Bus Routes
School bus routes operating in 2025/2026
Three routes
There are three bus routes operating, which are called:
- The Wayside Route
- The Firhouse Route (coach bus)
- The Rathcoole Route (double-decker bus)
See below for information on the stops on each route and any accompanying maps.
The stops and timings below are effective from 8th Sept 2025.
The Wayside route:
Stop 1: 7.45am — Glencairn Luas stop (Bus stop 7417)
Stop 2: 7.55am — Wayside Cottages Kilternan (Entrance to Boyles Coal Yard Farmer Brown’s)
Stop 3: 7.58am — Jamestown P&P Stepaside (Bus stop 3483)
Stop 4: 8.00am — Belarmine Stepaside (Roundabout at entrance to Belarmine)
Stop 5: 8.03am — Aikens Village (Entrance to Sandyford Par 3 Golf Course)
Stop 6: 8.05am — Kilcross (Bus stop 6007, Sandyford Road)
Stop 7: 8.07am — IMI Sandyford Road (Bus stop 2836)
Stop 8: 8.10am — Airfield Estate (Bus stop 7916, opposite entrance to Airfield)
Stop 9: 8.12am — Ballinteer Road (Bus Stop 7718, Jamie’s Italian Restaurant)
Stop 10: 8.14am — Barton Road East (Bus stop 1052)
Stop 11: 8.19am — Ballinteer St. Johns (Bus stop 2971)
Stop 12: 8.20am — College Road Layby (just before Little Harvard Montessori)
Stop 13: 8.30am — Rockbrook school
>> Click here to see map of this route.
The Firhouse route (coach bus):
Stop 1: 8.00am — Tallaght Stadium (Bus stop 7122)
Stop 2: 8.05am — Firhouse Road West (Bus stop 7183)
Stop 3: 8.10am — Ailsbury (Facing SuperValu, bus stop 4880)
Stop 4: 8.20am — The Old Mill pub (Bus stop 2540)
Stop 5: 8.22am — Firhouse Road (Bus stop 7961)
Stop 6: 8.25am — Glenlyon Park (Bus stop 3006)
Stop 7: 8.27am — St Colmcille’s Way, Woodstown (Bus stop 4886)
Stop 8: 8.40am — Rockbrook school
The Rathcoole route (double-decker bus):
Stop 1: 7.45am — Avoca, Rathcoole (Facing Avoca)
Stop 2 7.50am — Millrace roundabout (At the roundabout)
Stop 3: 7.55am — Saggart Luas stop (Layby facing the Luas line)
Stop 4: 8.00am — Lidl, Fortunestown Lane (Bus stop 10150)
Stop 5: 8.02am — Brookview Avenue (Bus stop 1051)
Stop 6: 8.03am — Swiftbrook Ave (Bus stop 2669)
Stop 7: 8.05am — Fortunetown Way (Bus stop 10334)
Stop 8: 8.10am — Tallaght Bypass (Bus stop 2359)
Stop 9: 8.20am — St Colmcille’s Way, Orlagh (Bus stop 4887)
Stop 10: 8.22am — Scholarstown Park (Lay-by)
Stop 11: 8.24am — Ballyboden Way (Bus stop 7444)
Stop 12: 8.26am — Edmondstown Road (Bus stop 2927)
Stop 13: 8.35am — Rockbrook school