Go-Ahead Timothy North

Ireland
Go-Ahead Ireland is a bus operator in Dublin that commenced trading on September 2018. With the aim of improving efficiency, in 2015 the National Transport Authority put the operation of 24 Dublin Bus routes out to tender. In August 2017 the contract was awarded to the Go-Ahead Group.

Go-Ahead Ireland commenced operating one new route, 175 from Citywest to Dublin School, on 9 September 2018. A further four are scheduled to transfer from Dublin Bus on 7 October, three on 21 October, six on 18 November and ten on 20 January 2019 by which stage the fleet is planned to grow to 125 buses. The contract is for five years with an option for a two year extension.

Go-Ahead Ireland is scheduled to take over the operation of a further six routes from Dublin to Offaly, Laois, Kildare and Meath from Bus Éireann on 1 January 2019.

Go-Ahead Ireland commenced operations with nine buses. By the time it takes over its final routes from Dublin Bus in January 2019, the fleet is scheduled to expand to 125 buses comprising 24 new Wright Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5TLs and 40 Wright StreetLites, with 12 Wright Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs and 49 Wright Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5TLs to transfer from Dublin Bus. Ten Mercedes-Benz Citaros and five Wright Gemini bodied Volvo B7TLs were transferred from Oxford Bus Company and Go-Ahead London as driver trainers.

Timothy North
Go-Ahead Timothy North is a bus company that has started in Timothy North since September 2018.