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TFI Local Link Cavan Monaghan enhances services in Monaghan Town

TFI Local Link Cavan Monaghan is enhancing three key routes in Monaghan Town, set to take effect on the 9th of September. The upgraded services, formerly known as Routes M1, M2, and M3, will be rebranded as Routes MN1, MN2, and MN3, offering passengers improved frequency and connectivity. Routes MN1 improved connectivity in Tully, The...

4,042 households participate in nationwide Annual Household Travel Survey

The National Transport Authority (NTA) has today published its annual National Household Travel Survey. 4,042 households participate in nationwide survey The nationwide survey, which took place between October and December 2023, aims to examine travel habits in order to support the government’s Climate Action Plan. This year’s survey had over 4,000 households participate, with almost...

NTA’s Enforcement App Now Used by An Garda Síochána

NTA’s SPSV mobile enforcement app was in July rolled out to a section of An Garda’s Síochána’s Roads Policing unit as a pilot. This is a powerful tool supporting SPSV roadside audits and the issue of Fixed Penalty Notices which is now available to those Gardaí on their own mobility device. An Garda Síochána can...

Prohibition of e-Scooters on Public Transport for safety reasons announced

Public transport operators are to prohibit the carriage of e-scooters for safety reasons and to help prevent the risk of combustion on board buses and trains. This includes those that can be folded or carried, according to a guidance document published today by the National Transport Authority (NTA). E-scooters, not e-bikes or mobility scooters- restricted...

Dublin City Transport Plan Changes – Information for SPSV operators

Dublin City Transport Plan Changes – Information for SPSV operators   The first of the measures contained in the adopted Dublin City Transport Plan 2023 will come into effect from the 25th of August 2024, with traffic management measures being implemented on the north quays at Bachelors Walk and on the South Quays on Burgh...

NTA and Bus Éireann announce significantly enhanced routes on Limerick-Shannon-Ennis corridor

First 24/7 bus route in the Mid-West The National Transport Authority (NTA) and Bus Éireann, are pleased to announce significantly enhanced services and timetables on Route 343, Limerick to Shannon along with three other new or enhanced routes along the Limerick-Shannon-Ennis corridor, which will come into effect on Sunday, 25 August. Key features of route...

Local Area Hackney – New Application – Durrus, Co Cork

The Local Area Hackney (LAH) is a private hire category of SPSV that was created following the Taxi Regulation Review in 2012. The purpose of the Local Area Hackney is to offer a SPSV service in a rural community where existing transport services do not serve the needs of the community. The LAH can meet...

TFI Local Link Donegal Sligo Leitrim enhances bus services 567 between Manorhamilton and Carrick-on-Shannon

TFI Local Link Donegal Sligo Leitrim is enhancing bus services between Manorhamilton and Carrick-on-Shannon from Monday the 26th of August. This enhancement is part of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan which is a major national public transport initiative developed and funded by the National Transport Authority (NTA) as part of the Transport for Ireland (TFI) Network....

NTA and Dublin Bus announce enhancements to services in the Tallaght / Blessington area

Service levels on bus routes between Blessington/ Ballymore and Tallaght are to increase by almost 20% from Monday 26 August 2024. Under the new timetables, there will be four additional services daily on the 65 between Blessington/ Ballymore and Poolbeg St. Inbound & Outbound services increased This means that the total number of inbound services...