Dublin Bus
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A 2007 Volvo B9TL with Dublin Bus branding
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| Slogan | "Serving the entire community" |
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| Parent | Córas Iompair Éireann |
| Founded | February 2, 1987 |
| Headquarters | O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin |
| Service area | Dublin |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Routes | 110 |
| Depots | 7 |
| Fleet | 987 (January 2017) |
| Annual ridership | 125 million (2016) |
| Fuel type | Diesel |
| Chief executive | Ray Coyne |
| Website | www |
Dublin Bus (Irish: Bus Átha Cliath) is a bus operator providing services in Dublin. It is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann.
Dublin Bus was established on 2 February 1987 when it was split out from the Córas Iompair Éireann.
Dublin Bus operates an extensive network of 110 radial, cross-city and peripheral routes and 18 night routes in the city of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area. The company carries around 325,000 people each day. The main radial routes are focused upon Dublin's sixteen Quality Bus Corridors which provide buses with daytime access to the city centre.
Express buses (branded "Xpresso") operate on similar routes, but have a limited number of stops and a higher minimum fare. These services run Monday to Friday at peak times and do not operate on public holidays.
Dublin Bus operates a "Nitelink" service of approximately 18 routes overnight which up until January 2009 ran between Monday and Saturday, with the greatest service frequency being on Friday and Saturday nights. Due to cutbacks necessitated by the economic downturn in Ireland, the midweek schedule was scrapped causing consternation with commuters. Special (higher) fares apply on Nitelink buses.
Dublin Bus also runs a Ghost Bus Tour through some of the supposedly haunted places in the city including St Kevin's Church and St Audoen's Church. The tour usually runs in the evening time and includes two stops where passengers leave the bus behind and visit locations where ghosts have allegedly been seen.
The ghostbus
In April 2010, Dublin Bus announced it would be simplifying many of its routes around the city in order to create better efficiency. This programme is called Network Direct. However, as part of these measures, the company also announced that 150 jobs would be lost.
In 2016, the company carried 125 million passengers, which is a reduction of 14% compared to 2005 numbers (first full year of the Luas, which has seen an increase of 33.6% passengers in the same period).
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