Committee Reports::Report No. 04 - Córas Iompar Éireann::10 October, 1979::Appendix

APPENDIX 2

LETTER TO CLERK TO JOINT COMMITTEE FROM GENERAL MANAGER OF CIE CONCERNING A COMPARISON OF ENERGY USED AS BETWEEN VARIOUS MODES OF TRANSPORT

As promised I am giving you below the figures showing a comparison of energy used as between the various modes of transport.


Passenger Miles per gallon of fuel.


Aircraft

80

passengers

24

 

Car

4

passengers

120

 

Bus

25

passengers

175

 

 

70

passengers

490

 

Train

100

passengers

250

 

 

250

passengers

625

 

Freight Haulage


Road—ranging from 60 to 160 ton miles per gallon.


Rail—ranging from 190 to 375 ton miles per gallon.


 

Yours sincerely,


J.F. HIGGINS,


General Manager.

8 May, 1979.