TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow

0818 42 41 41 / 056 771 5912

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Easter Weekend Services

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Regular Rural Services will be operating over the Easter bank holiday weekend. On Easter Monday April 10th 2023 RRS services LL800 Arklow to Carlow & LL897 Kilkenny to Athy will operate the Sunday timetable! Please Note all public holidays i.e. Easter Monday, May Bank holiday Monday operate the Sunday schedule. The LL183 Sallins to Arklow operate the same schedule 7 days a week so no change in timetable to advise of.

Good Friday Regular Rural Services operate as normal as it is not a public holiday! There are no Carlow or Kilkenny Door to Door services on Friday April 7th. Any Door to Door services on Saturday April 8th 2023 will operate as normal so book before 16.00 on Thursday the 6th for the Saturday and the following Tuesday April 11th. Wicklow TFI Local Link services will operate Good Friday as normal see timetable here: https://locallinkckw.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TFI-LL-Wicklow-Services-Jan23-WEB3.pdf

All timetables available here: https://locallinkckw.ie/downloads/

The office in Kilkenny will be closed Thursday April 6th at 16.30pm and will reopen Tuesday April 11th from 09.00am after the long weekend. Telephone 0818 42 41 41 for bookings/enquires.

Happy Easter from all the staff here in TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow

St Patricks Day Services/Weekend services

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St Patrick’s Day Friday March 17th 2023 please note and share with friends & family that are not on social media or have access to the internet!

The RRS Services that are running March 17th are:

LL897 Kilkenny to Athy (Operating the Sunday schedule)

LL800 Arklow to Carlow (Operating the Sunday schedule)

LL183 Sallins to Arklow timetable is as running as normal as its the same schedule 7 days a week.

To download the timetable you require check it out here: https://locallinkckw.ie/downloads/

RRS Services March 18th & 19th run to its usual schedule. Please note all public holidays operate a Sunday timetable.

Carlow & Kilkenny Door to Door services are not operating Friday the 17th so you will need to book Thursday the 16th before 4pm!! Same applies for services that require booking on Saturday the 18th and Monday the 20th 2023!

The office is open Monday the 20th after the long weekend from 09.00 to 16.30pm. To make a booking or enquire about services Tel: 056 771 5912/ 0818 42 41 41

Christmas & New Years Office Hours

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Office Opening Times over Christmas & New Year

December 2022

• 19th – 09.00am to 16.30pm

• 20th – 09.00am to 16.30pm

• 21st – 09.00am to 16.30pm

• 22nd – 09.00am to 16.30pm

• 23rd – 09.00am to 16.30pm

• 24th – Closed Christmas Eve

• 25th – Closed Christmas Day

• 26th – Closed St Stephens Day

• 27th – Closed Public Holiday

• 28th – 09.00am to 16.30pm

• 29th – 09.00am to 16.30pm

• 30th – 09.00am to 16.30pm

Please note if looking to travel on our door-to-door services Wednesday 28th, call by December 23rd before 15.00pm to guarantee a seat‼️ The office Telephone no is 0818 42 41 41 / 056 771 5912.

January 2023

• Monday January 2nd Closed

• Tuesday 03rd January 2023 as normal from 09.00 to 16.30pm

NEW LL183 SERVICE TIMETABLE CHANGE STARTING DECEMBER 5TH!

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TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow is delighted to announce the enhancement of the Glendalough to Wicklow service which will be extended in both directions now serving Sallins to Arklow, making getting around Wicklow and Kildare by bus even easier.

Operating four return trips per day, seven days a week, the enhanced route will serve Arklow, Avoca Bridge, Wicklow Town, Glendalough, Wicklow Mountains to Blessington and onwards to Naas and Sallins – facilitating onward travel to Dublin with improved connectivity to regional bus and rail services.

This enhanced route is part of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan which is a major national public transport initiative developed and funded by the National Transport Authority, with the aim of increasing connectivity, particularly for people living outside our major cities and towns. This new route is funded by the National Transport Authority as part of the TFI Network.

The existing service connecting Glendalough to Wicklow has served almost 50,000 passengers since its launch in April 2019. The service was hit like so many others in March 2020 which impacted capacity on public transport for close to two years. The current service will now bring an enhanced service to the people of Wicklow & Kildare.

Jackie Meally, General Manager, Local Link CKW said: “This is this first bus service to connect West Wicklow to East Wicklow which has been requested for many years, and this is one of the longest Local Link services in the country”.

The service will operate two buses starting at each end and is being operated on behalf of TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow by JJ Kavanagh & Sons.

To get a copy of the timetable contact the TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow office on 0818 42 41 41 or 056 771 5912 Monday to Friday 09.00am to 16.30pm. Alternatively, you can visit www.locallinkckw.ie to download here the new timetable check out our social media pages Facebook @locallinkckw & Twitter @LocalLinkCKW accounts.

Route 890 Castlecomer to Kilkenny via Ballyragget

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TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow are happy to announce we have taken on the service which was previously operated by Buggy’s Coaches.

The NTA-funded service will operate two services each day. One will leave Castlecomer at 07:45 for Kilkenny and one will return from Kilkenny from 17:45 to Castlecomer.

This service is a temporary measure and has been put in place with immediate effect to ensure that people retain the ability to travel to and from work in Kilkenny by public transport. At €5 per single journey, the fare has not changed from that charged by the previous operator.

The NTA will now commence work to determine the ongoing public transport requirement in the area, and to assess how best to secure additional services, should these be required.

For further information please call the TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow office on 0818 42 41 41 / 056 771 5912 Monday to Friday 09.00am to 16.30pm or visit our website locallinkckw.ie.