Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus is a major public transport provider for Dublin City with many routes being serviced. A tale-tell sign that you are in Dublin City is from seeing the common sight of the Double Deckers with blue and yellow colours.
Bus Fares
The price of a fare varies for each route and located and Dublin Bus follow an exact fare rule. No change is given on fares which was introduced to deter anyone from robbing the bus driving of any earnings. Coins are only accept as form of payment and a change ticket will be given for anyone who over pays. The change ticket (receipt) can be exchanged at the Dublin Bus HQ located in O'Connell Street.
If you will be commuting more than once on Dublin Bus there are a number of different pre-paid tickets that can be purchased such as:
- Rambler tickets. A single & multi-day ticket option.
- Travel 90 Handy Pack
- Adult (Bus & Rail) Short Hop
- Family (Bus & Rail) Short Hop
- Adult One Day Bus/Luas Ticket
- Child One Day Bus/Luas Ticket
For pricing on prepaid tickets please see here. You can purchase a pre-paid ticket from many different ticket agents located all over Dublin City. For a list of Dublin Bus ticket agents please see here.
Wheelchair Accessible
There are now a large number of routes covered by Dublin Bus that use Wheelchair Accessible Buses. Such accessible feature include low floor single step entry, kneeling suspension, retractable ramp at entrance door with many more features. Please see here for a full list of Wheelchair Accessible features that Dublin provides and on what bus routes
Standing At The Bus Stop - One thing many people do not know is that when you are standing at the bus stop you need to signal to the driver, on his/her approach, that you wish to board the bus. Use your hand to signal to the driver but make sure to give him/her plenty of warning so they can safely stop the bus at the stop. The reason why you need to signal is that each bus stop is serviced by more than one bus route.
Getting Off - To make the driver aware that you wish to depart the bus on the next stop use the bell system. A button on different hand rails though-out the bus can be pressed which will sound a bell giving the driver a signal to stop at the next stop, give plenty of warning if you want to depart at your designated stop.
Dublin Bus Rules - It is extremely important that every passenger on Dublin Bus follow the law and rules for the safety of the driver, passegngers and other road users. You can see a full list of laws and rules by clicking here.
Timetables - You can find a full list of different bus timetables by clicking here and if you wish to search a map of Dublin then click here.
Dublin Bus Services - There are a number of different services provided by Dublin Bus, apart from normal public routes such as:
- Airport Services
- School Link
- Nitelink
- Rail Link
- Siteseeing Tours