You may have noticed the new buses from Transport For Ireland (TFI) or Bus Eireann around the streets of Waterford city over the past few weeks. This is a brand new fleet is offering an enhanced service including a Sunday service which we never had before.
According to TFI “This enhanced network will be delivered by a fleet of 17 new state-of-the-art city buses. All vehicles will be fully accessible and feature Transport For Ireland livery. They will operate the five city routes in Waterford, which are newly re-numbered W1 – W5”.
The 17 new busses not only feature a bright new interior design, comfortable seating, a dedicated wheelchair space, a separate designated child buggy space, priority seats, USB sockets, complimentary Wi-Fi, CCTV security cameras throughout, as well as journey information screens but also run in Sunday’s and public holidays.
The main enhancements to the individual routes are as follows:
Route W1 (formerly 601) & Route W2 (formerly 603)
- Increased hours of operation on this route
- New Sunday and Public holiday timetable
- Increased frequency on Saturdays
- Increased frequency after 18.00hrs every day
- Last bus at 23.30hrs (approx.)
In addition to the changes highlighted above, Route W1 & W2 combined will now provide a service every 10mins to Waterford Institute of Technology throughout the day, with a combined 20min frequency during the evening.
Route W3 (formerly 602)
- Increased frequency on Saturdays
- New Sunday and Public holiday timetable
Route W4 (formerly 604)
- Increased frequency from every 40mins to every 30mins.
- Increased frequency on Saturdays.
- New Sunday & Public Holiday timetable
- Extended to Brown’s Road to serve both the IDA Industrial Estate and Waterford Institute of Technology.
Route W5 (formerly 605)
- Increased frequency from every 40mins to every 30mins.
- Increased frequency on Saturdays
- New Sunday & Public Holiday timetable.
For new detailed timetable information see here: www.buseireann.ie/waterford
