Port Laoise - Transport

Transport

• Portlaoise stands at a major crossroads in the Irish roads (major roads to Dublin, Limerick, Cork) network although construction in the 1990s of the M7 motorway, which bypasses the town, has reduced traffic congestion in the town centre.
• The town has a railway station served by intercity trains between Dublin and Cork and by Dublin commuter services. Maryborough railway station opened on 26 June 1847.
• Córas Iompair Éireann opened a new rail depot south-west of Portlaoise town centre in March 2008 (officially opened on 25 July 2008). The depot provides a high quality maintenance and servicing facility for the 183 new intercity railcars and some facilities for outer suburban railcars serving the Kildare Route.
• Bus Eireann operates an intercity service between Dublin and Cork/Limerick which calls at Port Laoise.
• The town is the terminus for Dublin-Portlaoise coach services operated by Dublin Coach. The bus stops at both Stops on James Fintan Lawlor Avenue and also at Kilminchy