C5 Dublin to Maynooth via Lucan, Leixlip

Operated by Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus. First bus 23:42, last bus 04:35. 10 journeys on weekdays. Fares: TFI zonal, cheaper with a Leap Card — more.

Next towards Maynooth from Ringsend Road: tomorrow 00:35

Next towards Dublin from Hayfield: 23:43

Night bus — overnight departures 23:40–05:38. Every night. Nights are the night you set out on, so a 01:30 bus on Saturday morning counts as Friday. All night buses.

Wanted a different C5? 4 other bus routes are numbered C5 elsewhere in the UK — see every C5 bus timetable by area.

Timetable

Stop	00:34	01:34	02:34	03:35	04:35
Ringsend Road	00:34	01:34	02:34	03:35	04:35
Pearse Street	00:36	01:36	02:36	03:37	04:37
Aston Quay	00:41	01:41	02:41	03:42	04:42
Parkgate St	00:48	01:48	02:48	03:49	04:49
Br Water Quay	00:49	01:49	02:49	03:50	04:50
St Mary's Hospital	00:52	01:52	02:52	03:53	04:53
Palmerstown Drive	00:56	01:56	02:56	03:57	04:57
Liffey Valley SC	00:59	01:59	02:59	04:00	05:00
Ballyowen Lane	01:01	02:01	03:01	04:02	05:02
Roselawn	01:03	02:03	03:03	04:04	05:04
Lucan Village	01:05	02:05	03:05	04:06	05:06
Lucan Spa Hotel	01:08	02:08	03:08	04:09	05:09
Cooldrinagh Terrace	01:10	02:10	03:10	04:11	05:11
St Mary's Park	01:12	02:12	03:12	04:13	05:13
River Forest	01:14	02:14	03:14	04:15	05:15
Leixlip Main St	01:16	02:16	03:16	04:17	05:17
Leixlip GAA Club	01:18	02:18	03:18	04:19	05:19
Intel Main Entrance	01:24	02:24	03:24	04:25	05:25
Maynooth SC	01:29	02:29	03:29	04:30	05:30
Hayfield	01:33	02:33	03:33	04:34	05:34

Stop	00:34	01:34	02:34	03:30	04:30
Ringsend Road	00:34	01:34	02:34	03:30	04:30
Pearse Street	00:36	01:36	02:36	03:32	04:32
Aston Quay	00:42	01:42	02:42	03:38	04:38
Parkgate St	00:50	01:50	02:50	03:46	04:46
Br Water Quay	00:52	01:52	02:52	03:48	04:48
St Mary's Hospital	00:55	01:55	02:55	03:51	04:51
Palmerstown Drive	01:00	02:00	03:00	03:56	04:56
Liffey Valley SC	01:03	02:03	03:03	03:59	04:59
Ballyowen Lane	01:05	02:05	03:05	04:01	05:01
Roselawn	01:08	02:08	03:08	04:04	05:04
Lucan Village	01:10	02:10	03:10	04:06	05:06
Lucan Spa Hotel	01:14	02:14	03:14	04:10	05:10
Cooldrinagh Terrace	01:16	02:16	03:16	04:12	05:12
St Mary's Park	01:18	02:18	03:18	04:14	05:14
River Forest	01:20	02:20	03:20	04:16	05:16
Leixlip Main St	01:23	02:23	03:23	04:19	05:19
Leixlip GAA Club	01:27	02:27	03:27	04:23	05:23
Intel Main Entrance	01:32	02:32	03:32	04:28	05:28
Maynooth SC	01:38	02:38	03:38	04:34	05:34
Hayfield	01:42	02:42	03:42	04:38	05:38

Ends at Maynooth · Sunday · 5 journeys

Stop	00:35	01:35	02:35	03:35	04:35
Ringsend Road	00:35	01:35	02:35	03:35	04:35
Pearse Street	00:37	01:37	02:37	03:37	04:37
Aston Quay	00:42	01:42	02:42	03:42	04:42
Parkgate St	00:48	01:48	02:48	03:48	04:48
Br Water Quay	00:50	01:50	02:50	03:50	04:50
St Mary's Hospital	00:53	01:53	02:53	03:53	04:53
Palmerstown Drive	00:57	01:57	02:57	03:57	04:57
Liffey Valley SC	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00
Ballyowen Lane	01:02	02:02	03:02	04:02	05:02
Roselawn	01:04	02:04	03:04	04:04	05:04
Lucan Village	01:07	02:07	03:07	04:07	05:07
Lucan Spa Hotel	01:10	02:10	03:10	04:10	05:10
Cooldrinagh Terrace	01:12	02:12	03:12	04:12	05:12
St Mary's Park	01:14	02:14	03:14	04:14	05:14
River Forest	01:16	02:16	03:16	04:16	05:16
Leixlip Main St	01:19	02:19	03:19	04:19	05:19
Leixlip GAA Club	01:21	02:21	03:21	04:21	05:21
Intel Main Entrance	01:27	02:27	03:27	04:27	05:27
Maynooth SC	01:32	02:32	03:32	04:32	05:32
Hayfield	01:37	02:37	03:37	04:37	05:37

