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14 Track Record Quarterly services bulletin Patronage Metropolitan trains, trams and buses Patronage on Melbourne’s public transport network increased by 3.4 per cent during 2011 – 2012, with an extra 19 million trips made by passengers. Some 537 million public transport trips were made in Melbourne in the past year, including 222 million trips on trains, nearly 192 million on trams and 123 million on buses. Tram had its second biggest year since the 1950s and is now carrying almost 192 million passenger trips a year, with patronage growing 4.5 per cent in the past year and by 23.7 per cent over the past five years. The most significant growth continued to be on the bus network, with use of buses growing by 56 per cent over the past six years, including a massive 16 per cent jump in patronage in the past year. After a long period of sustained growth, train patronage fell slightly for the year ending June 2012, although most recent figures indicate that patronage is growing again. While the overall yearly figure for train was slightly down, trips in peak times continued to grow by around 3 per cent in the morning and afternoon peaks. In the most recent quarter (April – June), train had its second strongest quarter on record with 58.9 million trips made by passengers. The slight decline in train patronage can be attributed to a number of factors including lower retail sales in the city, the broader impact of a downturn in the global economy, decline in petrol prices and the highly publicised period of poor performance in April 2011 when Metro’s punctuality fell to just 76 per cent – the lowest level in decades. Figure 11 Metropolitan train, tram and bus patronage 250 200 Patronage (millions) 150 100 50 0 1998 – 99 1999 – 00 2000 – 01 2001 – 02 2002 – 03 2003 – 04 2004 – 05 2005 – 06 2006 – 07 2007 – 08 2008 – 09 2009 – 10 2010 – 11 2011 – 12 Financial Year Metropolitan train Tram Metropolitan bus
Track Record Quarterly services bulletin 15 Table 11 Metropolitan train, tram and bus patronage Metropolitan train Metropolitan tram Metropolitan bus Metropolitan total Financial Year Boardings (million) Annual growth (%) Boardings (million) Annual growth (%) Boardings (million) Annual growth (%) Boardings (million) Annual growth (%) 1998 – 1999 118.0 4.4% 120.4 3.1% 91.5 –0.8% 329.9 2.5% 1999 – 2000 124.2 5.3% 127.3 5.7% 91.6 0.1% 343.1 4.0% 2000 – 2001 130.3 4.9% 129.4 1.6% 92.0 0.4% 351.7 2.5% 2001 – 2002 131.8 1.2% 131.9 1.9% 92.0 0.0% 355.7 1.1% 2002 – 2003 133.8 1.5% 134.7 2.1% 93.9 2.1% 362.4 1.9% 2003 – 2004 134.9 0.8% 135.9 0.9% 93.6 –0.3% 364.4 4 0.6% 2004 – 2005 145.1 3 4.0% 4 145.3 3 2.0% 4 90.0 stable 4 380.4 3 2.5% 4 2005 – 2006 159.1 1 9.7% 1 149.6 1 2.9% 1 79.1 1,3 stable 1,3 387.8 3 4.9% 4 2006 – 2007 178.6 12.2% 154.9 3.6% 85.0 7.4% 418.4 7.9% 2007 – 2008 201.2 12.7% 158.3 2.2% 91.3 7.4% 450.8 7.7% 2008 – 2009 213.9 6.3% 178.1 12.5% 99.5 9.0% 491.5 9.0% 2009 – 2010 219.3 2.7% 5 175.6 –1.2% 5 102.1 3.9% 5 497.0 1.5% 5 2010 – 2011 228.9 4.3% 5 182.7 4.1% 5 106.1 3.7% 5 517.7 4.1% 5 2011 – 2012 222.0 –3.3% 5 191.6 4.5% 5 123.2 15.8% 5 536.8 3.4% 5 Notes: 1 Figures exclude additional patronage associated with the Commonwealth Games. 2 Bus includes metropolitan school bus services. 3 Patronage estimates for the three metropolitan modes are estimated using a different methodology from 2004 – 2005. This change in methodology means a step-change in patronage estimates from 2003 – 2004 to 2004 – 2005 for train and tram and 2004 – 2005 to 2005 – 2006 for bus. This needs to be considered when comparing estimates across years. 4 The double line in the above table shows the break in series. 5 Growth figures for 2004 – 2005 by modes and 2005 – 2006 for all modes are estimates arrived at jointly by DOI, Metlink and the operators. They are not derived from the previous years patronage figures because of the change in measurement methodology described in point 3 above. 6 From 2009 – 2010, patronage growth rates have been adjusted for calendar effects. The calendar effect adjustment results in a more accurate measure of the underlying growth rate by removing the effect that differing number of school holidays, weekends and public holidays may have upon the apparent growth rate.
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