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Expressway announces improved timetables for Route 30 commencing 26 January 2025

Expressway, Bus Éireann’s premium coach service, is pleased to announce an improved timetable for its Route 30, Donegal to Dublin service, which will come into effect on 26 January 2025. With 13 trips each-way every day, the updated schedule has been designed to provide more frequent and punctual travel for all Route 30 customers.

Passengers will see significant benefits, as the improved schedule will better reflect traffic conditions, ensuring more consistent arrival and departure times. All trips will now include a 10-minute comfort break in Cavan, enhancing passenger experience on longer journeys. As a result of the timetable enhancements, there will be some changes to departure times, which have been optimised to improve connectivity and punctuality. 

From 26 January, all 26 daily services shall operate under the Route 30 pattern, ensuring a consistent and more frequent offering to all stops along the Beleek to Cavan route. The X30 route pattern shall no longer be in operation and Butlersbridge shall no longer be served. The improved timetables will increase service frequency for Beleek, Bellanaleck, Derrylin, and Belturbet, moving from a 3-hourly to an hourly service. This change accommodates customers who previously had to travel to nearby towns served by the X30.

Speaking today, Head of Expressway, Andrew Yates said: “The upcoming Route 30 timetable changes are designed to improve service punctuality, enhance customer experience, and increase service frequency for communities along the route.

These improved timetables see a move away from a daily timetable structure to a new and improved Monday - Friday structure, with a distinct schedule for Weekends and Public Holidays. The new timetable has been refined to better accommodate varying traffic and operational conditions throughout the day.