Appendix IV
Supplementary tables to Chapter 4

Table A4.1 Rail’s market share on long journeys (%)

Mode

All journeys¹

On inter-urban corridors¹

Car

79

67²

Train

18

24

Bus Éireann

10

3

Private bus

5

3

Air

2

1

Note: ¹ Figures do not add to 100 as journeys may use more than one mode

² Family car 58% and other car 9%

Source: Iarnród Éireann

Table A4.2 Frequency of travel by mainline travellers (excluding commuters)

Frequency

% of Passengers

Every Two Weeks

1

Monthly

8

Once every 2-3 months

30

Once a year

19

Less than once a year

12

Total

70

Source: Iarnród Éireann

Table A4.3 Comparison of European railways passenger train loadings: 1990

Country

Railway

Train Km mn

Passenger Load¹

France

SNCF

304.9

209.2

Greece

OSE

14.0

143.6

Finland

VR

24.2

137.6

Spain

RENFE

120.4

128.5

Ireland

IE

9.5

124.2

Switzerland

SBB

93.1

118.8

Austria

OBB

75.5

113.5

Germany (East)

DR

158.0

109.6

Denmark

DSB

45.2

107.4

Sweden

SJ

58.8

103.0

Germany (West)

DB

415.0

102.9

Netherlands

NS

107.8

100.6

Belgium

SNCB

70.6

92.6

Britain

BR

372.5

89.1

Luxembourg

CFL

3.1

84.2

Note 1 Passenger load = passenger kilometers/passenger train kilometers

Source: Iarnród Éireann

Table A4.4 Comparison of European railways freight train loadings: 1990

Country

Railway

Train Km mn

Freight Load¹

Luxembourg

CFL

1.4

506.4

Sweden

SJ

39.8

469.7

Germany (East)

DR

98.0

416.9

Netherlands

NS

7.8

391.0

Belgium

SNCB

21.4

390.4

Germany (West)

DB

187.0

334.3

France

SNCF

155.9

330.3

Switzerland

SBB

27.1

306.4

Austria

OBB

41.7

304.1

Greece

OSE

2.2

298.6

Britain

BR

59.5

268.6

Denmark

DSB

6.9

249.6

Spain

RENFE

48.6

230.6

Ireland

IE

4.4

134.7

Note 1 Freight train loadings = freight tonne kilometers/freight train kilometers

Source: Iarnród Éireann

Table A4.5 European Railways 1990: Staff productivity in terms of traffic Km (Passengers and Freight)

Traffic Km (mn)

Staff 000s)

Traffic Km/person (000s)

Sweden

24,751

27.5

900

Finland

11,688

19.2

609

France

115,300

200.3

576

Spain

26,682

49.4

540

Netherlands

13,900

25.8

539

Switzerland

19,364

37.7

514

Germany (West)

106,420

246.0

433

Britain

49,166

131.4

374

Portugal

8,052

22.0

366

Italy

66,815

183.0

365

Norway

4,733

14.0

338

Belgium

4,893

46.0

324

Austria

21,257

66.9

318

Ireland

1,780

5.7

312

Denmark

6,850

21.2

323

Luxembourg

970

3.6

272

Germany (East)

58,176

242.0

240

Greece

2,667

14.0

191

Source: Iarnród Éireann

Table A4.6 European Railways: total operating receipts as a percentage of total operating costs (%)

Country

Railway

1981

1985

1989

1990

1991

1992

UK

BR

65

71

90

79

78

80

Netherlands

NS

54

57

57

59

63

66

France

SNCF

72

61

66

65

68

66

Denmark

DSB

34

65

62

NA

60

61

Spain

RENFE

45

NA

46

50

58

58

Belgium

SNCB

85

46

43

43

56

56

Germany

DB

78

60

60

58

57

52

Ireland

IE

45

43

51

51

53

52

Italy

FS

47

20

24

23

27

47

Portugal

CP

87

47

46

42

45

41

Greece

CH

53

40

29

31

32

25

Luxembourg

CFL

34

26

23

21

22

18

Finland

VR

71

75

72

NA

93

91

Sweden

SJ+BV

82

85

77

73

72

67

Norway

NSB

64

68

60

51

58

52

Source: International Railway Statistics, UIC

Table A4.7 Age profile of Iarnród Éireann’s existing fleet

Class

Horsepower per unit

Number

Year Entered Service

001

1250

44

1955

121

875

15

1961

141

875

37

1962

181

1000

12

1964

071

2250

18

1976

Note: Excludes the 17 diesel railcars delivered in 1994 and 10 locomotives on order for delivery in 1994 of which three had been delivered by August 1994.

Source: Iarnród Éireann