Outcry as family bus firm serving rural Waterford folds

Drop in passenger numbers since Covid, increasing fuel costs, and need for investment in EVs made it 'unsustainable' for company to keep operating

Waterford’s Suirway company will withdraw from its public transport routes linking Waterford city to Dunmore East, Portlaw, and Passage East and will cease operations on October 31.

Falling passenger numbers and the need for investment in electric vehicles have sunk a bus company providing services to rural County Waterford for over 100 years.

Waterford’s Suirway company will withdraw from its public transport routes linking Waterford city to Dunmore East, Portlaw, and Passage East and will cease operations on October 31.