Wexford Bus brings students to and from five counties

WEXFORD Bus is all set for another academic year with more scheduled services than ever before from Wexford and Wicklow to Dublin City, Waterford and Carlow. With a comprehensive choice of services, free wi-fi and a warm welcome there has never been a better time to commute by bus as a student on a daily or weekly basis.

On Route 740 between Wexford and Dublin City & Airport there is a choice of up to 19 daily services in each direction so you can arrive on time for your first lecture, whatever time that may start at! Travelling along the M11 route Wexford Bus services UCD, Trinity and DIT. DCU and St Pat’s are serviced at selected times.

The new Route 740A serving Arklow Town, Jackwhites and Wicklow Town to name a few has up to 9 daily services each day and is ideal for students commuting to the colleges in Dublin including UCD, TCD, the DIT’s in the city centre and DCU and St Pat’s as the service goes to Drumcondra. There are a range of student weekly tickets and student leap tickets to suit various travel needs.

The Carlow service, Route 376, operates between Wexford, Enniscorthy, Bunclody and Carlow town and Carlow IT.

Route 340 operates between Wexford, New Ross and Waterford and brings students directly to WIT. There up to 9 daily services to choose from here so commuting to Waterford is both manageable and affordable with weekly 10 journey tickets costing only €45.

“Our timetables are very well suited to students; our selection of bus times offers students great flexibility with their lecture timetable. A significant portion of our daily commuters to Dublin, Waterford and Carlow are students.” Explains Brendan Crowley, Managing Director

Users of Wexford Bus can benefit from the convenience of using a Leap Card to pay for their trips. Students can get a personalised Student Leap card which will enable them to load their weekly tickets to their card or avail of the special student rate with a Leap Student Card. In addition, the Travel Credit on this card can be used for travel on our Local Wexford Bus Connect Service, Dublin Bus, Dart or Luas while in the city.

Students travelling daily to Dublin can also avail of The Seat Reservation System, by purchasing a monthly ticket customers can reserve their seat on a daily basis for both their northbound and southbound journeys. This assists students in planning their day so they can be sure to make it on time for lectures.

For details of the timetable and tickets see www.wexfordbus.com or follow on Facebook www.facebook.com/wexfordbus