Limerick Buses | July 2024

A video showing buses in Limerick city, recorded in July 2024.

There have been a few changes in Limerick city since the last visit in December 2023 (   • Limerick Buses | December 2023  ). A new bus station has opened on the opposite side of the railway station. This offers better facilities for passengers, with all the bus bays under cover. It has resulted in a change of how buses access the station, with an entrance at one end and an exit at the other. This does make it a bit more difficult for videoing as activity is reduced by 50%. However, the latter half of this video does show some of the regional and intercity coach services leaving the station.

The first half of this video features the new Wrights Electroliner buses that now operate on the city services, alongside the Enviro 400ERs. The EWD Class are part of a larger order that also includes the EW Class now entering service in Dublin. These new electric buses have seen the VWD double-deckers mostly replaced in Limerick. In fact, during the course of my visit the only pure diesel bus, and what turned out to be the only single-decker, I saw on a Bus Eireann city service was VWL 325.

Some private operators also feature in this video, such as a Dublin Coach bendi-bus on city route 310 and a Bernard Kavanagh coach on Local Link route 391 to Thurles, amongst others.

This video was recorded on July 4th, 2024. Apologies for the sound quality - it was very windy that day.

Bus Eireann Routes and Buses Featured:
- Route 14: Limerick - Killarney
- Route 51: Cork - Galway
- Route 55: Limerick - Waterford
- Route 72: Limerick - Athlone

- Route 301: Westbury - Father Russell Road
- Route 302: City Centre - Cahirdavin
- Route 303: Pineview - Rathbane
- Route 304: Ballycummin - University of Limerick
- Route 305A: Liddy Street - William Street
- Route 306: Ballynanty - Edward Street

- Route 328: Limerick - Mitchelstown
- Route 329: Limerick - Kilfinane
- Route 332: Limerick - Cashel
- Route 343: Limerick - Ennis

- Wrights Electroliner / EWD Class: EWD 102, EWD 103, EWD 107, EWD 108, EWD 110, EWD 179
- VDL Futura FHD2 / LC Class: LC 334
- VDL Futura FDD2 / LF Class: LF 440, LF 462
- Enviro 400ER / PAD Class: PAD 121, PAD 125, PAD 128
- Scania Irizar / SC Class: SC 322, SC 341
- Scania Irizar i6 / SE Class: SE 22, SE 24, SE 60
- Volvo Sunsudegui / VB Class: VB 493
- Volvo Sunsudegui / VE Class: VE 14
- Wrights Eclipse / VWL Class: VWL 325

Other Operator Routes and Buses Featured:
- Route 310: City Centre - Annacotty / Dublin Coach / 03 KE 16228
- Route 391: Limerick - Thurles / Local Link / 151 D 54746
- Route 723: Dublin Airport - Ennis / Flightlink / 141 KK 1
- Route 735: Limerick - Dublin Airport / JJ Kavanagh / 231 D 42290

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