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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Dan Grennan

Transport chiefs to banish 'ghost' buses from Dublin as driver shortages blamed

Transport chiefs have promised to vanquish Dublin's "ghost" buses which are being caused by driver shortages and technical issues.

A bus service vanishing off Dublin Bus’ real-time information is a common occurrence in the capital. The phenomenon has been dubbed a ‘phantom’ or 'ghost' service by frustrated commuters left stranded at stops.

Chiefs from the National Transport Authority, Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland told TDs they are “working hard to fix” the software problems and bus driver shortages that are causing the disappearing services.

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