{"id":413483,"date":"2026-04-23T13:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/413483\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:21:08","slug":"major-part-of-busconnects-bishopstown-route-dropped-following-cork-luas-plans-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/413483\/","title":{"rendered":"Major part of BusConnects Bishopstown route dropped following Cork Luas plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

A large section of the planned BusConnects project for the Bishopstown area has been scrapped after the publication of the Cork Luas route<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n

In an email to public representatives, seen by the Irish Examiner, a National Transport Authority (NTA) spokesperson said a large section of the sustainable transport corridors (STC) scheme, the ‘Bishopstown to City’ section, was not going to be progressed.<\/p>\n

BusConnects Cork is set to transform Cork’s bus system into a higher frequency and more reliable network, with over 90km of bus lanes in 11 transport corridors.<\/p>\n

The NTA is not planning an alternative STC route, it said.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson said the BusConnects Cork team has been coordinating with the Luas Cork team in recent months, about the level of route alignment interactions in the south west.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson added that, following the publication of Luas Cork’s preferred route on April 17, BusConnects Cork now has a “clearer picture” of what Luas Cork will entail and its implications for the BusConnects scheme, specifically for the Bishopstown to city section.<\/p>\n

They said the NTA is no longer intending to progress with the section which was to run from the junction of Melbourn Rd\/Curraheen Rd through to the Western Rd\/Mardyke Walk junction.<\/p>\n

They said \u201cthis remains subject to change\u201d up until the point that the STC scheme application is lodged with An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la, which they expect to happen later this year.<\/p>\n

The Bishopstown to city STC, as per the latest public consultation, would begin at the junction of Melbourn Road\/Curraheen Rd and proceed on to Bishopstown Rd, past Cork University Hospital, and at the existing Wilton roundabout turn north onto Wilton Rd and continue to Dennehy’s Cross.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From there, it would proceed north along Victoria Cross Rd, onto Western Rd.<\/p>\n

The corridor would then continue along the remainder of Lancaster Quay and Washington St before terminating at the junction of Washington St\/Grand Parade – the latest update from the NTA suggests that only this part of the route will now be implemented.<\/p>\n

Local Labour councillor Ciara O’Connor said: “This is a significant change to a key public transport corridor serving the south west of the city, and it’s essential that we have clear answers on what happens next.<\/p>\n

“While I fully support the development of Luas Cork, it cannot come at the expense of existing or planned bus infrastructure.<\/p>\n

“We need a co-ordinated, integrated public transport system, not uncertainty.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A large section of the planned BusConnects project for the Bishopstown area has been scrapped after the publication…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[175377,5658,79,61,60,43,16456],"class_list":["post-413483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-luas","tag-irish-examiner-instagram","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-public-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}