Special bus services have been announced from Co Kildare for Pope Francis's visit to Dublin next month.
Over 500,000 people are expected to visit Dublin City on Sunday August 26, where a Mass will be celebrated by Pope Francis. An Garda Síochána have urged motorists and the public to use public transport to travel there. In order to cater for anticipated demand, Bus Éireann will operate a greatly enhanced schedule which will see overall capacity increasing by over 100% on the 26th August. Over 800 trips on both commuter and Expressway services will provide for over 30,000 passenger journeys to and from Dublin on the day.
There will be a Route 126 serving Kildare - Newbridge - Naas – Kill - Dublin
To mark the visit of Pope Francis, a new exhibition has opened in Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, which chronicles the preparations for the Visit of Pope John Paul II to the Park in 1979.
Tickets for these services can be purchased in advance at www.buseireann.ie
Expressway intercity services to Dublin
To facilitate additional demand, a number of special intercity services will operate to and from Dublin City. Customers booking these services are guaranteed a seat with a shortened journey time due to limited stops. Details on these special services are as follows:
Route 2 Wexford (0700), Enniscorthy (0720), Gorey (0745) & Arklow (0800)
Route 4 New Ross (0630), Waterford (0700) & Carlow (0800)
Route X8 Cork (0600), Fermoy (0630), Mitchelstown (0650), Cahir (0715) & Cashel (0730)
Route 12 Limerick (0630), Nenagh (0710), Roscrea (0740) Portlaoise (0810)
Route X20 Galway (0530), Loughrea (0600), Ballinasloe (0630) & Athlone (0700)
Route 22 Ballina (0630), Swinford (0730), Charlestown (0738) & Longford (0910)
Route 23 Sligo (0630), Boyle (0650) & Carrick-on-Shannon (0715)
Route 30 Donegal (0530), Ballyshannon (0550), Enniskillen (0630), Cavan (0720) & Virginia (0805)
Route 32 Letterkenny (0530), Strabane (0600), Omagh (0630) Monaghan (0715), Castleblayney (0750) & Carickmacross (0805)
Route 100X Dundalk (0730) & Drogheda (0800)
Tickets for these services must be purchased in advance on www.expressway.ie
All other Bus Éireann Expressway intercity services will run as normal and family return tickets represent real value.
All other services will run to a normal Sunday timetable
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