DublinBikes scheme to be discontinued after 18 years with plans for new service
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/05/22/loss-making-since-day-one-dublinbikes-scheme-to-be-discontinued-after-17-years/
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DublinBikes scheme to be discontinued after 18 years with plans for new service
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/05/22/loss-making-since-day-one-dublinbikes-scheme-to-be-discontinued-after-17-years/
Posted by firethetorpedoes1
16 Comments
RIP. Used to be one across from my road. Got me in to the habit of cycling and now use them to get me and my children everywhere.
Oh God! Scrap system currently in place and working, spend millions on design consultants and tenders to replace currently working bike system with new bike system but more money wasted. Right lads which tds brother sells bikes
Glad you didn’t use original clickbait headline:
>*Loss-making since day one, DublinBikes scheme to be discontinued after 17 years*
Sounds terrible but then the actual story is great news!
> *The loss-making scheme has not expanded in eight years and the council said it will end its contract with the company next year.* It then plans to establish its own scheme, increasing the number of bikes by more than double.*
Yeah but if the new scheme is anything like what is being ran by parts of Wicklow and rathdown council, it will be far inferior.
They kind of just worked.
They did this in Cork and it was essentially the same bikes and stations with a different sponsor
Cork used to be Coke or Coke zero bikes, now they’re TFI bikes. Looks like the same locks but they slapped a different sticker on them. I don’t know if they ripped up the old ones to put in their own.
I use and enjoy the current service most days. I am apprehensive as to what will replace it.
Going to double the size, that’s a whole lotta bike sheds
Any appetite on their end to get ebikes installed? Seems to work well elsewhere in Europe
Dublin bikes has been a fantastic amenity for the city but glad to see it getting modernised. Having the cards and stations is unnecessary.
They’re the best way to get around town if the station locations suit where you’re going, I would be sad to see them go
[Soon](https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/s/zKklV7rwQ7)
There are loads of gaps in this article that need to be filled in.
Does it have to make a profit? It’s a great civic amenity
Use to use them a lot when I lived near stations but I’m a bit too far out now. They were very handy
Hope Dublin gets voi. Great service. I understand the concern with dockless bikes but they are great around edinburgh