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Appendix III
Supplementary Tables to Chapter 3

Table A3.1 Working Accounts - Mainline Rail Sector (Excl Bray/Howth Suburban Services): 1987 to 1993
Amounts in £’000s	1987¹	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
REVENUE
Passenger train traffic	39,163	40,740	42,139	43,851	48,487	48,287	49,433
Goods train traffic	18,740	18,739	19,507	20,893	19,869	20,594	18,439
Miscellaneous	1,309	1,656	1,660	1,894	2,072	2,159	2,256
Total revenue	59,212	61,135	63,306	66,638	70,428	71,040	70,128
EXPENDITURE
Maintenance of lines & works	18,990	18,711	19,012	19,872	20,605	20,947	23,386
Maintenance of rolling stock	22,889	22,113	23,927	24,210	26,664	27,346	28,781
Fuel	5,819	5,514	5,596	6,394	6,811	5,835	5,710
Operating and other expenses	60,939	67,343	60,416	62,204	65,942	66,996	68,234
Renewal of lines & works	9,977	8,549	8,522	10,658	9,914	13,639	10,614
Operating depreciation	6,392	6,707	6,741	6,836	6,977	7,319	8,071
Total Expenditure	125,006	128,937	124,214	130,174	136,913	142,082	144,796
Operating Deficit	(65,794)	(67,802)	(60,908)	(63,536)	(66,485)	(71,042)	(74,668)
Interest payable	9,412	7,118	7,943	8,391	7,189	6,555	6,019
Deficit before State Grants	(75,206)	(74,920)	(68,851)	(71,927)	(73,674)	(77,597)	(80,687)
State Grants	73,140	72,931	69,484	71,755	70,014	75,435	78,611
Surplus/(Deficit) for Year	(2,066)	(1,989)	633	(172)	(3,660)	(2,162)	(2,076)
Note: 1 Figures for 1987 cover the full year of operation and differ from the 1987 Annual Report which covers the period from Iarnród Éireann’s establishment on 20 January to 31 December 1987.
2 Expenditure includes exceptional items and transfers to asset replacement reserve.
Source: Iarnród Éireann

Table A3.2 Iarnród Éireann Rail Passenger Operations: 1987 to 1993
Amounts in £’000s	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
Mainline and Other Services	31,927	33,691	35,191	37,622	41,579	41,229	42,389
Bray/Howth Suburban Services	7,117	7,993	8,426	9,643	10,729	11,159	11,594
Other Dublin Suburban Services	1,966	2,269	2,413	2,421	2,694	2,802	2,911
Total	41,010	43,953	46,030	49,686	55,002	55,190	56,895
Average Receipt per passenger
kilometre (pence)	3.4	3.7	3.8	4.1	4.3	4.5	4.5
Note: Receipts from Passengers only
Source: Iarnród Éireann

Table A3.3 Breakdown of mainline operating and other expenses: 1992
	£’000
Payroll	38,670
Pension	5,502
Voluntary Severance	2,750
Direct and Indirect Expenses	12,474
Group Charges	2,361
Advertising-Outdoor Advertising	1,609
Insurance	3,630
Total	66,996
Source: Iarnród Éireann

Table A3.4 Bulk traffic origin and destination: 1990
Traffic	Origin	Destination	1990 Tonnage
Ammonia	Marino Point	Arklow	196,000
Cement	Limerick	Various )	671,000
	Drogheda	” )
Lead & Zinc	Tara Mines	North Wall	379,000
Fertiliser	Arklow	Various )	208,000
	Marino Point	” )
	Galway	” )
	Belfast	” )
	New Ross	” )
	Cork	” )
Petrol & Oil	Dublin	Various	42,000
Gypsum	Kingscourt	Drogheda )	109,000
		Limerick )
Beet	Wellington Bridge	Mallow	147,000
Shale	Kilmastulla	Limerick	188,000
Barytes	Silvermines	Foynes	105,000
Asahi	Dublin	Ballina	85,000
Source: Iarnród Éireann

Table A3.5 summary statistics of rail freight operations: 1987 to 1993
	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
Tonnes Carried (’000s)	3,014	3,010	3,067	3,278	3,312	3,333	3,061
Train Kilometres (’000s)	4,232	3,942	4,136	4,369	4,142	4,144	4,032
Tonne Kilometres (m)	563	545	556	589	603	633	575
Source: Iarnród Éireann

