24 December 2010
Update 19.00
Most Bus Éireann services around the country are operating as per normal this morning with some delays and diversions in affected areas. Services today will operate until approximately 9/9.30pm subject to road and weather conditions.
As announced yesterday, Bus Éireann is to operate a limited inter-city service to and from Dublin Airport and Dublin (Busaras) on Christmas Day 2010 to main destinations around the island to facilitate people who may be arriving into Dublin city centre or Dublin Airport on late Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Full information is available from Buseireann.ie
As per usual, Bus Éireann is to operate a limited service on St Stephens Day. This will include inter-city services to main destinations, main commuter services in the Greater Dublin Area, Cork and Limerick, and Cork city services. Full details of services operating over the Christmas Period is available from Buseireann.ie.
Bus Éireann will make every effort to maintain as many services as possible over the coming days subject to road and weather conditions. Bus Éireann will continue to closely monitor weather and road conditions throughout the day. Customers are asked to visit www.transport.ie, www.buseireann.ie or contact their local travel centre for latest information on service changes.
Road passenger services currently affected by weather and road conditions include some services in the east and north east:
Please Note:
For Details of Proposed services – Saturday, 25 December Christmas Day 2010 See:
http://www.buseireann.ie/news.php?id=928&month=Dec
For Details of Christmas & New Year Timetable Travel Arrangements See:
http://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=247
Due to deteriorating road conditions around the City a lot of our services are running extremely late which will lead to curtailments and cancellations on local services.
Last 101 service tonight from Drogheda at 19:00 and Dublin Busaras at 21:00.
Last 100X service from Dundalk at 18:30 and Dublin - Custom House Quay at 21:00
Expressway
Route 1: Dublin/Belfast - Operating with delays
Route 2 Dublin Airport/Dublin/Rosslare Harbour – 06.30 & 11.30 service not serving, Castlebridge, Ballydesmond, Ballcanew – 19.30, 21.30 & 23.30 services cancelled
Route 4: Dublin/Waterford - Operating with delays
Route 5: Dublin/Waterford via New Ross; Operating with delays, Dublin-Rosslare via Tullow; Operating with delays
Route 7: Dublin/Clonmel - Operating with delays not operating via Athy or Castlecomer
Route 7 Dublin/Kilkenny/Cork - operating with delays
Route 7 Cork/Dublin - Operating with delays
Route 8: Dublin/Cork - Operating with delays
Route 8 Cork/Dublin - Operating with delays
Route 12: Dublin- Limerick ex Dublin has encountered significant delays
Route 20: Dublin/Galway - Operating with delays
Route 21 Westport/Athlone/Dublin - normal service with delays
Route 22; Dublin /Ballina - Operating with delays
Route 23: Dublin/Sligo - Operating with delays
Route 30: Dublin/Donegal - Operating with delays
Route 32: Dublin/Letterkenny - Operating with delays
Route 33: Dublin/Derry - Operating with delays
Route 40 Rosslare Harbour/Tralee – 21.30 service cancelled
Route 40 Cork/Tralee - Operating with delays
Route 40 Cork/Waterford - Operating with delays
Route 51 Cork/Galway - Operating with delays
Route 52 Galway/Ballina - Operating with delays
Route 55 Galway/ Rosslare Harbour – 20.50 service cancelled
Route 64 Galway/Derry - operating with long delays
Route 65 Galway/Belfast - Normal service
Route 65 Cavan Athlone - Operating
Route 66 Westport/Sligo/Enniskillen - operating with delays.
Eurolines: - Operating
East - Dublin, Louth, Kildare, Meath, Wicklow
Due to deteriorating road conditions around the City a lot of our services are running extremely late which will lead to curtailments and cancellations on local services.
Last 101 service tonight from Drogheda at 19:00 and Dublin Busáras at 21:00.
Last 100X service from Dundalk at 18:30 and Dublin - Custom House Quay at 21:00
Town Service
Balbriggan Town Service – Cancelled
Drogheda Northside & Southside Town Services – Operating main Roads only.
Dundalk Town Services – Not serving Marian Park or Coxes.
Navan Town Service - operations with restrictions
Stage Carriage/Commuter
Route 100 Newry/Drogheda – Operating with delays.
Route 100X Dundalk/ Dublin – Operating with delays.
Route 101 Drogheda/Dublin - Operating between Balrothery and Dublin via M1 port tunnel, not serving Santry.
Route 101X Drogheda/Dublin Operating with delays.
Route 103: Dublin/Ashbourne – Operating with delays
Route 105: Dublin/Ratoath - Operating with delays
Route 107: Dublin/Kingscourt – Operating
Route 108: Dublin/Bailieboro – Operating
Route 109: Dublin/Cavan – Operating with delays 13:15 Kells/Dublin cancelled
Route 109 Cavan/Dublin - Operating, subject to delays.
