Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 26 Feb 1991

Vol. 405 No. 6

Written Answers. - Dublin Area Public Transport.

Ivan Yates

Ceist:

219 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if he has figures to outline the extent of utilisation of public transport in the Dublin area; and if there are any trends over the last five years that are detectable in this regard.

Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications (Mr. S. Brennan)

In calculating the information requested by the Deputy, annual passenger journeys are used as a measure of the utilisation of public transport modes.

Total annual passenger journeys undertaken on Dublin Bus and commuter rail services including DART during the period 1985-90 were as follows:

Year	Passenger Journeys (000's)
Dublin Bus	Commuter Rail Services
1985	161,783	11,703
1986	165,199	13,303
1987	167,147	15,327
1988	163,600	14,716
1989	161,200	15,023
1990	167,000	15,200
		(Estimate)

In the period 1985-90 total annual passenger journeys on the commuter rail services increased by almost 30 per cent. In the same period passenger journeys on Dublin Bus increased by 3 per cent.