Richard Bruton
Ceist:335 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the number of carriages for Luas which have been acquired to date; and the date of their acquisition. [24286/03]
Written Answers. - Public Transport.
The issues raised by the Deputy are an operational matter for the Railway Procurement Agency, RPA. However, the RPA has confirmed that the last of the entire fleet of 40 trams for the two lines was delivered to Sandyford depot last month. The first tram was delivered in November 2001, with the remainder having being delivered at the rate of approximately two per month thereafter.
Richard Bruton
Ceist:336 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the passenger carryings of Dublin Bus and the DART in 2000-02; the number per day in the morning peak hours and per annum; and the most recent estimates for performance in 2003 available to him. [24287/03]
Bus Átha Cliath has provided the information requested by the Deputy on passenger carryings as set out below:
|
Bus Átha Cliath |
Totalper annum(millions) |
Morning peak(average) |
|
2000 |
134 |
77,500 |
|
2001 |
143 |
83,000 |
|
2002 |
147 |
84,000 |
|
2003 (estimated) |
154 |
86,000 |
|
DART |
Totalper annum(millions) |
|
2000 |
19.6 |
|
2001 |
20.8 |
|
2002 |
21.5 |
|
2003 (estimated) |
22.44 |
Iarnród Éireann advises that the numbers in respect of morning peak passengers are not routinely collected by the company.
Richard Bruton
Ceist:337 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the total fleet size in terms of vehicle numbers and passenger capacity of the DART, Dublin Bus and of each Luas line when operational. [24288/03]
The information requested by the Deputy as supplied by the Railway Procurement Agency, Iarnród Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath is set out below:
|
Vehicle numbers |
Passenger capacity |
|
|
Luas |
40 |
10,450 |
|
*Bus Átha Cliath |
1,094 |
90,870 |
|
DART |
114 |
20,058 |
*By year end 2003, excluding private hire.