Citylink outsources routes in €30m deal

COACH operator Citylink Ireland has outsourced the operation of all of its routes to Claregalway-based Callinan Coaches in a five-year deal worth in excess of €30 million. No jobs will be lost. All of Citylink’s drivers will now work with Callinan Coaches.

This contract cements an outsourcing arrangement under which the two companies have been operating for the past six months. Citylink will continue to manage sales and marketing for the routes.

Under this deal, Callinan Coaches will run 15 multi-stop and 14 non-stop each way trips daily between Galway and Dublin, five multi-stop runs each way between Galway and Cork, plus regular daily services between Galway and Clifden, and Galway to and from Shannon Airport. Callinan will carry one million passengers a year on 85 daily Citylink routes.