240 Downpatrick, Bus Station - Newry, Buscentre

A bus service operated by Goldline Express

Merchants Quay Closure - Service Information
Sunday 8 February – Sunday 1 March 2026

From Sunday 8 February 2026, there will be road closures for a period of 3 weeks along Merchants Quay, leading to both Sugar Island and Canal Street, and New Street leading to the courthouse roundabout. These closures will be between the following hours:

For 3 Sundays beginning Sunday 8 February, 06:00 – 20:00. Monday – Saturday closures, Night Closures, 19:00 – 06:00, beginning Monday 9 February.

During these closures,

x1 services to operate: In and Out via the Dublin Road. 

238 services will access the Bus Centre via Patrick Street, Francis Street and Merchants Quay. Inward journeys will operate via the Dublin Road.

240 services can access the Bus station as normal. For the 240 service to Downpatrick at 20:40, the service will operate via Buttercrane Quay, Abbey Way and Upper Water Street and continue on as normal from the Brass Monkey Roundabout.

Subject to change.

Downpatrick, Bus Station - Newry, Buscentre

Downpatrick Bus Station 07:2010:2012:2013:5016:2018:20
Main Street 07:3010:3012:3014:0016:3018:30
Main Street 07:3510:3512:3514:0516:3518:35
Newcastle Bus Station Lay-By 07:4510:4512:4514:1516:4518:45
Castlewellan Upper Square 07:5510:5512:5514:2516:5518:55
St Malachy's Church 08:0311:0313:0314:3317:0319:03
Rathfriland Bus Depot 11:1113:1114:4117:1119:11
Main Street 08:1011:1613:1614:4617:1619:16
Chapel Hill 08:2011:2513:2514:5517:2519:25
Newry Bus Station 08:4011:4013:4015:1017:4019:40

Newry, Buscentre - Downpatrick, Bus Station

Newry Bus Station 09:4012:4014:4016:4018:4020:40
Chapel Hill 09:5512:5514:5516:5518:5520:53
Main Street 10:0413:0415:0417:0419:0421:00
Rathfriland Bus Depot 10:0913:0915:0917:0919:0921:06
St Malachy's Church 10:1713:1715:1717:1719:1721:14
Castlewellan Upper Square 10:2513:2515:2517:2519:2521:22
Newcastle Bus Station Lay-By 10:3513:3515:3517:3519:3521:32
Main Street 10:4513:4515:4517:4519:4521:40
Main Street 10:5013:5015:5017:5019:5021:45
Downpatrick Bus Station 11:0014:0016:0018:0020:0021:55

Timetable data from Translink open data,

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