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More passengers by bus
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9.3 per cent more passengers by bus in second quarter of 2016.

Public transport, Q2 2016

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More passengers by bus

Public transport increased by 9.4 million passengers from the second quarter of 2015 to the same period in 2016. After weak progress for some time, scheduled buses had the strongest passenger growth.

Vehicle/boat/train kms, passengers and ticket revenues, mode of transportationPublished 19 December 2016
2nd quarter 2016Change in per cent
2nd quarter 2015 - 2nd quarter 20162nd quarter 2011 - 2nd quarter 2016
Corrected 19 December 2016.
Passengers (1 000 passengers)
All modes of transportation151 0156.922.0
Bus (Scheduled road transport)88 2919.318.2
Boat2 6320.913.4
Tram and suburban railway40 5474.325.6
Railway19 5463.035.0
Ticket revenues (NOK 1 000)
All modes of transportation3 309 8748.232.0
Bus (Scheduled road transport)1 342 8884.422.3
Boat143 3732.89.2
Tram and suburban railway430 19513.747.9
Railway1 393 41810.941.2

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Public transport. Passengers

Buses had a total passenger growth of more 7.5 million passengers, or 9.3 per cent, from the second quarter of 2015 to the corresponding quarter in 2016. Meanwhile, tram/underground and railways had a passenger growth of 4.3 and 3.0 per cent respectively. Transport by passenger boat remained almost unchanged.

Increased ticket revenues

Overall, ticket revenues increased by NOK 250 million, or 8.2 per cent1, from the second quarter of 2015 and totalled more than NOK 3.3 billion in the second quarter of 2016. The strongest growth was by tram/underground, which increased by 13.7 per cent, while boats only got 2.8 per cent more.1

1 The number and the last sentence were corrected.

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