Dublin Bus is moving back to a Monday to Friday timetable, as opposed to a Weekend Plus style schedule.
It's making the change from May 4th, and asked people to avoid peak hours while school children and essential workers are commuting.
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It's Chief Executive has admitted that a move from 25% capacity back to 50% will likely be required in the coming weeks.
Ray Coyne says demand for services is only going to increase if sectors like non-essential retail re-open: "Our operations team will closely monitor the performance of our Monday-Friday services over the coming weeks.
"This process has been in place throughout the Covid-19 pandemic allowing us to safely carry essential service workers, frontline workers and those who have returned to employment.
"As the reopening of society progresses, and the vaccine rollout continues, it is my view that we will have to examine the 25% capacity limit on public transport."
Customer demand is increasing ,so, from 4 May, we are moving to a Monday-Friday timetable (with exceptions on some routes&Xpressos .
Find out more information on this, and the capacity changes required as we progress with the safe reopening of society ⬇️https://t.co/OhouKG5nwv pic.twitter.com/ohlMf9QiZU— Ray Coyne (@ray_dublin) April 27, 2021