Irish rail passenger numbers 2017

tabbey wrote: »

They would totally disregard the notion of someone going by Nenagh. Their timetabled speeds make sure of that.

They make it impossible to actually book tickets on that route. I travelled it last November (for fun), and there was no way to book the tickets online. I couldn't buy them in the station in Hazelhatch. I eventually drove to Ballybrophey and bought a ticket to Limerick at the station and got the train there (I'm still not sure I got the right ticket, because it was €27, but if I tried to pay as far as Birdhill it was something like €4.95). Anyway, that's a long way of saying that IE are doing everything in their power to close that line (I mean I can't blame them, even the "automatic" crossing after Castleconnell seemed to have to be manually operated)

Nomis21 wrote: »

You can book online for the intermediate stations such as Cloughjordan.

The line was not reopened to cater for through passengers

interesting, was it closed at one stage then?

Ireland trains wrote: »

Does anyone know how much people travelled on the Dublin to Waterford line in 2017

Waterford saw over 1.266 million up on 2016. Traffic is still over 100k below 2007 peak but has recovered 2/3s. The bus transfers for Cork works likely reduced the growth throughout 2017.

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

2018 passengers numbers on Waterford route were 1.38m up 9.5% (120k) passing the previous record of 1.37m in 2007.

Can I ask where you got those figures?

IE 222 wrote: »

Is there much of difference between the fleet size of 2007 versus today. Obviously there is a lot more services available today but is this due to a bigger fleet or better planning and more common fleet.

2007 still would of seen mark2,3, alstom Darts, push pulls, 2700's and maybe Cravens along with a number of ICR's.

ICRs only came in to very limited service at the end of 2007 so they'd be almost statistically immaterial to the 2007 figures.

Would need to get figures of what was actually in service from the loco hauled fleet to do a direct comparison; there were Mk2s withdrawn for corrosion reasons before there were Cravens withdrawn even I think. Suspect there are good details on that either in IRRS journals or one of the forums though.

questionmark? wrote: »

That's just madness!!

Its the agreed fares

A ticket to/from a station on the branch line is offered at a heavy discount.

So Ballybrophy Nenagh works, but Ballybrophy Limerick is full fare. And its never going to be faster to go via Nenagh is it?

Thrashssacre wrote: »

Why is it that despite the figures being already known that the report won’t be available to read until mid to late 2019

It's Irish Rail so we are lucky to be getting figures at all!!

Ireland trains wrote: »

Limerick to Dublin 1million, up 90k
Limerick-galway 138k, up 4k but line was closed for 2 months due to flooding

Remind me what months it was closed? Don't recall flooding in 2018.

The 40E should add a few to the Broombridge rail numbers. Actually looks like a proper multimodal interchange when all three are in!

thomasj wrote: »

IAlso noticed good numbers switching to broombridge luas from the train and also noticed an increase in numbers using broombridge train station (heading towards Connolly)

That does not surprise me at all. Since the 10 min Dart timetable was introduced last Sept journey times went up, especially on Northern Suburban line. Even worse is day to day peak time punctuality. We now waste so much time sitting outside Connolly each morning and reverse to Howth Junction in the evening. If I had a choice to change to a frequent fast service bringing me closer to work I would definitely change. Lucky Maynooth and M3 Parkway customers...