Extra 770k bus trips by passengers in Cork

More than three-quarters of a million extra bus journeys were made by people in Cork in 2016 compared to the previous year.

The Bus Éireann network in Cork grew by 6.6% in 2016, with total passenger journeys increasing to 12.52 million for the year.

In total 770,000 extra passenger journeys were made in the region in 2016, which Bus Éireann management say was due to a number of factors including enhanced services and extra fleet capacity, which were funded by the National Transport Authority (NTA).