It's the third year in a row that the numbers have risen.
The number of people using Local Link bus services in the Midlands have reached record numbers.
A positive trend in figures has been recorded for the third year in a row for TFI's Local Link bus services.
In Laois Offaly the average amount of people using Local Link services weekly is now at 4,573 - which is a 36 per cent increase on last year.
While Westmeath the average weekly number has gone up to 3,174 - from 2,060 last year- that's an increase of thirty five per cent.
CEO of Irish Rural Link Seamus Boland says it's all down to resources being invested in the project:
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