Transport and Public Works
- What is the average number of commuters who used Metrorail’s services on a monthly basis during the financial years (i) 2014/2015, (ii) 2015/2016, (iii) 2016/2017, and (iv) 2017/18 and (b) what is the amount of revenue generated by the Metrorail commuters for the same financial years?
(a) The Metrorail Western Cape recorded Passenger Journeys are as follows. Although the data is incomplete, a clear reduction in the number of recorded passenger journeys can be seen in the year-on-year data between 2014 and 2016.
|
Month |
Passenger Journeys |
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2014/15 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
|
Apr |
15 479 763 |
14 363 834 |
11 906 436 |
* |
|
May |
15 556 094 |
14 501 830 |
11 142 690 |
* |
|
June |
14 377 810 |
13 578 305 |
* |
* |
|
Jul |
14 590 945 |
13 938 405 |
* |
* |
|
Aug |
14 319 130 |
13 893 901 |
* |
* |
|
Sep |
14 974 448 |
14 397 712 |
* |
* |
|
Oct |
16 176 075 |
15 430 060 |
* |
* |
|
Nov |
14 947 865 |
14 389 553 |
* |
* |
|
Dec |
11 491 246 |
10 764 723 |
* |
* |
|
Jan |
12 342 728 |
10 903 640 |
* |
* |
|
Feb |
15 061 328 |
13 203 652 |
* |
* |
|
Mar |
15 617 500 |
13 631 984 |
* |
* |
|
TOTALS |
174 934 932 |
162 997 599 |
* |
* |
|
Average over 12 Months |
14 577 911 |
13 583 133 |
* |
* |
(Source: Metrorail Passenger Journeys Data)
* Data not available
(b) Revenue data was not available.