Route 109A: Navan/DCU - Operating not serving Ashbourne Operating to and from Dublin Airport only
Route 111: Dublin/Athboy – Operating with delays; (no connection to Cavan) 11:40 Athboy/Dublin and 14:00 Dublin/Athboy cancelled)
Route 111 Cavan/Athboy - Cavan/Granard only.
Route 115: Dublin/Mullingar – Operating with delays;
Route 118 Dublin/Mullingar via Summerhill Operating
Route 120: Dublin/Edenderry – Operating with delays not serving Robertstown 12:30 Edenderry/Dublin cancelled
Route 121: Edenderry/Tullamore – Operating with delays;
Route 123: Dublin/Clane – Operating with delays
Route 126: Dublin/Kildare – Operating; not serving Turf bog lane Suncroft
Route 130: Dublin/Kilcullen -Operating with delays
Route 132: Dublin/Tullow Operating
Route 133: Dublin/Wicklow – Operating with delays; Services not serving Leg of Mutton, Wicklow - will operate via Main Street. No service between Arklow/Wicklow via Rathdrum.
Route 161 Dundalk/Carlingford/Newry – Operating, not serving Whitestown.
Route 162 Monaghan/Dundalk – Operating.
Route 163 Drogheda/Donore – Cancelled.
Route 166 Dundalk Carrickmacross – Not serving Inniskeen. Cavan service cancelled.
Route 167 Dundalk/Ardee – Operating.
Route 168 Dundalk/Annagassan – Cancelled.
Route 175 Monaghan/Cavan – Cancelled.
Route 177 Monaghan/Dublin - Operating, subject to delays.
Route 182 Drogheda/Ardee – Operating not serving Tullyallen.
Route 187 Oldcastle/Kells – Not serving Moynalty.
Route 188 Drogheda/Trim - Operating.
Route 189 Drogheda/Clogher – Cancelled.
Route 190 Drogheda/Laytown – Cancelled.
Athlone
Town Service
Athlone Town Service - normal service
Athlone Town Service/Monksland - normal service
Stage Carriage/Commuter
Route 70 Galway/Mullingar normal service with delays
Route 72 Limerick/Athlone - normal service with delays
Route 73 Athlone/Waterford - normal service with delays
Route 316 Athlone/Mullingar - normal service with delays
Route 461 Athlone/Roscommon - normal service with delays
Route 466 Athlone/Longford - normal service with delays
Cork
City Services
Route 1 Mayfield/Bishopstown (Northern Orbital) – Operating as normal.
Route 2 Knocknaheeney/Mahon - Not serving Churchfield Hill on North side.
Route 3 Ballyphehane/Farranree – Operating as normal, not serving Farrenferris Avenue, or Pophams Road or Parklands on the North side
Route 4 St Patrick Street/Friar's Walk – Operating as normal
Route 5 Cork Institute of Technology Kent Station - Operating as normal
Route 5A Merchants Quay/Mallow Road - Operating as normal
Route 6 Grange/South Mall – Operating as normal.
Route 7 Donnybrook/Ballyvolane - Operating to Ballyvolane Shopping Centre North side
Route 7A Well Road Merchants Quay - Operating as normal
Route 8 Mayfield/Bishopstown/Curraheen - Not serving Curraheen Village; Not serving Old Youghal Road from Dillons Cross to Iona Park (due to burst water pipe on Old Youghal Road) .
Route 8A Lotamore/St Patrick Street - Operating as normal
Route 9 Pouladuff/St Patrick Street - Operating as normal
Route 10 Mahon Point/Glasheen - Operating as normal
Route 11 Sunday's Well/St Patrick Street - Operating as normal
Route 12 Merchant's Quay/Glenthorn - Operating as normal
Route 14 St Patrick Street/Cork University Hospital - Operating as normal
Route 16 South Mall/Mount Oval - Operating as normal.
Route 19 Mahon/Douglas/Bishopstown (Southern Orbital) - Operating as normal
Stage Carriage
Route 221 Cork/Knockraha – Brook Lodge only
Route 222 Cork Crosshaven – Not serving Fountainstown/ Camden
Route 223 Cork/Haulbowline – Not serving Carrigmahon or Maulbawn
Route 224 Cork/Tower/Cloghroe – Not serving Killeen’s
Route 226 City/Airport – Operating as normal
Route 230 Cork/Ballingeary – No Service due to impassable road conditions
Route 232 Cork/Ballincollig - Operating as normal
Route 233 Cork/Macroom – Not serving Cloughduv, Coachford or Dripsey
Route 235 Cork/Stuake/Rylane - Operating with delays.
Route 236 Cork/Bantry/Glengarriff – Not serving Castletownbere.
Route 237 Cork/Skibbereen/Goleen – Operating as normal, Goleen, Schull, Ballydehob, not operating
Route 238 Cork/Butlerstown - Operating with delays.
