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Table 10.12(a) Vehicle and Passenger Traffic between Scotland and Northern Ireland

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

thousands

Ardrossan - Larne

Numbers of cars

..

..

..

..

..

..

-

-

-

-

-

Numbers of passengers

..

3

2

3

4

1

-

-

-

-

-

Cairnryan - Larne

Numbers of cars

115

169

183

182

151

140

153

139

137

140

134

Numbers of passengers

501

751

769

740

644

604

651

599

595

602

595

Campbeltown 1 - Ballycastle

Numbers of cars

..

6

6

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Numbers of passengers

..

27

28

25

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Stranraer - Belfast

Numbers of cars

391

396

372

338

270

248

257

239

275

239

250

Numbers of passengers

1,704

1,909

1,803

1,651

1,458

1,358

1,296

1,363

1,319

1,235

1,212

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

Numbers of passengers

..

..

..

..

..

1

5

100

120

214

208

Total

Numbers of cars

506

571

561

570

501

464

487

490

513

435

440

Numbers of passengers

2,205

2,690

2,602

2,618

2,470

2,326

2,284

2,430

2,337

2,051

2,015

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 The Campbeltown - Ballycastle ferry service was withdrawn in 2000 before the start of the summer season.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 The Troon - Belfast ferry service was withdrawn in December 2004.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 10.12 (b) Vehicle and Passenger Traffic between Scotland and Europe

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

thousands

Rosyth - Zeebrugge 1

Numbers of passengers

-

-

-

-

-

-

105

195

192

183

112

Numbers of cars

-

-

-

-

-

-

28

43

44

43

28

Roads goods vehicles

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

16

21

21

6

Unaccompanied trailers

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

16

20

18

22

Import/export vehicles

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

2

3

6

7

Lerwick - Bergen 2

..

..

3

3

3

3

4

5

7

5

4

Lerwick - Maaloy 2

..

..

-

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lerwick - Hanstholm 2

..

..

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

-

Lerwick - Torshaven 2

..

..

4

3

3

3

3

7

7

6

5

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.
2. These are passenger numbers only as car and commercial vehicles are not recorded.

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