Christmas 2019

The Christmas Nitelink service will operate on the following dates in December:

• Thursday, 5, Friday, 6, Saturday, 7
• Thursday, 12, Friday, 13, Saturday, 14
• Wednesday, 18, Thursday, 19, Friday, 20, Saturday, 21
• Friday, 27, Saturday, 28, Tuesday, 31 (New Year’s Eve)

The services will depart from Westmoreland Street & D’Olier Street and will only cost €4.50 on your TFI Leap Card.  Nitelink prepaid tickets (€6.60) are available from our city centre ticket agents or pay with coins only on the bus (€6.60 exact fare).

For full departure times, route information, timetables and Nitelink map please see below.

Northbound Routes 
29n From D’Olier Street to Baldoyle Road 
31n From D’Olier Street to Howth 
33n From Westmoreland Street to Balbriggan
42n From D’Olier Street to Malahide/Portmarnock 

Customers using Route 41n who used the route to travel to Boroimhe, River Valley and Portrane should now take Route 33n. Route 33n to Portrane will now depart at 01:30hrs.

Westbound Routes
25n From Westmoreland Street to Clondalkin/Adamstown 
39n From Westmoreland Street to Tyrrelstown 
66n From Westmoreland Street to Leixlip (Glen Easton) 
67n From Westmoreland Street to Celbridge/Maynooth 
69n From Westmoreland Street to Saggart 
70n From Westmoreland Street to Dunboyne 
88n From Westmoreland Street to Finglas/Ashbourne

Southbound Routes
7n From D’Olier Street to Shankill
46n From D’Olier Street to Dundrum
49n From D’Olier Street to Tallaght(Kilnamanagh)
77n From D’Olier Street to Tallaght (Westbrook Estate)
84n From D’Olier Street to Charlesland

Customers using Route 15n who used the route to travel to Kiltipper Way and Ellensborough should now take Route 49n.

For more details visit dublinbus.ie

24 December 2019

Until 2100, all services will be running to a normal timetable, although the following Expressway services will not operate on 24 December:

• Route X1 – 1945 Belfast-Dublin
• Route 2 – 2100 Dublin Airport-Wexford; 1830 & 2030 Wexford-Dublin Airport
• Route 4 – 2000 Waterford-Dublin
• Route 23 – 2000 Dublin-Sligo
• Route 32 – 2045 Dublin-Letterkenny; 1945 Letterkenny-Dublin
• Route 100X – 2030 Dundalk-Dublin
• Route 871/890 – Eurolines services to and from London

Services due to start after 2100 will not be running on 24 December, although the following Expressway services will be running normally:

• Route 4 – 2200 Dublin Airport-Waterford
• Route 30 – 2130 Dublin-Donegal
• Route 100X – 2140 Dublin-Dundalk

25 December 2019

No services

26 December 2019

All services will operate to a Sunday timetable, although the following Sunday Expressway services will not be running on 26 December:

• Route X1 – 1815, 2015, 2115, 2215 & 2315 Dublin-Belfast; 0530, 1945 & 2200 Belfast-Dublin
• Route X2A – 1015, 1615, 1715 & 1915 Dublin-Belfast; 0645 & 1445 Belfast-Dublin
• Route X5 – 0930, 1130, 1330, 1530, 1730 & 1930 Dublin-Newry; 0815 & 1015 Belfast-Dublin; 0915 Belfast-Newry; 0715, 1315, 1515 & 1715 Newry-Dublin
• Route 32 – 0030 Letterkenny-Dublin
• Route 40 – 0940 Cork-Waterford; 1040 Cork-Rosslare
• Route 51 – 0725 & 0835 Limerick-Cork; 0725 & 0825 Limerick-Galway
• Route 64 –  0625 Donegal-Sligo; 0635 & 0810 Letterkenny-Derry; 0735 Sligo-Derry
• Route 871/890 – Eurolines services to and from London

There will also be additional services on 26 December on the following Expressway routes:

• Route X1 – 0445 Belfast-Dublin; 1715 & 1915 Dublin-Belfast

27 to 30 December 2019

All services will be running to a normal timetable

31 December 2019

Until 2200, all services will be running to a normal timetable, although the following Expressway services will not be running on 31 December:

• 871/890 – Eurolines services to and from London

All services due to start after 2200 will not be running on 31 December, although the following services will be running normally:

• All Expressway services
• Route 220 – Services will resume from midnight on 1 January 2020 and operate a full schedule through the early hours of 1 January 2020.

