Getting to National Ploughing Championships is Easy with Bus Eireann’s Range of Special Services

Bus Éireann is providing a range of services to make it easy to get to and from the National Ploughing Championships in Cardenton near Athy.

These include a Park n Ride Service, shuttle services from Athy and nearby train stations, and special services from Clonmel and Kilkenny.

Bus Éireann is providing a Park n Ride service for the National Ploughing Association from the Bert Bridge Car Park to the site of the Championship. The bus service is free to customers and will operate every five minutes in each direction from 07.00 to 19.00 for the three days of the Championship from September 22nd to September 24th 2009 inclusive.

Bus Éireann is also operating a shuttle service to the Championship site from Athy. The shuttle will start from the town at Paddy Dunnes Pub, Woodstock Street, to the bus stop at St. Vincent’s Hospital. The service from the town will operate from 10.00 every 30 minutes to 14.00 inclusive and every 30 minutes from 15.00 until l17.30. From St. Vincent’s bus stop into Athy it will operate from 10.15 every 30 minutes until 15.15. The journey time will be approximately 10 minutes in each direction. The fare is €4 return.

In conjunction with Irish Rail, Bus Éireann is operating shuttle buses from Athy Station, Portarlington Station and Kildare Station to cater for train services from Cork, Tralee, Limerick, Ennis and Galway (all via Portarlington), Heuston Station, Dublin (via Kildare) and Waterford (via Athy)

Details of train services and how to book combined rail and bus shuttle tickets are available on Irish Rail’s website www.irishrail.ie.

Bus Éireann is also providing special fare services from Clonmel and Kilkenny during the Championships for just €10 return. The special services will operate six times a day each way. Services start from Clonmel at 8am each day and from Kilkenny each day at 9.15am. Customers using these services can also avail of the shuttle bus service from Athy (Woodstock Street) to the Ploughing Championship for free when they present their Bus Éireann ticket.

Tuesday, 15th September, 2009