Table A3.6 Rail Freight Volumes: 1987 to 1993
								% change
Traffic in 000s tonnes	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1987-93
Ammonia	186	161	191	196	197	205	201	+8.1
Bulk Cement	330	393	444	464	410	387	425	+28.8
Pallet Cement	236	213	203	207	194	167	158	-33.1
Fertiliser	242	236	204	208	153	181	169	-30.2
Petrol & Oil	41	41	44	45	45	46	48	+17.1
Gypsum	66	77	93	109	71	60	47	-28.8
Beet	149	150	142	147	158	181	156	+4.7
Minerals	617	626	621	672	623	635	628	+1.8
Asahi	75	65	76	85	78	77	77	-1.3
Company trains	629	612	594	644	675	675	604	-4.0
Ale & Porter	169	170	168	206	215	201	215	+27.2
Unit Load	218	202	227	229	414	435	212	-2.8
Railink	56	64	60	66	61	70	104	+85.7
Others¹	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	n/a
Total	3,014	3,010	3,067	3,278	3,333	3,329	3,061	1.6
Note: (1) Most of this traffic is Avonmore and Bord na Mona traffic.
Source: Iarnród Éireann

Bi-directional Freight Flows		% Tonnes Hauled by Rail	Total¹ Tonnes (mn)
Between counties:	and counties	% Tonnes Hauled by Rail	Total¹ Tonnes (mn)
Dublin. Kildare, Meath, Wicklow	Cork, Kerry	20	1.9
	Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipp SR Waterford, Wexford	12	2.6
	Clare, Limerick, Tipp NR	11	0.9
	Galway, Mayo	20	0.6
	Leitrim, Sligo, Donegal	16	0.6
Cork, Kerry	Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipp SR Waterford, Wexford	13	2.3
Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipp SR Waterford, Wexford	Clare, Limerick, Tipp NR	25	1.7
	Galway, Mayo	19	0.3
	Leitrim, Sligo, Donegal	18	0.1
Cavan Louth Monaghan	Clare, Limerick, Tipp NR	15	0.2
Clare, Limerick, Tipp NR	Laois, Longford, Offaly Roscommon, Westmeath	10	0.4
Northern Ireland	Republic of Ireland	31	1.8
Inter-regional Sub-Total (16%)		18	13.3
Other Inter-regional Flows (14%)			11.3
Intra-regional Flows (70%)			58.8
Total Market (100%)			83.4
Note: ¹ The overall freight market comprises all road freight hauled by Irish registered fleet (two tonnes and over) and all rail freight, including that for NIR. Figures in () relate to share of total freight market. This table is based on the CSO Road Freight Transport Survey 1991, Iarnrod Eireann internal rail freight statistics.
Source: Iarnród Éireann

Table A3.8 Working Accounts - Bray to Howth Suburban Services Sector: 1987 to 1993
Amounts in £’000s	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
REVENUE
Passenger train traffic	7,117	7,993	8,426	9,643	10,729	11,159	11,594
Miscellaneous	234	213	218	230	250	197	195
Total revenue	7,351	8,206	8,644	9,873	10,979	11,356	11,789
EXPENDITURE
Maintenance of lines & works	1,262	1,108	1,355	1,374	2,165	1,494	1,874
Maintenance of rolling stock	1,544	1,686	1,602	1,404	1,534	1,697	1,965
Fuel (including electricity for traction)	1,215	1,260	1,234	1,335	1,387	1,364	1,375
Operating and other expenses	5,479	5,577	6,176	6,617	6,814	7,386	7,697
Renewal of lines & works	406	420	476	470	362	335	253
Operating Depreciation	3,717	3,717	3,717	3,720	3,722	3,745	3,771
Total Expenditure	13,623	13,768	14,560	14,920	15,984	16,021	16,935
Operating Deficit	(6,272)	(5,562)	(5,916)	(5,047)	(5,005)	(4,665)	(5,146)
Interest payable	16,770	11,650	11,300	11,166	10,458	10,330	10,296
Deficit before State Grants	(23,042)	(17,212)	(17,216)	(16,213)	(15,463)	(14,995)	(15,442)
State Grants	23,042	17,212	17,216	16,213	15,463	14,995	15,442)
Surplus/(Deficit) for Year	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Note:1Expenditure includes exceptional items and transfers to asset replacement reserve
Source: Iarnród Éireann

Appendix IIISupplementary Tables to Chapter 3

Appendix III
Supplementary Tables to Chapter 3