Public transport operators in Dublin

Many companies operate public transport services in Dublin, most of which are state-owned or semi-state-owned.

LUAS tram at Green Line terminus in Sandyford
Dublin Bus double-decker in Dún Laoghaire
DART trains at Bray Railway Station

Rail

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Light rail

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Historically, bus services in Dublin were operated mainly by the Dublin United Transport Company, which was incorporated into CIÉ in 1945.

Today, two subsidiary companies of state-owned Córas Iompair Éireann operate most of the bus services in and around Dublin but many other private companies also provide services.

Most routes are awarded to the state-owned firms by non-tendered direct award[1] (with the exception of Dublin Bus Airlink and Bus Éireann Expressway services, which are entirely commercial); but recently a portion of both firms routes were offered for public tender. Neither firm retained these routes, with Go-Ahead Ireland winning both contracts [2][3]

Some additional routes are tendered where a need is identified by the National Transport Authority. These are public service obligation routes and occasionally replace sections of withdrawn or altered Bus Éireann Expressway services.

City and local services

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State-owned

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  • Dublin Bus operates the vast majority of bus services in Dublin, including night services on Fridays and Saturdays and some limited 24h services.

State-tendered

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Private

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Longer distance and express services

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State-owned

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  • Bus Éireann operates many long-distance and express services to/from Dublin.

State-tendered

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  • Go-Ahead Ireland won a competitive tender to take over a group of services from Dublin to the County Kildare area from Bus Éireann which began operations between 1 December 2019 and 19 January 2020, replacing Bus Éireann on these routes[16]
  • Bernard Kavanagh & Sons operate a National Transport Authority PSO service between Kilkenny and Dublin [17]

Private

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See also

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References

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  16. ^ "Transport For Ireland - Major Jobs Announcement for Naas as Go-Ahead Ireland Gears Up to Operate Routes on the TFI Network -". Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Archived 18 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ "Kilkenny – Dublin (Route 817) - National Transport AuthorityNational Transport Authority". Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Archived 17 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine
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