Written answers

Thursday, 2 June 2005

Department of Transport

Public Transport

5:00 pm

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimate of the passenger miles which will be travelled in 2005 by the mainline rail, DART, other suburban rail, provincial bus, Dublin Bus and Luas. [18920/05]

Photo of Martin CullenMartin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The estimate from CIE of the passenger miles which will be travelled in 2005 is as follows:

Provincial bus: 89.7 million
Dublin Bus:1.05 billion
Luas:100 million

Iarnród Éireann states that total passenger kilometres in 2004 amounted to 1.582 billion. This figure was depressed due to the DART weekend closures. The company states that if the closures had not taken place, then the estimated total would have been 1.622 billion subdivided as follows: mainline rail — 1.242 billion and DART-suburban — 0.380 billion. Iarnród Éireann expects that there will be a growth in 2005 of between 5% and 9% gross on last year's figures.

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