Dublin car traffic volumes still below pre-Covid levels, CSO figures show via IrishTimesBiz
At 298 million litres, clearances of motor diesel were 11 per cent lower than the same month last year and 8 per cent lower than pre-pandemic October 2019. Clearances of petrol, meanwhile, were 6 per cent lower than October 2021 at 79 million litres and 10 per cent lower than the same month in 2019.
The number of Dublin Bus trips taken in November was broadly in line with November 2019, the CSO said, while the number of bus journeys taken outside of Dublin exceeded pre-pandemic levels by 13 per cent. Some 810,472 passengers travelled on Irish Rail services in the same week, down slightly on the 851,347 passengers who travelled by rail in the first week of pre-Covid March 2020. There is no comparable data for 2019, the CSO said.
Meanwhile, despite a sharp recovery in international travel since the lifting of restrictions over the past 12 months, the CSO data also indicates that the volume of passengers travelling through Irish airports remained slightly below pre-Covid levels, a trend that has been observed throughout the year.
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