Theoretical Cork Suburban/Commuter Lines

Surely that’s the cash fare?

Have you not got a LEAP card?

That will be less.

A day return ticket (available from the driver) is €11 not €14 per the BE website.

They certainly DO take LEAP cards on the 245 and 245x.

LEAP is accepted on all Bus Éireann operated PSO bus routes and has been for several years now.

LEAP can also be used on all Bus Éireann Expressway routes but the normal fare will apply.

Cork/Mallow is also €11 day return on the 243 so I don’t know where you’re getting the notion that it is half the Fermoy fare.

The train from Cork to Mallow is €9.10 single and €15.15 day return.

I stand corrected - they did indeed extend the suburban rail fares matrix to Mallow in May!

But the bus fare scale remains the same as before for both Mallow and Fermoy.

That doesn’t always follow.

Sallins & Naas, Balbriggan and Kilcock are all in the more heavily subsidised short hop zone around Dublin for rail travel, but the buses are principally on the higher Bus Éireann fare scale.

As I said before, you can use LEAP on the 245 and 245X and save some money.

For the FOURTH TIME, you can use LEAP pay-as-you-go on any Bus Éireann service across the country, and have been able to do so since 2019. I really shouldn’t have to repeat this again. FYI I have been doing it all over the country all summer, and I did it pre-Covid too.

For both the 245 and 245X the LEAP adult single fare between Cork and Fermoy is EUR 5.95.

You can also get a “Cork Green Zone Ticket” which allows unlimited travel between Fermoy and Cork, on Cork City and Suburban services. (see the bottom of this page https://buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=412)

2 options are available for adults:

• 24 Hours - EUR 12.00
• 7 Days - EUR 49.60

These can be bought online via the LEAP Top-Up app or from the driver on the bus, or as a mobile ticket via the TFI GO app.

To check any fare go onto the Bus Éireann website, click on the Fare Finder tab, enter the route number, the to/from bus stops and then click “Find Fare”.

The full list of tickets and fares for that trip will appear including the LEAP fare.