More than 20m public transport journeys made in September

A double-decker Bus Éireann bus on St Patrick's  Street in Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins

More than 20 million journeys were made on public transport in September — the highest monthly figure for the year so far.

New statistics released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) as part of their transport bulletins show that across all public transport facilities (excluding the Luas), 21,061,522 journeys took place.