1 January 2020

All services will operate to a Sunday timetable, although there will also be additional services on 1 January on the following routes:

• Route 220 – Services will resume from midnight on 1 January and operate a full schedule through the early hours

For more details visit www.buseireann.ie

Late-night services will serve all stations on DART, Dundalk, Maynooth and Kildare Commuter lines, including Pearse to Kildare via Phoenix Park Tunnel on selected nights during the festive season

Services During Christmas Holidays:

Christmas Eve:

• • Regular Intercity timetable until 21:00hrs with a few alterations
  • Commuter services will operate on a Sunday timetable until 21:00hrs

Christmas Day and Stephen’s Day – No service will operate across the network

27th to 31st December:

• • Normal services will operate on Intercity with a few alterations
  • Commuter services will operate on a Saturday timetable

Services for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day:

New Year’s Eve:

• Regular Intercity timetable until 21:00hrs with a few alterations
• Commuter services will operate on a Saturday timetable until 21:00hrs
• Late-night services will operate after Dublin’s New Year celebrations

New Year’s Day:

• • DART and Commuter services will operate on a Sunday timetable
  • Intercity services will  operate on a weekday timetable with a few alterations

Planning in underway for additional pre-Christmas late-night services on Fridays and Saturdays on the lead up to Christmas.

24th December, 197 last departures

• 197
  • Ashbourne to Swords, 20:30
  • Swords to Ashbourne, 20:32

24th December, ODMA last departures

• 17
  • Rialto to Blackrock, 19:40
  • Blackrock to Rialto, 20:05
• 17A
  • Kilbarrack – Blanchardstown, 20:05
  • Blanchardstown – Kilbarrack, 19:40
• 18
  • Palmerstown – Sandymount, 19:25
  • Sandymount – Palmerstown, 20:05
• 33A
  • Dublin Airport – Skerries, 20:30
  • Skerries – Dublin Airport, 19:55
  • Swords – Balbriggan, 19:31
  • Balbriggan – Swords, 20:44
• 33B
  • Swords – Portrane, 20:10
  • Portrane – Swords, 20:37
• 45A
  • Kilmacanogue – Dún Laoghaire, 19:25
  • Dún Laoghaire – Kilmacanogue, 19:50
• 59
  • Dún Laoghaire – Killiney Hill Park, 19:30
  • Killiney Hill Park – Dún Laoghaire, 20:05
• 63
  • Kilternan – Dún Laoghaire, 19:56
  • Dún Laoghaire – Kilternan, 20:00
• 75
  • Tallaght – Dún Laoghaire, 19:40
  • Dún Laoghaire – Tallaght, 19:30
• 76
  • Tallaght – Chapelizod, 20:20
  • Chapelizod – Tallaght, 20:15
• 102
  • ​​​​​​​Dublin Airport – Sutton DART, 20:10
  • Sutton DART – Dublin Airport, 20:15
• 104
  • ​​​​​​​Clontarf Station – DCU (The Helix), 20:10
  • DCU (The Helix) – Clontarf Station, 20:20
• 111
  • ​​​​​​​Brides Glen – Dalkey, 19:25
  • Dalkey – Brides Glen, 20:33
• 114
  • ​​​​​​​Ticknock – Blackrock, 19:30
  • Blackrock – Ticknock, 20:45
• 161​​​​​​​
  • Rockbrook – Dundrum, normal service
  • Dundrum – Rockbrook, normal service
• 175
  • ​​​​​​​UCD – Citywest, 20:00
  • Citywest – UCD, 19:35
• 184
  • ​​​​​​​Newtownmountkennedy – Bray, 19:59
  • Bray – Newtownmountkennedy, 19:45
• 185
  • ​​​​​​​Powerscourt – Bray, 20:12
  • Bray – Powerscourt, 20:22
• 220
  • ​​​​​​​DCU (The Helix) – Lady’s Well Road, 19:50
  • Lady’s Well Road – DCU (The Helix), 19:50
• 236/236A
  • ​​​​​​​Blanchardstown – IBM Campus, normal service
  • IBM Campus – Blanchardstown, normal service
• 238
  • ​​​​​​​Tyrellstown – Mulhuddart, 20:03
  • Mulhuddart – Tyrellstown, 20:33
• 239
  • ​​​​​​​Liffey Valley – Blanchardstown, 20:45
  • Blanchardstown – Liffey Valley, 20:40
• 270
  • ​​​​​​​Dunboyne – Blanchardstown, 20:03
  • Blanchardstown – Dunboyne, 20:40

24th December, Dublin Commuter last departures

• 125
  • ​​​​​​​Newbridge – UCD, normal service
  • UCD – Newbridge, normal service
• 126
  • ​​​​​​​Kildare – Dublin, 20:10
  • Dublin – Kildare, 20:05
• 130
  • ​​​​​​​Athy – Dublin, normal service
  • Dublin – Athy, 17:55

For more information visit www.goaheadireland.ie

Night Luas Services December 2019

Night Luas trams will run until the early hours on the Red & Green lines on Friday 13^th, Saturday 14^th, Friday 20^th, Saturday 21^st and Tuesday 31^st December. Night Luas trams will run in both directions collecting passengers at all stops on the Green Line and Red Line. However, the last Night Luas trams will only run out of the city centre.