Route 239 Cork/Bandon - Operating as normal.
Route 240 Cork/Cloyne – Operating with delays
Route 241 Cork/Whitegate – Operating with delays
Route 243 Cork/Newmarket - Operating with delays.
Route 245 Cork/Mitchelstown – Operating as normal, not serving Sarsfields Court.;
Route 246 Cork/Sarsfield's Court – Operating to Glanmire only.
Route 248 Cork/Carrignavar/Glenville – No Service
Route 249 Cork/Kinsale - Operating as normal.
Route 251 Baltimore/Drimoleague – No Service
Route 257 Macroom/Killarney – No service operating
Route 260 Cork/Youghal – Not serving Mogeely/Ladysbridge.
Route 261 Cork/Ballinacurra – Operating with delays
Galway
City Services
Route 1 Eyre Square/Blackrock - Normal service
Route 2 Eyre Square/Renmore - Normal service
Route 2 Eyre Square/Renmore - Normal service
Route 2 Eyre Square/Knocknacarra - Normal service
Route 3 Eyre Square/Ballybrit - Normal service
Route 4 Eyre Square/Newcastle - Normal service
Route 5 Eyre Square/Ballybane - Normal service
Route 5 Eyre Square/Ballybane - Normal service
Route 7 Eyre Square/Bóthar an Chóiste - Normal service
Route 8 Eyre Square/Mervue - Normal service
Route 9 Eyre Square/Parkmore Industrial Estate - Normal service
Stage Carriage/Commuter
Route 416 Galway/Carna - Normal service
Route 417 Galway/Tuam - Normal service
Route 418 Galway/Athenry - Normal service
Route 419 Galway/Clifden - Normal service
Route 423 Galway/Doolin - Normal service
Route 424 Galway/LrMullen - Normal service
Route 425 Galway/Longford - Normal service
Route 429 Galway/Castlerea - Normal service
Route 431 Mountbellew/Galway - Normal service
Route 432 Cong/Galway - Normal service
Route 434 Gort/Galway - Normal service
Route 436 Galway/Mountbellew - Normal service
Route 456 Galway/Ballina - Normal service
North West - Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon, Donegal
City Services
Route 478 Sligo Central City Service - operating with delays
Route 478A Sligo Western City Service - operating with delays
Stage Carriage/Commuter
Route 440 Ireland West Airport Knock/Achill Island - operating with delays
Route 444 Ballina/Dromore West - operating with delays
Route 445 Ballina/Ballycastle - operating with delays
Route 446 Ballina/Blacksod - operating with delays.
Route 450 Westport/Killadoon - operating with delays
Route 454 Ballina/Westport - operating with delays
Route 455 Ballina/Crossmolina - operating with delays
Route 456 Galway/Ballina - operating with delays
Route 458 Sligo/Ballina - operating with delays
Route 463 Carrigallen/Longford - operating with delays
Route 464 Carrigallen/Enniskillen - operating with delays
Route 470 Sligo/Dromahair - operating with delays
Route 472 Sligo/Strandhill - operating with delays
Route 473 Sligo/Rosses Point - operating with delays
Route 475 Sligo/Coolaney - operating with delays
Route 480 Sligo/Derry - operating with delays
Route 487 Strabane/Letterkenny - operating with delays.
Route 489 Letterkenny/Strabane - operating with delays.
Route 490 Donegal/Glencolumbkille - operating with delays
Route 491 Letterkenny/Ballybofey - operating with delays.
Route 492 Donegal/Dungloe - operating with delays.
Route 494 Strabane/Ballybofey - operating with delays.
South West - Clare, Limerick, Kerry
All services operating at present in the southwest, however there are considerable delays being experienced on some routes - Route 12: Dublin- Limerick ex Dublin has encountered significant delays
There is also a dense freezing fog over Limerick city
Waterford
City Services
Route 601 – will terminate at 20.30
Route 602 - will terminate at 20.30
Route 605 - will terminate at 20.30
Route 609 - normal
Route 610 - will terminate at 20.30
Stage Carriage
Route 73 Waterford/Longford - normal
Route132 Rosslare/Dublin 08.15 cancelled
Route 360 Waterford/Tramore – last service to Tramore 21.00 – last service from Tramore 21.35
Route 362 Waterford/Dungarvan - normal
Route 367 Waterford/Cahir - normal
Route 370 Waterford/ Wexford – not serving Bridgetown or Wellingtonbridge
Route 371 Wexord /Galbally - cancelled
Route 377 Wexford/Enniscorthy – cancelled
Route 378 Wexford/Churchtown - cancelled
Route 380 Wexford/Crossabeg - cancelled
Route 382 Wexford/Adamstown - cancelled
Route 384 Dublin/Arklow/Gorey – 06.50 cancelled
Friday, 24th December, 2010