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Public transport, Q3 2012

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Bus and rail passenger growth

The number of passengers using public transport showed an increase of 4.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. Bus and rail had almost equal growth, while boat decreased by 6.3 per cent.

Number of passengers. Quarter. 1 000. Preliminary figures

Overall, there was an increase of 5.3 million passengers on public transport in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. Bus passenger growth was 3.3 million and the corresponding figure for rail was 2.2 million, while passenger boats lost 175 000 passengers.

Production had an overall growth of 1.3 million kilometres, or 1.3 per cent, while ticket revenues increased by 3.1 per cent, to almost NOK 2.5 billion.

Most of the growth was in light rail and the underground

Nearly all rail passenger growth was in light rail and the underground. The number of train passengers was almost unaltered from the third quarter of 2011 to the third quarter of 2012.

Train kilometres increased by 5.4 per cent.

Increased ticket revenues, mainly for rail

The strong 4.9 per cent growth in bus passengers only gave an increase in ticket revenues of 1.8 per cent. At the same time, both passenger growth and ticket revenue growth were close to 5.0 per cent and almost identical. The number of boat passengers was reduced by 6.3 per cent from the third quarter of 2011 to the third quarter of 2012, but ticket revenues only dropped by 1.1 per cent.

Vehicle-/boat-/train kms, passengers and ticket revenues. 2006-2010, Q1-Q4 2011 and Q1-Q3 2012. 1 000. Preliminary numbers
  Vehicle-/boat-/train kms. 1 000 Passengers. 1 000 Ticket revenues. 1 000 NOK
2006  383 956  434 850 7 668 619
2007  394 684  440 142 8 526 212
2008  395 034  444 994 9 041 245
2009  400 278  473 459 9 307 570
2010  398 126  495 444 9 476 698
2011  405 810  515 448 9 825 808
Q1  105 848  139 795 2 462 234
Q2  100 314  123 769 2 507 156
Q3 95 591  116 943 2 405 473
Q4  104 057  134 941 2 450 945
2012      
Q1  107 728  140 955 2 497 268
Q2  102 004  128 070 2 523 377
Q3 96 856  122 282 2 481 074

Preliminary figures

The figures are preliminary and may be adjusted for comparisons to the new annual survey for 2012.

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