Incidents abroad involving lithium batteries overheating and causing fires on trains and buses have prompted a prohibition from next week
Will Kilduff in Connolly station: 'There are lithium batteries in e-bikes which have been safely carried on trains, planes and automobiles for years.' Photograph: Kitty Holland
The prohibition, announced in August by the National Transport Authority , comes into force on Monday on Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Go-Ahead Ireland, Iarnród Éireann, Luas and Transport for Ireland Local Link services. Will Kilduff, arriving into Connolly station from Co Kildare shortly after 9am, described the impending ban as “kind of ludicrous”. He travels from a “small, side, country road” to his nearest train station.
“From here it’s straight down to Temple Bar. I could get a Luas – about 15 minutes. With this, that’s six. If I am honest I think the ban is ridiculous. It is based on isolated cases in places with climates. We have a temperate climate. Magno Mascarenhas who lives in Dublin 1 is on his way to work in Maynooth, Co Kildare. The 40-minute walk from Maynooth station to his job is cut to 15 minutes on his e-scooter. He understands the ban.
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