Welcome for approval of Cork city park and ride bus plan

Cork Airport's managing director said that the plans for redevelopment and expansion for the Black Ash Park and Ride are good news for Cork.
Welcome for approval of Cork city park and ride bus plan

Plans have been unveiled for a major new bus interchange at the Black Ash Park and Ride. Image via Cork City Council.

The managing director of Cork Airport has welcomed the approval of the Black Ash Park and Ride bus interchange plans by members of Cork City Council.

The interchange will provide new connectivity between the city, county, and key locations such as Cork Airport, CUH, UCC, and Kent Railway Station.

Niall MacCarthy said that the plans for redevelopment and expansion for the Black Ash Park and Ride are good news for Cork as a whole.

“We have been actively engaging on public transport improvements for Cork Airport for some time and have made focused submissions on this matter."

“In short, when delivered, we expect a doubling of the number of airport bus services, with services running every 15 minutes to the city centre (rather than every 30 minutes at present) with a new route 13 planned from Cork Airport to Kent Station via the interchange.

“There will also be better cross-city interconnection options through Black Ash and then onwards to the airport," Mr McCarthy added.

“There's more to do in improving public transport links with our airport and in our region. But this is certainly a great step in the right direction and warm congratulations to Cork City Council, National Transport Authority (NTA) and Bus Éireann.” 

Cork Airport is also engaging further with public transport providers to further enhance bus connectivity for passengers. 

This includes seeking to widen the direct bus services to the hinterland by adding a Cork Airport final stop on services from Waterford, Tipperary, Kerry and other locations in Munster.

Cork Airport recently made a submission to Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) seeking the safeguarding of a future light rail route off the planned east-west Cork LUAS line.

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