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Print this page DRIVING - BUS LANES AND BUS ONLY STREETS

BUS LANES
Bus lanes are sections of roadway reserved for buses providing a scheduled service (e.g. Bus Atha Cliath and Bus Eireann buses).
There are two types of bus lane:

With flow bus lanes

WITH-FLOW BUS LANES (which may also be used by taxis and cyclists); run in the same direction as the traffic using the same carriageway. These bus lanes are normally reserved during peak traffic periods and such other periods as are indicated on information signs provided at the entrance to the lanes. These lanes are signposted as illustrated.

Contra flow bus lanes

CONTRA-FLOW BUS LANES; run in the opposite direction to traffic using the same carriageway. They are generally Bus Lane provided in one-way streets. These lanes are reserved on a full-time basis for Bus Eireann or Bus Atha Cliath buses and no other traffic may use them. They will be signposted as illustrated.

BUS-ONLY STREETS
"Bus only streets" are streets which are Contra-flow bus lane reserved for the use of buses only. They may be entered by other traffic for the purpose of access only.

Attention is also drawn to the section dealing with Parking in Bus-Lanes.