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DUBLIN BUS STRIKE CAUSES BIG LOSSES

10th May 1935, Page 122
10th May 1935
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Page 122, 10th May 1935 — DUBLIN BUS STRIKE CAUSES BIG LOSSES
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which commenced on March 3, cost the• company, during March, some £39,000. The returns for the month show that the Dublin buses ran 173,000 vehiclemiles, carrying 809,000 Passengers and earning £7,876 gross receipts, as compared with a total of 1,496,000 vehiclemiles, 5,609,000 passengers and £46,889 receipts in March, 1934.

An effort to settle the strike in time for the .Royal Dublin Satiety Spring Show, which• opened on Tuesday, failed.

Omitting the returns for the Dublin services, 990,000 vehicle-miles were run and 1,936,000 passengers"carried-on the remaining • internal services, last March, ,:an increase of ,86,000 passengers and a deCrease of 2,000 vehicle.. miles on the figures for the corresponding. 13i0nth of last year. , The gross receipts, at £41461. showed an increase on the total for March, 1934. During the first three months, January to March, the totals for the three services rose from 2,873,000 vehicle-miles, 5,262,000 passengers and £112,250 gross receipts, to 2,889,000, 5,469,000 and £116,070. respectively,

Traffic on the cross-border routes shows a general decline in all sections. Last March, 124,000 vehicle-Miles Were run on these services and 146,000 passengers were carried, as compared with 133,000 vehicle-miles and 151,000 passengers during March, 1934. The gross receipts fell from £4,609 in March, 1934, to £4,370 this year.

During the first three months of this year, the cross-border buses ran 363,000 vehicle-miles and earned £12,475, showing a decrease of 23,000 and £144 respectively on the figures for 1934. The number of passengers carried rose from 426,000 in 1934 to 427,000 in 1935.

The total gross receipts from coach services Were £712, last March, and £1,035 for the first three months of this year. •

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