Bus Éireann have announced that from 8 April 20205, it is not possible to book seats or buy tickets on-line for their public local and commuter bus services.
The only exception is for Expressway services can still be booked online, using the Expressway website.
For all other Bus Éireann services, the only way to buy a ticket is:
- With a Leap Card: Single tickets and some 24 hour and 7-Day / 1-week tickets can be bought from a bus driver, using a Leap-card
- With the Transport For Ireland TFI Go App: Single, 2 Journey and 10 Journey tickets, and 24-hour and 7-Day / 1-week tickets can be purchased using the Transport for Ireland TFI Go smart-phone app.
- From the driver on a board bus using with cash
- From a ticket vending machines at main bus stations only, using cash or an ATM / debit card.
This means that the only way to "book" a seat in advance on Bus Éireann non-expressway coaches is to buy a ticket from a ticket vending machine at a main bus station - and even then, it's not clear if these "bookings" will be honoured if there are more passengers than seats.
The only exception is wheelchair accessible Regional PSO services, which must be booked by phoning LoCall: 0818 294 015 (or +353 1 575 6110 from outside of the Republic of Ireland) at least 24 hours in advance.
