Richard Bruton
Question:200 Mr. Bruton asked 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]
View answerThursday, 2 June 2005
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The estimate from CIE of the passenger miles which will be travelled in 2005 is as follows:
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Provincial bus: |
89.7 million |
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Dublin Bus: |
1.05 billion |
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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.