Statistics of Transport 21

Date: 01 November 2005

9.4million per day for transport for the next 10-years
175 million extra public transport users
75 million extra suburban rail passengers
City Centre to Dublin Airport in 17 minutes by Metro
80,000 more bus passengers per day
80 million Luas and Metro passengers per annum
7 new Luas projects
Dublin rail journeys – DART, Luas, Metro, Suburban – in zero or one change of train
Doubling of Park & ride sites in Dublin to 74
70kms of QBC in Cork
187 new rail carriages
A train on the hour from Dublin to Cork
A train every hour at peak from Dublin to Galway
A train every hour at peak from Dublin to Limerick
A train every two hours off peak from Dublin to Galway
A train every hour off peak from Dublin to Limerick
A train every two hours from Dublin to Sligo
A train every two hours from Dublin to Tralee
A train every two hours from Dublin to Waterford
Four trains a day from Dublin to Westport, Ballina and Rosslare
Train service from Ennis to Claremorris
GALWAY: Commuter train service every day from Athenry to Galway City
CORK: Commuter train service every day from Midleton to Cork City
CORK: Commuter train service every day from Mallow, Blarney, Dunkettle and Kilbarry to Cork City
€9m per annum for Rural Transport Initiative, serving 500,000 passengers plus
A saving of up to 39 minutes by car from Dublin to Galway
A saving of up to 41 minutes by car from Dublin to Cork
A saving of up to 56 minutes by car from Dublin to Waterford
A saving of up to 17 minutes by car from Dublin to Limerick
850kms of dual carriageway, 2+1 and single carriageway roads
Atlantic Corridor: Connecting the Gateways of Letterkenny, Sligo, Galway, Limerick, Cork and Waterford