Rural bus services to increase by 25% over five years

Currently, six million vehicle kilometres are provided annually across the country by TFI Local Link, and this is set to increase to 18.3m under Connecting Ireland plans, a rise of 200%.

There will be a 25% increase in the number of rural bus services over the next five years, under proposed plans published by the National Transport Authority (NTA).

On Friday, the NTA published its Connecting Ireland plan for public consultation, which seeks to increase public transport connectivity, particularly in areas outside of the country’s big cities and towns.