Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme

9:00 am

Mr. Ray Hernan:

We are continuing the review across all of our 22 Expressway routes. As a commercial operation, Expressway must stand on its own two feet. We have identified a number of routes that are causing serious concern in terms of their commercial viability. However, we are looking at all options to try to minimise the number of routes that may be potentially withdrawn or reduced in terms of frequency, etc. We have commenced a detailed engagement with the National Transport Authority to ensure that where any service is withdrawn, a credible alterative will be put in place to ensure connectivity is maintained across the whole route network. I cannot give details of the routes in question because I have not yet finalised the commercial review of the Expressway routes.

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