New daily Local Link bus service connects a county Tipperary town with Kilkenny City

TFI Local Link has introduced a new daily a week bus service linking Carrick-on-Suir with communities in its Kilkenny hinterland and Kilkenny City. 

This new Route 891 that began operating on Monday, January 20, 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 (NTA) as part of the Transport for Ireland (TFI) Network.

Route 891 serves Ormonde Road, College Road, Springhill, Danesfort, Ennisnag, Stoneyford, Kells, Dunnamaggin, Kilmoganny, Tullahought, Carrick-on-Suir, Dunbane Road and Piltown.

There are five daily return services Monday to Saturday, with four daily return services on Sundays and Public Holidays.

The new route will provide peak-time and late evening services while enhancing connectivity to regional bus and rail services, Kilmoganny and Stoneyford Health Centres and Tullahought Community Centre.

The route will provide connectivity to the villages and areas of Ormonde Road, College Road, Springhill, Danesfort, Ennisnag, Stoneyford, Kells, Dunnamaggin, Kilmoganny, Tullahought, Carrick-on-Suir, Dunbane Road and Piltown.

TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow General Manager, Jackie Meally said: “This is the first ever service connecting south west Kilkenny and Carrick-on-Suir to Kilkenny City.

"This service connects to numerous villages and townlands, giving the opportunity for local and direct connections to Dublin Waterford Clonmel and Limerick. This service will be of great benefit to the area that it serves.”