1947 LIRR PASSENGER STATS   
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     The LIRR's high density commuter traffic was primarily coaches, but combines were used instead of head end cars for whatever express, mail and baggage was carried - almost every photograph of a commuter train in the era seems to have, at least, one combine in the consist.

1947 PASS STATISTICS
LIRR M&SL Rutland RF&P

Miles having Passenger Service

345 902 407 117
       

Passengers (000's) 

112,802 106 378 3,040

Avg Miles Hauled 

18.9 58.4 68 100.8

               Pass Train Miles (000's)

with locos  2,138 22 796 1,775
without locos 5,094 680    
TOTAL 7,232 702 796 1,775
Average Speed 32 27 20 39.7
       
Average Cars per Train (Car Miles/Train Miles)
Mail, etc. 0.22 0.14 4.93 3.66
Combine 0.46 0.17 0.38 0.43
Coach 6.82 0.84 1.38 3.68
Sleeper 0.01 0.01 0.48 3.61
Club, etc. 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.93
Business 0 0.00 0.00 0.02
       
TOTAL 7.52 1.17 7.18 12.34
       
Percentage of Passenger Car Miles
Mail, etc. 2.9 12.2 68.7 29.7
Combine 6.1 14.9 5.3 3.5
Coach 90.7 72.1 19.2 29.9
Sleeper 0.1 0.4 6.7 29.3
Club, etc. 0.2 0.0 0.0 7.5
Business 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1
       
TOTAL 100 100 100 100
       
Density (Per Miles of Passenger Track Operated)
Passenger Train Miles 20,692 778 1,955 15,174
Passenger Car Miles  157,559 910 14,031 187,192