Going to Cork for work for 2 days

Shamanic

Hi lads,
Going down to Cork for work for two days, gettin the train, so need to get from the train station to mahon point shopping centre, after work from mahon point to jurys on river lee, then next morning back to mahon point then from there to train station, anbody advise me how best to go about this??

Faith

Best, or cheapest? Most straight foward way would be to get taxis. But if you can't afford that, then:

Walk from train station into town, to the Grand Parade (long enough walk, 15 mins or so, google map here). Get the no. 10 bus from there to Mahon Point (runs every 25 minutes). From Mahon Point, get no. 10 back into town. It'll drop you off on Sullivan's Quay, just across the river from the Grand Parade. It's a 5/10 minute walk from there to Jurys (google map here).

Go from Jury's to Grand Parade and get the no. 10 again the next day to Mahon Point, get no. 10 back into town, and walk to train station. On the way back into town, ask the driver to let you off at the South Infirmary. That's the quickest way to the train station (google map here).

/edit: Those maps keep showing as driving directions for me, so obviously change them to walking.

Shamanic

You're a star, thanks a million for that!
How much is the bus? And how much roughly would a taxi be?
Work will pay for taxis, just dont wanna take the piss

Flesh Gorden

a lot easier to walk to city hall (straight on over the bridge from the bus station) and get the no.10 instead of the grand parade, gives you an extra 5 mins over the timetable


the No.2 outside the bus station is a good option too but involves a 10-15 min walk from the CSO or you could wait till it gets near the cemetery


But if your finished any time after 6pm the no.10 gets very erratic, say if you finish at 9pm mon-sat next bus won't be leaving till 21:25

even worse on a sunday 18:00 > 18:45 > 20:45 > 22:15

Flesh Gorden

Shamanic wrote: »

How much is the bus?

€1.60 or I think around €4 for an unlimited day saver ticket

And how much roughly would a taxi be?
Work will pay for taxis, just dont wanna take the piss

I'd reckon around from €10-€14 from the city

it's €14 from mayfield to mahon which is only 5 miles away

I don't know if taxi companies will do a discount if you book in advance, but worth a try, I think a guy I work with does this as it's always the same guy collecting him

Shamanic

alright cool thanks a million, if you know of any taxis if you could give me their number that'd be great. Thanks a million for all your help

Faith

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

a lot easier to walk to city hall (straight on over the bridge from the bus station) and get the no.10 instead of the grand parade, gives you an extra 5 mins over the timetable

That's true actually. The number 2 is a lot better, but stops a good bit away from Mahon Point.

As for taxis, Cork Taxi Co-op is the best imo. 021 427 2222.

Flesh Gorden is pretty spot on with taxi prices.

Shamanic

great folks thanks a millioni

Flesh Gorden

You could chance Mayfield based Sun Cabs aswell, they split into two a while back but both kept the Sun Cabs name when new management came in and both became very aggressive with pricing, looking at a card I have it says 'accounts welcome'

021 - 4502929 - breakaway company
021 - 4292929 - original company

big advantage aswell is they've never charged me a booking fee, some like sattelite taxis add a €2 surchrge