Public bus service
The IRCA operates Iceland’s rural area public bus service.
A total of 25 routes are driven during winter, and 28 during summer, with an additional three routes currently in development.
The IRCA manages the bidding process for rural routes, with the goal being to establish a comprehensive route system of public buses all over the country.
Public bus service
Rural area routes
25 routes, spanning:
- Suðurnes
- Westfjords and northwest Iceland
- Westfjords
- North and northeast Iceland
- East Iceland
- South Iceland
3 additional driving routes in the summer months
- Westfjords
- East Iceland
3 driving routes – development project
- Westfjords
- West Iceland
Total passenger numbers
The number of passengers on rural public transport has seen a decrease in the last ten years.
The years of 2020 and 2021 understandably saw a large drop in the number of total rural public transport passengers. The same is applicable to all other public transport operators, i.e. those who run the country’s various municipal bus services.
Number of passengers by routes
The routes in the country’s southwest corner see the highest number of passengers of all rural public transport.