Here Comes The Little Loopy Bus

C95 on the 84 route 20APR68. Pic Peter Makinson

atest press release from Steven Matthews TD, issued on Wednesday, 8th May 2024…

Green TD Steven Matthews has said he is delighted to see a number of new bus stops commence construction to serve the new L14 Bray around the town bus service.

“With the construction of the new bus stops on Putland, Sidmonton and Southern Cross Road, the new Bray Town Bus which will provide a local bus service every 30 minutes through Bray is getting ready for service commencement,” said Matthews.

“The L14 route will run from the Railway station to the Southern Cross return serving Strand Road, Putland Road and Vevay Road then return along this route to serve Meath Road, Florence Road, Main Street, Castle Street to St Peter’s Road, and run that route every 30 minutes. It will use existing stops and some new stops are being constructed.

“I have been asked for so many years to have a regular circulating bus in the town and I invited Dublin Bus to our Bray council meeting in 2016 to propose the idea. It really took the Greens going into government to priorities investment and delivery of better public transport and I think we have done so for many parts of Wicklow.

“Greystones will also commence its two improved local services L1 and L2 soon with 30-minute frequency to Newcastle, Kilcoole, Newtownmountkennedy to Greystones and onto Bray Railway Station. L1 and L2 combined will provide a service to Bray every 15 minutes.”

The L3 local loop service serving Chapel Road, to Lidl back along R761 to Victoria Road, Trafalgar Road, Main Street, Mill Road to Kilcoole Road at Eden Gate will run every 30 minutes.

“The new 131 and 133 bus from Wicklow to Bray and city centre are working very well, so much so that we need to introduce greater capacity in that service.

“Dunlavin got its second bus service this week, the 892 and now has a regular east-west and north-south 885 service where it had none before. The DART extension to Wicklow Town is still my big project for Wicklow and that is proceeding very well despite some naysayers who are unhelpfully trying to gain political points from continuously saying it is not going to happen.

‘I am also progressing the delivery of a Wicklow Town local town bus and a new service from Roundwood to Bray Railway Station.

“If we really want people to drive less, to cut emissions and improve road safety we need to provide better public transport and that is one of my priorities and I am committed to delivering more for Wicklow,” concluded Deputy Matthews.