CIE passenger costs per mile
CIE reported an average rail cost of 5.18 pence per passenger mile in 1978, but could not calculate a comparable figure for road passengers because bus travel distances were not reliably available.
asked the Minister for Tourism and Transport the average cost per passenger mile in respect of (i) rail and (ii) road passengers carried by CIE for the most recent accounting period for which such information is capable of calculation.
Comment on this
(Dublin South-Central): I understand from CIE that the average cost per passenger mile in respect of rail carryings for 1978 was 5.18 pence.
CIE are not in a position to provide comparable figures for road passenger operations due to the difficulties involved in obtaining reasonably accurate data on actual distances travelled by bus passengers.