Deficit up at CIÉ despite 6.5m extra passenger journeys

Passenger journeys on bus and rail grew by 6.5 million last year but CIE has warned it remains on a bumpy road financially.

The company’s annual report shows 241m journeys were made on Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus services in 2015.

However, while there was a corresponding increase in fare revenue, the company’s overall financial position was worse than in 2014, with the net deficit increasing from €3.3m to €26.4m.