Senator Aisling Dolan calls for extra rural bus routes

Fine Gael Senator Aisling Dolan has this week raised the need for a bus route from Athlone to Ballinasloe along the Dublin-Galway road under the Rural Mobility Plan.

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Speaking in the Seanad, Senator Dolan said a recently launched service from Castlerea to Ballinasloe is proving successful.

The Fine Gael Senator now wants a further service for those travelling from Athlone to Ballinasloe.

“Recently the new 546 route from Castlerea-Mountbellew-Ballinasloe was launched and this gives people choice with three services a day under the Local Link and people in Athlone and the major maternity hospital in the region – and with thousands of TÚS students travelling to Athlone every day – there is a demand from groups for this service and it is listed under Route 23 in the Connecting Ireland strategy.

“The bus station in Athlone town centre used to bring people through Summerhill and Moore into Ballinasloe and right outside the door of Portiuncula Hospital,” she said.

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“Right now there is no service on this route. Commercial providers bring people from town to town along the motorway, however we need Local Link to connect communities and bring them from town centre to town centre”. Another proposed route is from Athlone to Roscommon town via Ballyforan, Ballygar and Athleague.

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“Again, this would give a choice to people who may not be able to drive or have access to a car,” Senator Dolan said.

In a response, Minister Josepha Madigan said that there is an increase of 25 per cent in rural bus services and that routes are still under review.