The Public Transport Statistics Northern Ireland 2024-25 statistical report has been published today
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The Public Transport Statistics Northern Ireland 2024-25 statistical report has been published today.
This report presents statistics on public transport operated by Translink in Northern Ireland.
This is an accredited official statistics report produced annually by Analysis, Statistics and Research Branch (ASRB). It brings together information from Translink on public transport journeys, vehicles and staff.
The publication is available on the DfI website at: Public Transport Statistics Northern Ireland 2024-25 | Department for Infrastructure
Key Points
Public Transport Journeys
- In 2024-25, there were 81.1 million journeys on public transport; this was an increase of 2.9 million or 3.6% since 2023-24 (78.2 million), but a decrease of 2.7% from 2019-20 (83.4 million).
- During 2024-25, there were 67.8 million bus passenger journeys, an increase of 3.4 million or 5.2% when compared with 2023-24 (64.4 million) but 0.5 million (0.7%) lower than in 2019-20 (68.3 million).
- There were 13.3 million rail passenger journeys in 2024-25, a decrease of 0.5 million or 3.8% when compared with 2023-24 (13.8 million) and a decrease of 12% from 2019-20 (15.1 million).
Public Transport Vehicles
At the end of March 2025:
- there were 1,420 buses in operation comprising, 1,083 Ulsterbuses, 303 Metro buses and 34 Gliders which were, on average, 9.9 years, 7.3 years, and 6.5 years old respectively.
- 15.0% of buses were zero emission vehicles, 2.4% were diesel hybrid and the remaining 82.6% were diesel vehicles.
- there were 164 rail carriages in operation, with an average age of 19 years.
Public Transport Staff
The full-time equivalent (FTE) number of staff employed by Translink in 2024-25 was 4,331, an increase of 4.2% on the number of staff in 2023-24 (4,156); 3,062 of those staff were in connection with buses (70.7%) and 1,269 with rail (29.3%).
