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Steady growth in public transport
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2009-11-04T10:00:00.000Z
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Public transport, Q2 2009

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Steady growth in public transport

The number of passengers who travelled by bus, boat and rail increased by 12 per cent from the first half of 2008 to the first half of 2009. Transportation by rail had the strongest relative growth of 15 per cent, while transportation by bus added up to 14 million extra passengers. Despite this, preliminary figures show just a small increase of 2 per cent in ticket revenues.

Vehicle-/boat-/train kms, passengers and ticket revenues. Q2 2009. 1 000. Preliminary numbers
  Vehicle-/boat-/train kms Passengers Ticket revenues
2006  383 956  434 850 7 544 067
2007  398 927  440 440 8 542 026
       
2008  395 810  455 361 8 712 000
Q1 97 523  111 343 2 111 704
Q2 99 769  108 853 2 248 142
Q3 94 812  109 454 2 156 340
Q4  103 706  125 711 2 195 814
       
2009      
Q1  101 998  129 826 2 196 569
Q2 98 375  115 894 2 272 186

A total of 25.5 million more passengers travelled by bus, boat and rail in the first half of 2009 compared with the first half of 2008. Twelve million of these new passengers travelled by rail, and scarcely 14 million by bus. The number of boat passengers decreased almost 10 per cent; a reduction of about half a million passengers.

Slight increase in ticket revenues

From the first half of 2008 to the first half of 2009, the total ticket revenues increased by only 2.5 per cent, or NOK 147 million. The increase was almost even for bus and rail, and there was no change in boat revenues.

Less train kilometres

From the first half of 2008 to the first half of 2009, the total number of vehicle kilometres rose by more than 2 per cent, but train kilometres fell by around 3 per cent. There was no change in the number of boat kilometres.

Difficult to compare over time

Both the boat and the bus sector have faced large changes in structure, technology and types of contracts during recent years. These changes make it difficult to compare numbers over time.

The figures are preliminary and may be adjusted when compared to the new annual survey for 2009.

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