Bus Átha Cliath purchased 215 buses in 1999. One hundred and fifty of these were additions to its fleet, co-financed by the Exchequer and the EU. The balance replaced buses in its existing fleet. Bus Átha Cliath has ordered 225 buses for delivery in 2000, accelerating the original delivery schedule under the national development plan. Some 125 of this order will be additions to its fleet. Ten DART cars have been delivered so far this year and a further 16 are scheduled for delivery by end 2000. All are additions to the fleet.
Negotiations are still under way in relation to deliveries of buses for 2001 and it is not possible at present to specify the exact number of deliveries expected from January to June 2001. No deliveries of DART carriages are scheduled for 2001. Iarnród Éireann has recently placed an order for 12 more DART carriages for delivery in 2002. The additions to the bus fleet are primarily intended to serve the quality bus corridors, while the additional DART units will service the extensions to Greystones and Malahide and provide for increased capacity on existing services.
The total size of the bus and DART fleets serving the greater Dublin area at the end 1998 and 1999 was as follows:
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