Buses, trains, driving, walking

Getting to Kilkenny

Choose where you are coming from, the day and the time, and this searches the National Transport Authority’s published timetable for that journey, from door to door: the walk to the first stop, the vehicles, the changes and the walk at the other end. Driving and walking are worked out between the same two points, so the three can be compared. It is the schedule as filed rather than live running, so it has no idea whether the 09:15 was cancelled.

stops with a scheduled service

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operators

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About these directions

Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.

Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.

How journey planning works

Destination, access and nearby stops

Routes here end at the middle of Kilkenny, which is where the map puts the settlement. For somewhere in particular in the town, its own page has the same search aimed at it.

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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Kilkenny Cstl (335601), 40 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Kilkenny Cstl 40 m
bus IW01
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Ormonde Road 240 m
buses KK1, 891, 897 and 717
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John Street Lwr 380 m
buses KK2, KK1, 881 and 882
Scheduled departures from this stop
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Upr Patrick St 400 m
bus KK1
Scheduled departures from this stop
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Market Yard 400 m
buses KK2, KK1 and 838
Scheduled departures from this stop
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The lines that call here

Every route in the published timetable that calls at a stop in Kilkenny at any point in the feed’s year. Which of them runs on a given day, and at what time, is the question the search above answers.

73Bus Éireann
600Dublin Coach
717JJ Kavanagh
736JJ Kavanagh
817cTFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow
838Slieve Bloom Coach Tours
871JJ/Bernard Kavanagh
881TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow
882TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow
891TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow
897TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow
IW01Dunnes Coaches
KK1City Direct
KK2City Direct
railIarnród Éireann / Irish Rail

Who runs them

Bus Éireann
City Direct
Dublin Coach
Dunnes Coaches
Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail
JJ Kavanagh
JJ/Bernard Kavanagh
Slieve Bloom Coach Tours
TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow

Stops, parking and charging

Bus stops: 83 stops on the map
Stations: Kilkenny MacDonagh
In the timetable: 96 stops with a scheduled service, the nearest to the centre being Kilkenny Cstl, 40 m away
Car parks: 68 car parks, Pay and Display Car Park for 88, Desert Court Car Park for 100, Pay and Display Car Park for 88
Charging: 16 charging points

Questions people ask

Is there a bus to Kilkenny?

14 bus routes call at a stop in Kilkenny somewhere in the published timetable: 73, 600, 717, 736, 817c, 838, 871 and 881 and others. Which of them runs on the day you are travelling, and at what time, is what the search on this page answers.

Is there a train station in Kilkenny?

Yes: Kilkenny MacDonagh.

Where can you park in Kilkenny?

68 car parks on the map, and 16 charging points. A car park the map marks as private is not counted as one you can use.

How current is this?

The timetable is the National Transport Authority's published feed, held here for 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19 and read on 2026-09-21. Nothing on this page is live running: a cancellation or a delay on the day does not appear, and nothing here is labelled as though it did.

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