Night Luas Red Line Westbound from The Point to Tallaght 

• Night Luas on Fri 13^th Dec at 01:00, 02:00 & 03:00
• Night Luas on Sat 14^th Dec at 01:00, 02:00 & 03:00
• Night Luas on Fri 20^th Dec at 01:00, 02:00 & 03:00
• Night Luas on Sat 21^st Dec at 01:00, 02:00 & 03:00
• Night Luas on NYE Tues 31^st Dec at 01:00, 02:00 & 03:00

The last tram will run out of the City Centre only from The Point to Tallaght

Night Luas Red Line Westbound from The Point to Saggart 

• Night Luas on Fri 13^th Dec at 01:30 & 02:30
• Night Luas on Sat 14^th Dec at 01:30 & 02:30
• Night Luas on Fri 20^th Dec at 01:30 & 02:30
• Night Luas on Sat 21^st Dec at 01:30 & 02:30
• Night Luas on NYE Tues 31^st Dec at 01:30 & 02:30

The last tram will run out of the City Centre only from The Point to Saggart

Night Luas Red Line Eastbound from Tallaght to The Point

• Night Luas on Fri 13^th Dec at 01:00 & 02:00
• Night Luas on Sat 14^th Dec at 01:00 & 02:00
• Night Luas on Fri 20^th Dec at 01:00 & 02:00
• Night Luas on Sat 21^st Dec at 01:00 & 02:00
• Night Luas on NYE Tues 31^st Dec at 01:00 & 02:00

Night Luas Red Line Eastbound from Saggart to The Point 

• Night Luas on Fri 13^th Dec at 00:30 & 01:30
• Night Luas on Sat 14^th Dec at 00:30 & 01:30
• Night Luas on Fri 20^th Dec at 00:30 & 01:30
• Night Luas on Sat 21^st Dec at 00:30 & 01:30
• Night Luas on NYE Tues 31^st Dec at 00:30 & 01:30

Night Luas Green Line Northbound from Brides Glen to Broombridge

• Night Luas on Fri 13^th Dec every 30 mins from 00:20 to 02:50
• Night Luas on Sat 14^th Dec every 30 mins from 00:20 to 02:50
• Night Luas on Fri 20^th Dec every 30 mins from 00:20 to 02:50
• Night Luas on Sat 21^st Dec every 30 mins from 00:20 to 02:50
• Night Luas on NYE Tues 31^st Dec every 30 mins from 00:20 to 02:50

The last Night Luas tram will run Northbound only from Brides Glen to Broombridge

Night Luas Green Line Southbound from Broombridge to Brides Glen

• Night Luas on Fri 13^th Dec every 30 mins from 00:36 to 03:06
• Night Luas on Sat 14^th Dec every 30 mins from 00:36 to 03:06
• Night Luas on Fri 20^th Dec every 30 mins from 00:36 to 03:06
• Night Luas on Sat 21^st Dec every 30 mins from 00:36 to 03:06
• Night Luas on NYE Tues 31^st Dec every 30 mins from 00:36 to 03:06

The last Night Luas tram will run Southbound only from Broombridge to Brides Glen

Night Luas Fares

• A validated Leap Card, valid Night Luas ticket, valid commuter ticket or validated Public Service Card with Free Travel is required to use Night Luas.
• For the best price use Leap Card. Night Luas costs €4 with Leap Card. Don’t forget to Touch On & Off your Leap Card to get the best value.
• A Night Luas ticket costs €5 from a Luas Ticket Machine.
• Luas Annual, Monthly and 30 Day tickets are valid on Night Luas services.

Last Luas Trams

Regular Luas services have quite late operating hours so Luas is a good option for late night shopping and entertainment over the Christmas season any night.

• Last tram from The Point is at 00:30 Mon – Fri, 00:30 Sat & 23:30 Sun
• Last tram from Connolly is at 19:31 Mon – Fri, 18:39 Sat and 19:03 Sun to Red Cow but later trams serve Busáras (c.200m walk)
• Last tram from Saggart is at 23:52 Mon – Sat & 22:51 Sun
• Last tram from Tallaght is at 00:00 Mon – Sat & 23:00 Sun
• Last tram from Broombridge is at 00:17 Mon – Sat & 23:17 Sun
• Last tram from Brides Glen is at 00:00 Mon – Sat & 23:00 Sun

Christmas & New Year Services December 2019

The following Luas services will operate over the Christmas and New Year period.

• Christmas Eve Tues 24^th Dec: Services end at 20:00
• Christmas Day Wed 25^th Dec : No Luas services
• St. Stephen’s Day Thurs 26^th Dec: Services running 09:00 – 23:30 with Sunday frequency
• Fri 27^th Dec: Services running Saturday operating hours & frequency
• Sat 28^th Dec: Services running Saturday operating hours & frequency
• Sun 29^th Dec: Services running Sunday operating hours & frequency
• Mon 30^th Dec: Services running Saturday operating hours & frequency
• NYE Tues 31^st Dec: Services running Saturday operating hours & frequency plus Night Luas
• Bk Hol Wed 1^st Jan: Services running Sunday operating hours & frequency
• Thurs 2^nd Jan: Regular weekday services resume

Please note trams running into the city centre finish earlier than those running out of the city centre. Also, selected stops have different first / last tram times. There may be some other limited alterations to these services over Christmas. So always check the Real Time Info online, on the Luas App or at the Luas Stop before travelling.

For more information visit luas.ie