Scheme to help people with disabilities use public transport extended to Cork City

Travel assistants will be available for customers on Bus Éireann’s Cork City services and on Irish Rail’s commuter services from September 1

The scheme makes travel assistants available to help people with disabilities or additional needs plan their bus or rail journey, and then travel with them on the bus and train service. Picture: Larry Cummins

A free scheme to help people with disabilities or additional needs use public transport on their own terms is being extended to Cork City.

Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (NTA) confirmed today that the Transport for Ireland (TFI) Travel Assistance Scheme, which has operated in Dublin since 2008, will be available to bus and rail passengers in Cork from September 1.