Buses in Drogheda | February 2026

A video showing buses in Drogheda (County Louth), recorded in February 2026. Drogheda is located on (and near the mouth of) the River Boyne, in County Louth and borders County Meath. As one of the largest towns in the north-east, it is a hub for bus services: long-distance, regional and local. This video was recorded during the February bank holiday while Irish Rail were doing engineering work on the railway between Drogheda and Dublin. As a result, a number of rail replacement bus services were running between the two places, with Bernard Kavanagh providing the vehicles. Some of these appear in this video and are listed below. Apart from that, there have been a few changes since the last visit in May 2025 [   • Drogheda Buses | May 2025  ]. Drogheda, like Dundalk, has started to receive some of Mercedes Citaros (MC Class) from Cork. A Dundalk one features here on route 168, while a Drogheda one appears on the town route D5. The latter has received Transport for Ireland (TFI) livery, and some of the VWD 400s have also started receiving this livery, such as VWD 423 in this video. This video was recorded before Bus Eireann received new SE Class coaches for its Expressway services. Some of these have been allocated to the 100X, but in this video the older LE and LC Classes feature, and may be the last time these buses appear on the route. These changes aside, the usual mix of Bus Eireann buses appear on the services to and from Drogheda. The LC, LF, VB, VWL and VWD Classes dominate, with an LC and a VB making rare appearances on the local Laytown routes. In terms of the private operators, Matthews (now owned by First Bus) makes a number of appearances in this video through its route 901. One of the vehicles featured is a new Volvo 9700DD. Halpenny Travel still operate the two Local Link routes, with the 163 getting a new accessible minibus. Full list of vehicles and buses featured can be found below. Bus Eireann Routes and Buses Featured: Route 100: Dundalk - Drogheda Route 100X: Dublin - Dundalk Route 101: Drogheda - Dublin Route 168: Drogheda - Clogherhead - Dundalk Route 173: Dominick Street - Ballsgrove Route 173: Dominick Street - Moneymore Route 182: Ardee - Drogheda Route 182: Monaghan - Drogheda Route 190: Drogheda - Trim Route D1: Laytown - Drogheda Route D2: Laytown - Drogheda Route D4: Colpe Road - Ballymakenny Road Route D5: Colpe Road - Aston Village VDL Berkhoff / LC Class: LC 23 VDL Futura FHD2 / LC Class: LC 320, LC 321, LC 328 VDL Berkhoff / LE Class: LE 2, LE 5 VDL Futura FDD2 / LF Class: LF 465, LF 816, LF 819 Mercedes Citaro / MC Class: MC 303, MC 309 Scania Irizar / SC Class: SC 314 Volvo Sunsudegui / VB Class: VB 448, VB 506, VB 507, VB 508, VB 511, VB 513, VB 514 Wrights Gemini / VWD Class: VWD 15, VWD 18, VWD 423 Wrights Eclipse / VWL Class: VWL 305, VWL 306, VWL 310, VWL 314, VWL 322 Local Link Routes and Buses Featured: Route 163: Drogheda - Bru na Boinne / 252 LH 44 (Halpenny Travel) Route 188: Drogheda - Athboy / 181 LH 2382 (Halpenny Travel), 242 LH 644 (Halpenny Travel) Matthews Route and Buses Featured: Route 901: Dundalk - Dublin 181 D 26605, 181 D 26607, 252 MN 94 Rail Replacement Buses Featured: Bernard Kavanagh / 192 D 19880, 221 D 20129, 231 D 20911, 251 D 2528, 251 D 3535, 261 D 6386 #BusEireann #LocalLink #Matthews