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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

Published
20 December 2010
ISBN
9780755998449

Has figures on (e.g.) road vehicles, traffic, accidents, bus and rail passengers, road and rail freight, air and water transport, finance, personal travel and international comparisons.

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Table 9.12(a) Vehicle and Passenger Traffic between Scotland and Northern Ireland

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

thousands

Ardrossan - Larne

Numbers of cars

..

..

..

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Numbers of passengers

3

4

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cairnryan - Larne

Numbers of cars

182

151

140

153

139

137

140

134

156

154

154

Numbers of passengers

740

644

604

651

599

595

602

595

646

628

602

Campbeltown 1 - Ballycastle

Numbers of cars

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Numbers of passengers

25

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Stranraer - Belfast

Numbers of cars

338

270

248

257

239

275

239

250

257

239

244

Numbers of passengers

1,651

1,458

1,358

1,296

1,363

1,319

1,235

1,212

1,217

1,104

1,101

Stranraer - Larne

Numbers of cars

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Numbers of passengers

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Troon - Belfast 2

Numbers of cars

44

80

76

76

87

74

-

-

-

-

-

Numbers of passengers

199

364

362

332

368

303

-

-

-

-

-

Troon - Larne

Numbers of cars

..

..

..

1

25

27

56

56

66

59

62

Numbers of passengers

..

..

1

5

100

120

214

208

231

206

213

Total

Numbers of cars

570

501

464

487

490

513

435

440

479

452

460

Numbers of passengers

2,618

2,470

2,326

2,284

2,430

2,337

2,051

2,015

2,094

1,937

1,915

1. The Campbeltown - Ballycastle ferry service was withdrawn in 2000 before the start of the summer season.
2. The Troon - Belfast ferry service was withdrawn in December 2004.

Table 9.12 (b) Vehicle and Passenger Traffic between Scotland and Europe

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

thousands

Rosyth - Zeebrugge 1

Numbers of passengers

-

-

-

105

195

192

183

112

110 |

74 |

31

Numbers of cars

-

-

-

28

43

44

43

28

31 |

21 |

9

Roads goods vehicles

-

-

-

8

16

21

21

6

6 |

4 |

1

Unaccompanied trailers

-

-

-

6

16

20

18

22

8 |

5 |

3

Import/export vehicles

-

-

-

2

2

3

6

7

7 |

5 |

7

Lerwick - Bergen 2

3

3

3

4

5

7

5

4

-

-

-

Lerwick - Maaloy 3

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lerwick - Hanstholm 2

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

-

-

-

-

Lerwick - Torshaven 2

3

3

3

3

7

7

6

5

1

1

-

1. The service started in May 2002. The drop in passenger numbers in 2006 follows a reduction in the frequency of the service with effect from November 2005.
There was no service in the fourth quarter of 2008
2. These are passenger numbers only as car and commercial vehicles are not recorded.
3. This service ran in 1999 only

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