Cork City Routes 210, 215, 216 & 224, from 22 July 2012

Cork City Services - As part of an ongoing review undertaken by the National Transport Authority (NTA) on public transport services in Cork, Bus Éireann is pleased to announce new/revised routes – Route 215 and Route 216, which will come into effect on Sunday,  22 July 2012.

Routes 210 & 224 - Customers should also be aware that the Route 210 and Route 224 will no longer operate but the routes will be served by the Route 215 and the Route 216.  Customers travelling between Waterloo and Cork should avail of Route 243 services, please see above.

Route 215 is being introduced from Cloghroe – Tower – Blarney – Blackpool-City Centre - Ballinlough Road - Mahon Point, replacing existing:

  • Route 224 – Cloghroe – Tower – Blarney – Cork City Centre, and
  • The eastern section of Route 210 between: Cork city centre – Ballinlough Road – Mahon Point.

The timetable for Route 215 will provide customers with benefits such as:

  • A 30 minute weekday frequency throughout the day
  • Extra departures to/from Blarney
  • Extra weekday, Saturday and Sunday departures

From Cloghroe there will be services every 30 minutes from 06:35 to 23:35 Monday to Friday. On Saturday there are services every 30 minutes from 07:35 to 23:23 and on Sunday and during Public Holidays there will be hourly services from 08:35 to 23:35.

Route 216 is being extended from Cork City Centre (South Mall) via Glasheen Road to CUH (new terminus) and replaces

  • The western section of Route 210 between: Cork city Centre – Glasheen Road

The timetable for Route 216 will provide customers with benefits such as:

  • A  30 minute weekday frequency throughout the day
  • Direct services from Mount Oval and suburban east Cork to Cork University Hospital (CUH)
  • Extra weekday, Saturday and Sunday departures

From CUH there will be services every 30 minutes from 07:25 to 22:55 Monday to Saturday. On Sundays there are hourly services from CUH from 09:55 to 22:55.

Tuesday, 3rd July, 2012