Kilkenny city bus services – getting around

City Direct operates two routes in Kilkenny City on behalf of Transport for Ireland.

Route KK1 runs from Danville Business Park to Glenbawn and serves Upper Patrick Street, McDonagh Junction, and Castlecomer Road.

Route KK2 runs from Cillín Hill to St Luke’s Hospital with stops at Dublin Road, Newpark Shopping Centre, McDonagh Station, Nowlan Park, and Loreto.

• The routes share a path through the city centre, serving Parliament Street, Market Yard, and John Street Upper.
• Each route operates every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday.
• Services on Sunday operate by the hour, with services every half hour during the core part of the day.
• Late night services operate on Friday and Saturday nights

Timetables:

• KK1 Danville Business Park – Glenbawn
• KK2 Cillín Hill – St Luke’s Hospital

Frequency guide:

There are two services KK1 (Danville Business Park to Glenbawn) and KK2 (Cillín Hill to St Luke’s Hospital) that operate every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday, and up to every 30 minutes on Sunday.

Kilkenny Frequency Table

Route:

Route map available here

Fares:

You can save up to 30% on cash fares when you use your TFI Leap Card. To find out where you can buy and top-up your TFI Leap Card in the city search on our agent finder.

TFI Leap Card is accepted on these services.

All TFI Leap and cash single fares allow passengers to transfer between Routes KK1 and KK2 within 90 minutes of starting your journey.

Free travel pass accepted.

Further Information and Customer service:

Kilkenny City Bus services, operated by City Direct, are not part of TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow.

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