A former Mayor of Clare claims Bus Eireann is allowing Ennis station to ‘crumble’ after timetables were damaged at the facility.
Pictures circulating on social media show scheduled times for the 333 Ennis to Doonbeg and 336 Ennis to Kilkee service written on boards at the station in permanent marker, while a supervisor has not been present at the facility for several years.
Bus Eireann has told Clare FM its operations team are working to replace the timetables as soon as possible, but have no plans to reintroduce a supervisor position there.
Fine Gael Councillor Mary Howard believes the situation is ‘ridiculous’ and ‘insulting’ to the people of Ennis.
Statement from Bus Éireann
Regrettably, some of our timetables in Ennis have recently been damaged and our operations team are working on having them replaced as soon as possible. Bus Éireann is also working on a nationwide upgrade to all of our information displays in stations.
Customers in Ennis can purchase tickets from the automatic ticket machines situated in the bus station, from the driver on board the bus and are also available to purchase online. Bus Éireann encourages customers to use Leap Cards, automatic ticket machines and online ticket purchase to minimise the use of cash. Tickets can be purchased at www.buseireann.ie
There hasn’t been any change to the ticketing situation in Ennis for almost 10 years and there are no current plans to reintroduce a supervisor in the station.