Cork Buses | August 2024

A video showing buses in Cork city (south Ireland), recorded in August 2024.
It has been eight months since the last visit to this southern city ( • Cork Buses | December ... ), but whereas that visit was only for a few hours, this one covered a few days.
It was noted back in December that Cork had received double-deck VWD buses from Limerick and Galway. This has continued, with the city fleet now having over 100 members of the class. As a result they dominate on nearly all city routes, apart from the 207A, 209, 209A and 216 which mainly remain in the hands of the Mercedes-Citaro single-deck MC Class. The solitary MC in Transport for Ireland (TFI) livery makes an appearance in this video.
The double-decker coach LF-Class has become more prominent on the regional and long-distance routes. They mainly feature on route 226 to Kinsale, 245 to Fermoy and 245X to Dublin, but can appear on other routes too, such as the 236.
One double-decker that is a bit unusual, and also appears in the video, is the Cronin's East Lancs Vyking on route 215. This was one of two hire-in buses on Bus Eireann city routes I saw during my visit, with both covering a shortage in Bus Eireann driver.
Private operators also contribute to bus services to Cork in their own, and not just as hire-ins for Bus Eireann. West Cork Connect operate services to Kinsale while Cobh Connect operate services to Cobh. Citylink and Aircoach provide express services to Dublin and Dublin Airport, while Cronins operate open-top tours around Cork using a variety of double-deck buses.
As usual, there is a lot of bus variety in the Ireland's second city.
Bus Eireann Routes and Buses Featured:
Route 40: Cork - Tralee
Route 40: Cork - Waterford
Route 202: Mahon Point Shopping Centre - Hollyhill
Route 202A: Mahon Point Shopping Centre - Hollyhill
Route 203: Lehenaghmore - Farranree
Route 205: Kent Station - Munster Technological University (MTU)
Route 207: Glenheights - Donnybrook
Route 207A: Glenthorn - Merchant’s Quay
Route 208: Lotabeg - Curraheen
Route 209: Merchant’s Quay - Lotamore
Route 212: Kent Station - Mahon Point Shopping Centre
Route 213: Patrick Street - Black Ash Park & Ride
Route 214: Cork University Hospital (CUH) - Glyntown
Route 215: Cloghroe - Mahon
Route 216: Monkstown - Cork University Hospital (CUH)
Route 220: Ovens - Fort Camden
Route 225: Kent Station - Haulbowline
Route 236: Cork - Castletownbere
Route 245: Fermoy - Cork
Route 245X: Cork - Dublin
Route 260: Cork - Ardmore
VDL Berkhoff / LC Class: LC 207
VDL Futura FDD2 / LF Class: LF 216, LF 223, LF 224
Mercedes Citaro / MC Class: MC 302, MC 309, MC 316
Scania Irizar / SC Class: SC 278
Scania Irizar i6 / SE Class: SE 15, SE 25
Wrights Gemini / VWD Class: VWD 8, VWD 30, VWD 31, VWD 54, VWD 56, VWD 61, VWD 62, VWD 65, VWD 67, VWD 71, VWD 74, VWD 88, VWD 91, VWD 402, VWD 405, VWD 407, VWD 409, VWD 411, VWD 413, VWD 414, VWD 427, VWD 428, VWD 441, VWD 444, VWD 447, VWD 448, VWD 461
Other Operator Routes and Buses Featured:
Route 200: Cork - Cobh / Cobh Connect / 142 MN 330
Route 228: Kinsale - Cork / West Cork Connect / 211 D 13705
Route 704X: Cork - Dublin Airport / Aircoach / 191 D 6744
Route 707: Dublin Airport - Cork / Citylink / 222 C 6018, 222 C 6026
Cork City Tour / Cronins / 06 C 41728, 09 C 44342
Cronins / 04 D 24468 (Bus Eireann Hire-in)
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LF224 bus with route 245 goes to Fermoy from Cork and after goes to Cork and goes to Mitchelstown & back to Cork & finishing 245 in Cork City