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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 3 Dec 1968

Vol. 237 No. 10

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Dublin City Transport Services.

27.

asked the Minister for Transport and Power if he will give details of the operating costs, expressed in pence per mile, of bus or tram transport in Dublin city; and if he can give comparable details for each of the cities of Belfast, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and Rome.

28.

asked the Minister for Transport and Power if he will give details, expressed in pence per mile, of the cost to the public for bus or tram travel in 1968 for Dublin city; and if he can give comparable details for each of the cities of Belfast, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and Rome.

With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 27 and 28 together.

The information in so far as it is available to CIE is as set out in the table which I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:—

City

Period

Operating Costs per Vehicle Mile

Revenue per Vehicle Mile

Year ended

d.

d.

Dublin

31/3/68

47.63

48.03

Belfast

31/3/68

62.79

61.33

Glasgow

31/5/68

64.55

60.55

London

31/12/67

62.80

56.30

Manchester

31/3/68

55.62

55.68

Oslo

31/12/67

134.12

82.30

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