Irish Citylink is an
Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
based subsidiary of
Singapore
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an company
ComfortDelGro
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, which provides bus services between some of Ireland's major cities and towns.
History
In 2010, Citylink contracted the running of its bus services to Callinan Coaches while remaining in control of sales and marketing of its routes.
From midnight on the 30 March 2020 Citylink cancelled all its Irish bus services indefinitely as a response to the
Covid-19 pandemic
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. Services resumed on 31 July 2020 with busses operating at reduced capacity in line with
National Transport Authority guidelines.
Services
As of May 2017, Citylink operates on six routes:
* Galway – Dublin City non-stop express
* Galway – Dublin Airport non-stop express (branded as eireagle)
* Galway – Limerick – Cork – Cork Airport express (Route 251)
* Galway – Clifden (Route 923)
* Galway – Ballinasloe – Athlone – Dublin commuter (Route 763)
* Limerick – Dublin Airport eireagle
(Route 712X)
Legal prosecution
In April 2010, Citylink were prosecuted for operating an unlicensed bus service between Dublin and Galway when, in addition to their licensed stopping bus service, they introduced a non-stop service between the two cities. While the District Court judge found that the case against the company had been proven to the required degree, she decided to apply the
Probation Act
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Enactment
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.
See also
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Aircoach
Aircoach is an Ireland-based subsidiary company of FirstGroup. It provides airport express coach services from Cork, Belfast, Galway, Greystones, Bray, Southside Dublin and Dublin to Dublin Airport. It also operates contracted bus services for ...
*
Scottish Citylink
Scottish Citylink is a long-distance express coach operator in Scotland and Ireland (where it operates as Irish Citylink) and England (where it operates as Stansted Citylink). The company was formed as a subsidiary of Scottish Transport Group in ...
References
External links
Company website
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ComfortDelGro companies
Public transport in the Republic of Ireland
Bus companies of the Republic of Ireland
Transport companies established in 1994
Irish companies established in 1994