Bus Éireann passenger numbers back to pre-Covid levels

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Bus company Bus Éireann has reported a strong return to pre-Covid passenger levels for 2022. It reported 89.5 million passenger journeys for the full year, despite some pandemic impact in the first two months of the year.

It reported 89.5 million passenger journeys for the full year, despite some pandemic impact in the first two months of the year.Bus Éireann operated more than 225 million kilometres during 2022 - the largest public transport network in the country.

Bus Éireann operates the city services of Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford, town services in Athlone, Balbriggan, Drogheda, Dundalk, Navan and Sligo, as well as county and regional services.It also operates Expressway, the largest commercial inter-regional coach service in the country with 14 routes, and the school transport scheme on behalf of the Department of Education.

The services which have seen the largest increase in passenger journeys compared to 2019 include Route 115 services between Mullingar and Dublin and Route 303 services in Limerick city. Both have between 40-60% more passengers now than in 2019. "The exceptional growth in passenger demand for our services is explained by a number of factors," said Stephen Kent, chief executive of Bus Éireann.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

 

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3rd world!

Their 115 service is still shocking

It only picked up when the stupid masks were dropped

Profit / loss ?

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