It’s a busy time at the bus station.

And if you’re making travel plans for the coming weeks, Bus Éireann has released details of planned bus and coach schedules for Cork over Christmas, advising passengers to plan their journeys in advance.

Services will operate to normal schedules until Saturday, December 23rd, marking one of the busiest travel weeks as passengers from across Ireland and beyond travel home for the festive season.

Here are the changes to note thereafter:

On Christmas Eve, December 24th, services will operate to a Sunday timetable with earlier final departures. Cork City Bus Services and regional and rural services will operate to a Sunday timetable with the last departures at approximately 9pm.

No services will operate on Christmas Day.

Bus Éireann will operate based on Bank Holiday/Sunday service timetables for St. Stephen’s Day, December 26th commencing around 9am.

Cork City Bus Services will operate a full Sunday service except for Route 220. Services on route 220 will commence after 7am.

Passengers planning to travel are encouraged to check the timetable for their routes.

Starting from Wednesday, December 27th, services will operate to normal timetables to New Year’s Eve, Sunday, December 31st. Services on New Year’s Day, Monday, January 1st will operate to a Sunday schedule.

A full normal timetable across Bus Éireann services will resume from Tuesday, January 2nd.