In short
- buses.app lists 2 town bus routes in Navan, 2 in Carlow and 3 in Kilkenny.
- The six main routes run about every 30 minutes from Monday to Saturday.
- Carlow routes CW1 and CW2 have the latest buses, with last departures around midnight.
- The town fare is €1.50 with a Leap Card or €2.00 in cash in all three towns.
Navan, Carlow and Kilkenny each have a small town bus network built around two all-day routes. buses.app lists 2 routes in Navan, 2 in Carlow and 3 in Kilkenny. This guide shows where they run, when the first and last buses leave and what a ticket costs. All times come from the timetables on buses.app.
Which bus routes run in Navan?
Navan has two routes, and both start at Gainstown: NV1 runs to Dunville in about 32 minutes and NV2 runs to Belcourt in about 30 minutes. Both call at Navan Centre and at Our Lady's Hospital, so between those stops you can take whichever comes first.
On weekdays NV1 leaves Gainstown from 06:00 to 23:00, with 35 departures, and comes back from Dunville from 06:45 to 23:15. On Saturdays the first bus from Gainstown is at 06:30. NV2 leaves Gainstown from 06:45 to 23:15 and Belcourt from 06:30 to 23:00 from Monday to Saturday, with 34 departures in each direction. That is a bus about every 30 minutes on each route. On Sundays both routes run about once an hour: NV1 from 08:30 to 22:30 and NV2 from 08:00 to 23:00 from Gainstown.
Which bus routes run in Carlow?
Carlow also has two routes. CW1 runs between MSD Carlow and Carlow Inst in about 25 minutes, and CW2 runs between Barrow Valley and Wexford Rd BP in about 26 minutes. Both call at Carlow Bus Stn, which is where you change between them.
The Carlow routes have the longest operating day of the three towns. From Monday to Saturday CW1 leaves MSD Carlow from 05:55 to 23:55 and Carlow Inst from 06:00 to midnight. CW2 leaves Wexford Rd BP from 06:10 to 00:10 and Barrow Valley from 06:15 to 00:15. Each route has about 37 departures in each direction. On Sundays both routes run from 08:20 to 23:50, with 32 departures in each direction, so the half-hourly service continues on Sundays.
Which bus routes run in Kilkenny?
Kilkenny has two all-day routes, each taking about 27 minutes from end to end. KK1 runs between Danville B Park and Glenbawn. KK2 runs from St Luke's Hospital to Cillín Hill, and the trips in the other direction start at Middleknock. Both call at Kilkenny Stn, John Street Lwr, Market Yard and Parliament St.
KK1 leaves Danville B Park from 06:00 to 23:30 from Monday to Saturday, with 36 departures, and the last bus from Glenbawn is at 23:00. KK2 leaves St Luke's Hospital from 06:00 to 23:30 on weekdays, with 36 departures, and from 07:00 on Saturdays. On Sundays both routes run from 07:30 to 23:00, with 24 departures in each direction.
The third route in our data, IW01, is a single weekday trip between the two towns: it leaves Loughboy SC in Kilkenny at 08:00 for Carlow Inst and returns from Carlow Inst at 17:05. The trip takes 50 to 55 minutes.
How much is a bus ticket in Navan, Carlow and Kilkenny?
At the time of writing (October 2026), the town fare is the same in all three towns: €1.50 with a TFI Leap Card or €2.00 in cash for an adult, for any distance on the town network. Young adults and students pay €0.75 with Leap, with no discount on the cash fare. A child pays €0.65 with a Child Leap Card or €0.90 in cash. In Navan and Carlow this is the Bus Éireann town service fare; in Kilkenny it is the fare of City Direct Kilkenny.
Cash is paid to the driver, who does not give change, so have the exact fare ready. Children aged 0 to 4 travel free, and children aged 5 to 8 travel free with a Child (5–8) Leap Card. The National Transport Authority has announced that the town Leap single will rise from €1.50 to €1.65 in January 2027. The full lists are on the Navan, Carlow and Kilkenny ticket pages, and our Leap Card guide explains where to buy and top up the card.
How do I get to Dublin from Navan, Carlow and Kilkenny?
From Navan the connection is by bus: the fastest trip in our data from Navan P&R to Dublin Busáras takes 45 minutes, and the Navan to Dublin page lists all departures. From Carlow the fastest connection is the train to Dublin Heuston, 1 h 1 min in our data; JJ Kavanagh coaches run on the same relation, listed on the Carlow to Dublin page. For Kilkenny, the Kilkenny to Dublin page lists Irish Rail trains and the coaches of JJ Kavanagh and Dublin Coach.
How to use buses.app in Navan, Carlow and Kilkenny
Open the town page and pick your route to see every stop and departure, or search for your stop to see which buses call there. The journey planner finds a connection between two addresses, and each ticket page shows the date the fares were last checked.
