Many Bus Eireann services in the Dublin, Cork and Waterford areas will be cancelled or diverted from Friday to Monday next because of the Tour de France. There may also be unforeseen delays, and Bus Eireann cannot guarantee the normal advertised connections.
Friday
Buses on the Dublin/ Ashbourne route will run via Gardiner Street from a temporary terminus at Lower Abbey Street on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday
On Saturday and Sunday Expressway services to and from the south, south-west and west will operate via the M50, Navan Road and Amiens Street. Local services on the Kildare, Edenderry and Mullingar routes will travel to Busaras via Church Street, Broadstone, Dorset Street and Gardiner Street, and from Busaras via North Circular Road, Conyngham Road and Islandbridge.
Sunday
The following services will be cancelled: 9.45 a.m. Wicklow/ Dublin; 12.00 Dublin/Wicklow; 12.00 Wicklow/Dublin; 2 p.m. Dublin/Wicklow/Arklow; 2.30 p.m Wicklow/Dublin.
The 7.30 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. Rosslare/Dublin services will run via Carnew, Tullow, Castledermot, Naas and M50. The 10.30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Dublin/Rosslare services will run via M50, Naas, Castledermot, Tullow and Carnew to Gorey and Rosslare.
The 11.00 a.m Dublin/Waterford service will run via M50, Naas, Dunlavin and Baltinglass to Tullow and Waterford. The 12.00 Dublin/Carnew service will run via M50, Naas, Dunlavin and Baltinglass.
Monday
The 9 a.m. Dublin/Clonmel service will not serve Carrickon-Suir. Services operating via Enniscorthy may be diverted.
Services on the Cork/Waterford route will start later than normal, with the first departures from Cork at 4.30 p.m. and Waterford at 2.30 p.m. The Cork/Athlone service will have no connection at Cahir to or from the Limerick/Waterford route.
Other services to and from Cork should operate as normal, subject to diversions. Some services will operate from temporary terminals at Alfred Street and Carroll's Quay. Cross-city services will be provided from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Special "park and ride" buses will run from car-parks at Mahon, Tivoli, Lotabeg, Dublin Hill and Ballincollig, between 9.30 a.m. and 7.30 p.m.
In Waterford services will be cancelled from 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., but "park and ride" buses will run from car-parks at Old Kilmeadan Road and Newrath. The 9 a.m. Waterford/ Wexford service will be cancelled. The 9.45 a.m. Waterford/ Wexford and the 9 a.m. Limerick/Waterford services will both start from Campile.