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A New Milestone! TFI Leap Card Passes 5 Million Mark
The National Transport Authority today marked the recent sale of the 5 millionth TFI Leap Card, the convenient way to pay for public transport services in across the country. Despite the challenges faced by the public transport sector over the past 18 months, the scheme has continued to grow and become ever more essential. Of...
TFI Customer Bank Holiday Weekend Notice
With the coming bank holiday weekend, the National Transport Authority (NTA) would like to remind customers that buses, trains and trams across the Transport for Ireland (TFI) network continue to operate at 75% capacity. Transport operators will be taking all steps to ensure that every available vehicle is in service carrying customers, but with some...
Taxi Accessibility Survey – Extended to 31/08/2021
NTA’s aim is to improve Small Public Service Vehicle (SPSV – Taxi, Hackney and limousine) services for all but particularly for people with disabilities who are using or might use this door to door transport service. Our Accessibility Survey opened on 2 July 2021 asking for experiences, opinions and advice on the demand for and...
Notice on bus services between Dublin and Galway
The Bus Éireann Route 20/X20 between Galway and Dublin is to be discontinued as and from Thursday July 29th. This follows on from the announcement made by the company on 28th September 2020 on its plans to rationalise some of its non-subsidised commercial services. However the NTA has granted a licence for Route 706/ 706X, a...
Public Consultation on Draft Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure COVID-19) (Maximum Permissible Age) Regulations 2021
Submissions can be made on the Public Consultation on the Draft Small Public Service Vehicle (Emergency Measure COVID-19) (Maximum Permissible Age) Regulations 2021 by clicking here.
NTA Signs Framework Agreement for up to 200 Fully Electric Buses
The National Transport Authority (NTA) and Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) have today signed a framework agreement for the delivery of up to 200 zero emission battery-electric buses. An initial order for 45 buses commencing delivery in 2022 was also agreed. The framework agreement will run for up to five years and covers the delivery of...
Approved – Small Public Service Vehicle COVID -19 Emergency Measures 2021
Today, following public consultation, the NTA Board approved the signing of two sets of emergency regulations, as below. Both amendments were made as exceptional provisions and emergency measures resultant from the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that public transport, specifically including small public service vehicles, is deemed by Government an essential service. Small Public Service Vehicle...
TFI CUSTOMER NOTICE: Passenger Capacity on Public Transport to Increase to 75%
As Covid-19 restrictions on public transport are gradually eased, from Monday 19th July the capacity on our buses trams and trains will increase from 50% to 75%. This means that a bus that pre-Covid could carry say 80 people seated and standing, and which has been carrying 40 this week, will now be able to accommodate...
NTA and Bus Éireann unveil Hydrogen Buses for initial use on Commuter Route 105
The National Transport Authority (NTA) in conjunction with Bus Éireann has today unveiled three new hydrogen-fuel-cell-electric double-deck buses that will initially be used on commuter services in the Greater Dublin Area. The three vehicles were recently purchased by the NTA and will go into service next week on Bus Éireann’s route 105X, which runs between...