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Dublin Bus was established on 2 February 1987, when Córas Iompair Éireann was split into 3 subsidiaries, Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and Irish Rail. [5] Dublin's main bus operator was formerly the Dublin United Transport Company.
Bus services in Dublin are operated for the most part by state owned Dublin Bus but a number of peripheral bus routes are provided by Go-Ahead Ireland a private operator who operate these on behalf of the NTA. There is an extensive bus network of nearly 200 radial, cross-city and peripheral routes in the Greater Dublin Area, which constitutes ...
The proposed purpose of the redesign was to improve network functionality and increase bus ridership in the Dublin area. The report noted that the existing network focused on radial routes (from the suburbs into the city centre) and had very few orbital or crossing routes (from suburb to suburb). [11]
The bus network consists of 200 bus routes covering the Greater Dublin Area. The Bus Arrival Information Service is being rolled out across Dublin, and provides real-time estimates of bus arrivals at each stop, based on GPS locations of buses. Dublin also has a commuter rail system, one of five suburban rail networks on the island.
Go-Ahead Ireland operate approximately 10% of the total Dublin network, primarily consisting of routes transferred from Dublin Bus after it won a competitive tender process. Go-Ahead additionally won the tender for the 197 service from Swords to Ashbourne which began operating on 24 November 2019. This does not operate as part of the Dublin ...
The rail network is also state-owned and operated, while the government currently still owns the main airports. Public transport is mainly in the hands of a statutory corporation, Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ), and its subsidiaries, Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann (Irish Bus), and Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail).
With the aim of improving efficiency, in 2015 the National Transport Authority put the operation of 24 Dublin Bus routes out to tender. [1] In August 2017 the contract was awarded to the Go-Ahead Group. [2] [3] [4] This represented 10% of the incumbent operator Dublin Bus existing monopoly operated network.
Bus Éireann Logo 1987–2000 Bus Éireann Logo 2000–2007. Bus Éireann was established in February 1987 when it was split out from Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). [2] The logo of Bus Éireann incorporates a red Irish Setter, a breed of dog that originated in Ireland. A Bus Éireann Wright Gemini 3 operating service 103 in Dublin, September 2017