People in North Cork can now use an early morning Local Link bus service to travel to Mallow General Hospital, with the bus leaving Charleville Library at 6.30am on Monday to Saturday, and travelling via Newtownshandrum, Dromina, Freemount, Liscarroll, Churchtown, Buttevant and Newtwopothouse before arriving at the hospital at 7.42am. The bus will then continue on to Mallow Railway Station before stopping in Mallow Town Park. This service is ideal for people who have hospital or other appointments. A later service will also run at 10.10am, 2pm and 5.35pm, and this runs seven days a week, which would suit people visiting relatives in hospital.
There is also a return service from Mallow to Charleville leaving the Town Park at 8.10am (Monday to Saturday), and passing through all the aforementioned places, to arrive in Charleville at 9.33am. A later seven-day service leaves Mallow at 1.08pm, 5.08pm and 8.28pm.
To view the times and rates for the service, Google ‘Local Link Cork’.