 | ||||||
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
Passengers | ||||||
Mainline and other services | 10,490 | 10,772 | 11,557 | 12,438 | 13,179 | 4,670 |
Dublin suburban services | 10,962 | 11,954 | 12,696 | 13,299 | 13,997 | 4,772 |
DART services | 17,150 | 18,987 | 20,077 | 20,934 | 21,560 | 8,044 |
Cross border services | 1,058 | 1,103 | 1,175 | 1,290 | 1,324 | 448 |
Total | 39,660 | 42,815 | 45,505 | 47,960 | 50,060 | 17,934 |
Passenger kilometres | 1,916,722 | 1,989,798 | 2,120,987 | 2,281,083 | 2,398,555 | 834,600 |
Freight traffic tonnes | 540 | 581 | 546 | 516 | 346 | 449 |
Freight traffic tonne kilometres | 96,406 | 101,480 | 100,399 | 88,551 | 71,640 | 73,699 |
Source: Iarnród Éireann |
Table 8.14 Principal commodities conveyed by rail, 2015 - 2020 | ||||||
Thousand of tonnes | ||||||
Commodity | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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 | 299 | 334 | 291 | 297 | 139 | 272 |
Petrol and oil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wood and cork | 63 | 58 | 52 | 45 | 49 | 37 |
General freight | 178 | 189 | 203 | 174 | 158 | 140 |
Total | 540 | 581 | 546 | 516 | 346 | 449 |
Source : Iarnród Éireann |
Table 8.15 Rail infrastructure, 2015- 2020 | ||||||
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
Length of lines, total [line km] | 1,894.0 | 1,894.0 | 1,894.0 | 2,045.0 | 2,045.0 | 2,045.0 |
Length of lines, passenger [line km] | 1,679.0 | 1,679.0 | 1679.0 | 1679.0 | 1679.0 | 1679.0 |
Length of lines in single track [line km] | 1,208.0 | 1,208.0 | 1,208.0 | 1,579.0 | 1,579.0 | 1,579.0 |
Length of main track [main track km] | 2,384.0 | 2,384.0 | 2,384.0 | 2,384.0 | 2,384.0 | 2,384.0 |
Length of electrified main track [main track km] | 107.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 |
Number of passenger stations [passenger stations] | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 |
Source: Iarnród Éireann |
Table 8.16 Bicycle sharing scheme data for Dublin, 2019 - 2020 | ||||||||
Number | ||||||||
Month | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
Long term subscriptions1 | Short term subscriptions | Number of journeys | ||||||
January | 1,056 | 986 | 633 | 555 | 310,040 | 281,298 | ||
February | 1,042 | 764 | 712 | 336 | 306,048 | 254,277 | ||
March | 1,105 | 717 | 824 | 417 | 312,728 | 161,557 | ||
April | 1,200 | 589 | 1,142 | 207 | 306,800 | 59,834 | ||
May | 1,393 | 1,355 | 1,324 | 868 | 353,848 | 108,783 | ||
June | 1,850 | 975 | 1,344 | 365 | 317,061 | 124,587 | ||
July | 1,617 | 781 | 1,581 | 295 | 376,758 | 150,501 | ||
August | 1,377 | 801 | 1,727 | 482 | 344,806 | 150,221 | ||
September | 1,724 | 760 | 1,163 | 467 | 344,768 | 157,688 | ||
October | 1,188 | 515 | 829 | 325 | 335,818 | 131,265 | ||
November | 759 | 294 | 510 | 181 | 276,103 | 99,571 | ||
December | 531 | 182 | 594 | 152 | 231,874 | 101,243 | ||
Total | 14,842 | 8,719 | 12,383 | 4,650 | 3,816,652 | 1,780,825 | ||
Source: JCDecaux | ||||||||
1 Data refers to new memberships each month |
Table 8.17 Bicycle sharing scheme data for Cork, Galway and Limerick, 2020 | ||||||||||||
Number | ||||||||||||
Annual subscriptions1 | Short-term subscriptions2 | Number of journeys | ||||||||||
Cork | Galway | Limerick | Multi-city3 | Cork | Galway | Limerick | Cork | Galway | Limerick | |||
January | 17,202 | 5,144 | 4,021 | 301 | 56 | 33 | 6 | 13,766 | 1,077 | 1,301 | ||
February | 17,273 | 5,157 | 4,033 | 301 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 13,094 | 837 | 1,124 | ||
March | 17,332 | 5,170 | 4,061 | 301 | 45 | 11 | 20 | 7,740 | 463 | 896 | ||
April | 17,409 | 5,198 | 4,094 | 302 | 39 | 23 | 20 | 2,561 | 257 | 629 | ||
May | 17,585 | 5,238 | 4,148 | 303 | 195 | 53 | 64 | 5,488 | 414 | 1,102 | ||
June | 17,732 | 5,267 | 4,176 | 303 | 95 | 31 | 26 | 5,970 | 518 | 895 | ||
July | 17,808 | 5,288 | 4,199 | 303 | 103 | 99 | 23 | 7,221 | 565 | 851 | ||
August | 17,889 | 5,311 | 4,217 | 305 | 121 | 177 | 47 | 6,233 | 879 | 940 | ||
September | 17,978 | 5,352 | 4,234 | 308 | 82 | 94 | 23 | 6,690 | 747 | 1,107 | ||
October | 18,056 | 5,368 | 4,248 | 310 | 53 | 35 | 21 | 5,250 | 601 | 814 | ||
November | 18,103 | 5,387 | 4,255 | 310 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 4,075 | 292 | 536 | ||
December | 18,125 | 5,393 | 4,262 | 311 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 3,292 | 253 | 563 | ||
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 | ||||||||||||
3 A user can be a member in more than one city |
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