AQW 26072/11-15

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 20/09/2013
Answered On Date: 02/10/2013
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Regional Development to detail the number of passengers using the Larne Railway Line since the introduction of the 2013 timetable compared to the comparable period under the previous timetable.

Answer:

The current railway timetable on the Larne line commenced on 24 March 2013. Translink advise 1,008,075 passenger journeys have been recorded on the Larne line from April to September 2013 compared to 849,243 in the corresponding period in 2012.