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# busconnects

This year
2024
Public transport use hit record high last year, rising above pre-pandemic levels
17 Jan
8.7k
41
Last year
2023
BusConnects: Three new routes for west Dublin and east Kildare set to begin on Sunday
21 Jun 2023
22.5k
31
Bus services in Galway to increase by nearly 50% under proposed new network
Updated 24 Apr 2023
14.0k
38
Changes to BusConnects Cork plan unveiled as fresh public consultation opens
30 Mar 2023
7.5k
0
High-powered EV chargers to be installed every 60km along all main roads under new Govt plan
18 Jan 2023
21.5k
67
All time
Dublin Bus apologises for 'real-time' issues as staffing crisis could delay BusConnects roll-out
Updated 8 Nov 2022
34.9k
56
Compulsory purchase order for west county Dublin section of BusConnects scheme submitted
7 Nov 2022
31.8k
18
Core BusConnects route linking Lucan to Dublin city centre enters planning phase
27 Oct 2022
20.0k
7
Major €600m investment in Cork public transport with new buses, routes and cycle ways
20 Apr 2022
13.8k
17
Cabinet approves moving BusConnects ahead to planning stage
8 Mar 2022
11.6k
3
Cork City to get more bus services with shorter wait times under new BusConnects proposals
2 Nov 2021
11.7k
20
First phase of new BusConnects network in Dublin comes into operation today
27 Jun 2021
34.5k
16
BusConnects: H Spine towards Howth and Malahide to begin from Sunday
24 Jun 2021
34.0k
41
Transport specialist teams appointed to design improve bus network for Cork City
19 Jan 2021
9.2k
10
NTA launches fresh round of public consultation on BusConnects corridors
4 Nov 2020
8.7k
6
New bus network for Dublin to increase services by 23%, NTA says
24 Sep 2020
34.1k
35
Revised BusConnects plan: Fewer front gardens impacted, less tree-cutting
4 Mar 2020
24.5k
37
Explainer: Here's what the revised BusConnects plan would mean for your bus route
26 Oct 2019
59.4k
100
NTA is looking for 'front garden negotiators' ahead of next phase of BusConnects
27 Sep 2019
21.2k
53
Up to 3.6m BusConnects leaflets to be delivered to every home and business in greater Dublin
15 Aug 2019
20.1k
61
Minister urges BusConnects 'rethink' and says 'alternative route must be found' in constituency
29 Jul 2019
52.4k
76
South Dublin locals have been tying ribbons to trees in protest at the BusConnects plan
18 May 2019
43.7k
49
NTA receives 30,000 submissions about BusConnects plan
27 Mar 2019
11.1k
20
Public asked for its say on six new corridors under radical BusConnects plan
23 Jan 2019
18.5k
40
Around 1,300 Dublin property owners to get average of €25k compensation over Bus Connects plan
15 Nov 2018
45.8k
105
Plans rolled out for continuous bus lanes in Dublin - but property owners to lose parts of gardens to make way
14 Nov 2018
24.9k
72
New BusConnects plan won't be published until 'sometime' next year
24 Oct 2018
12.1k
55
'If we're not successful in five years, we won't be here': Go-Ahead answers privatisation fears
18 Oct 2018
11.3k
31
'He's all at sea': Ross criticised for asking for info about bus redesign three weeks after launching it
14 Oct 2018
28.4k
46
Visually impaired couple who work in city say BusConnects will have 'devastating effect'
14 Oct 2018
28.3k
70
'Everyday bus users are refusing to fold up their buggies to allow wheelchair users on board'
22 Jul 2018
34.9k
107
Explainer: How the new Dublin Bus network plans would change your route
7 Jul 2018
94.5k
99
Dublin's radical bus corridor plan explained: How many gardens will be affected? Will my commute improve?
12 Jun 2018
41.0k
85
New routes, new buses and paying by card: 7,000 people have say on future of Dublin bus network
5 Jul 2017
17.8k
27