How many passengers travel on the X3 bus - Ramsey to Douglas at 7.10am

Summary

The Department of Infrastructure provided daily passenger counts for the X3 bus service from Ramsey to Douglas at 7:10 am between March and August 2024. The response included specific figures for each day, noting instances where ticket machine failures resulted in missing data.

Key Facts

• The request covered the X3 bus route from Ramsey to Douglas departing at 7:10 am.
• Data was provided for the period from March 2024 to August 2024.
• Information was itemized daily rather than as a total sum.
• Some dates show 'bh' indicating the ticket machine failed on those days.
• The request was fully satisfied with all information sent.

Data Disclosed

• 01/03/2024: 28 passengers
• 04/04/2024: 3 passengers
• 30/05/2024: 42 passengers
• 25/07/2024: 40 passengers
• 01/04/2024: bh (ticket machine failed)
• 06/05/2024: bh (ticket machine failed)
• 29/03/2024: bh (ticket machine failed)
• 07/06/2024: bh (ticket machine failed)
• 05/07/2024: bh (ticket machine failed)
• 26/08/2024: bh (ticket machine failed)

Original Request

How many passengers did the X3 bus carry from Ramsey to Douglas between March 2024 and August 2024. I would like the information to be itemised daily / per journey and not a total number of passengers for the six months.

Data Tables (2)

Full Response Text

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Contact: FOI Response Team Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: dpo-doi@gov.im

Our ref: 4123385 19 September 2024

Dear ###

We write further to your request, received 12 September 2024, which states:

"How many passengers did the X3 bus carry from Ramsey to Douglas between March 2024 and August 2024. I would like the information to be itemised daily / per journey and not a total number of passengers for the six months."

Our response to your request is as follows: X3 07:10 Passenger figures- March, April & May 2024
Please note, the figures in red are the days in which the ticket machine failed.

Date No. of Passengers Date No. of Passengers Date No. of Passengers 01/03/2024 28 01/04/2024 bh 01/05/2024 33 04/03/2024 29 02/04/2024 31 02/05/2024 25 05/03/2024 34 03/04/2024 21 03/05/2024 27 06/03/2024 31 04/04/2024 3 06/05/2024 bh 07/03/2024 34 05/04/2024 19 07/05/2024 25 08/03/2024 31 08/04/2024 23 08/05/2024 25 11/03/2024 23 09/04/2024 28 09/05/2024 19 12/03/2024 33 10/04/2024 26 10/05/2024 24 13/03/2024 26 11/04/2024 28 13/05/2024 25 14/03/2024 31 12/04/2024 30 14/05/2024 26 15/03/2024 24 15/04/2024 27 15/05/2024 31 18/03/2024 33 16/04/2024 31 16/05/2024 22 19/03/2024 32 17/04/2024 27 17/05/2024 20 20/03/2024 28 18/04/2024 35 20/05/2024

21/03/2024 30 19/04/2024 26 21/05/2024 27 22/03/2024 22 22/04/2024 31 22/05/2024 26 25/03/2024 20 23/04/2024 29 23/05/2024 25 26/03/2024 31 24/04/2024 32 24/05/2024 25 27/03/2024 36 29/04/2024 30 27/05/2024 bh 28/03/2024 25 30/04/2024 29 28/05/2024 17 29/03/2024 bh

29/05/2024 27

30/05/2024 42

31/05/2024 25

X3 07:10 Passenger Figures- June, July & August

Date No. of Passengers Date No. of Passengers Date No. of Passengers 03/06/2024 19 01/07/2024 27 01/08/2024 25 04/06/2024 23 02/07/2024 29 02/08/2024 31 05/06/2024 19 03/07/2024 27 05/08/2024 27 06/06/2024 21 04/07/2024 32 06/08/2024 30 07/06/2024 bh 05/07/2024 bh 07/08/2024 32 10/06/2024 27 08/07/2024 33 08/08/2024 29 11/06/2024 26 09/07/2024 27 09/08/2024 32 12/06/2024 28 10/07/2024 28 12/08/2024 19 13/06/2024 23 11/07/2024 34 13/08/2024 25 14/06/2024 27 12/07/2024 26 14/08/2024 36 17/06/2024 26 15/07/2024 27 15/08/2024 31 18/06/2024 34 16/07/2024 29 16/08/2024 25 19/06/2024 29 17/07/2024 27 19/08/2024 31 20/06/2024 26 18/07/2024 28 20/08/2024 34 21/06/2024 27 19/07/2024 26 21/08/2024 32 24/06/2024 27 22/07/2024 28 22/08/2024 28 25/06/2024 28 23/07/2024 24 23/08/2024 25 26/06/2024 26 24/07/2024 32 26/08/2024 bh 27/06/2024 29 25/07/2024 40 27/08/2024 35 28/06/2024 23 26/07/2024 29 28/08/2024 34

29/07/2024 30 29/08/2024 36

30/07/2024 35 30/08/2024 32

31/07/2024 32

Please quote the reference number 4123385 in any future communications.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.

An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or 2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.

In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.