Stop	23:42	00:43	01:43	02:43	03:37
Hayfield	23:42	00:43	01:43	02:43	03:37
Maynooth	23:45	00:46	01:46	02:46	03:40
Carton House	23:48	00:49	01:49	02:49	03:43
Beechpark Estate	23:53	00:54	01:54	02:54	03:48
Scoil Bhride	23:56	00:57	01:57	02:57	03:51
Captain's Hill	23:59	01:00	02:00	03:00	03:54
Captain's Hill	00:01	01:02	02:02	03:02	03:56
Cooldrinagh Terrace	00:03	01:04	02:04	03:04	03:58
Ball Alley House	00:06	01:07	02:07	03:07	04:01
St Mary's Church	00:08	01:09	02:09	03:09	04:03
Lucan Retail Park	00:10	01:11	02:11	03:11	04:05
Liffey Valley SC	00:13	01:14	02:14	03:14	04:08
Glenaulin	00:17	01:18	02:18	03:18	04:12
Chapelizod Village	00:19	01:20	02:20	03:20	04:14
Salmon Pool	00:21	01:22	02:22	03:22	04:16
Conyngham Road	00:23	01:24	02:24	03:24	04:18
Arran Quay	00:25	01:26	02:26	03:26	04:20
Bachelors Walk	00:29	01:30	02:30	03:30	04:24
Erne Street	00:35	01:36	02:36	03:36	04:30
Ringsend Road	00:37	01:38	02:38	03:38	04:32

Stop	23:40	00:40	01:39	02:39	03:39
Hayfield	23:40	00:40	01:39	02:39	03:39
Maynooth	23:43	00:43	01:42	02:42	03:42
Carton House	23:47	00:47	01:46	02:46	03:46
Beechpark Estate	23:52	00:52	01:51	02:51	03:51
Scoil Bhride	23:56	00:56	01:55	02:55	03:55
Captain's Hill	23:59	00:59	01:58	02:58	03:58
Captain's Hill	00:02	01:02	02:01	03:01	04:01
Cooldrinagh Terrace	00:05	01:05	02:04	03:04	04:04
Ball Alley House	00:08	01:08	02:07	03:07	04:07
St Mary's Church	00:10	01:10	02:09	03:09	04:09
Lucan Retail Park	00:13	01:13	02:12	03:12	04:12
Liffey Valley SC	00:16	01:16	02:15	03:15	04:15
Glenaulin	00:20	01:20	02:19	03:19	04:19
Chapelizod Village	00:22	01:22	02:21	03:21	04:21
Salmon Pool	00:25	01:25	02:24	03:24	04:24
Conyngham Road	00:26	01:26	02:25	03:25	04:25
Arran Quay	00:29	01:29	02:28	03:28	04:28
Bachelors Walk	00:33	01:33	02:32	03:32	04:32
Erne Street	00:41	01:41	02:40	03:40	04:40
Ringsend Road	00:45	01:45	02:44	03:44	04:44

Stop	23:43	00:40	01:40	02:40	03:37
Hayfield	23:43	00:40	01:40	02:40	03:37
Maynooth	23:46	00:43	01:43	02:43	03:40
Carton House	23:50	00:47	01:47	02:47	03:44
Beechpark Estate	23:54	00:51	01:51	02:51	03:48
Scoil Bhride	23:57	00:54	01:54	02:54	03:51
Captain's Hill	00:01	00:58	01:58	02:58	03:55
Captain's Hill	00:03	01:00	02:00	03:00	03:57
Cooldrinagh Terrace	00:06	01:03	02:03	03:03	04:00
Ball Alley House	00:09	01:06	02:06	03:06	04:03
St Mary's Church	00:11	01:08	02:08	03:08	04:05
Lucan Retail Park	00:13	01:10	02:10	03:10	04:07
Liffey Valley SC	00:16	01:13	02:13	03:13	04:10
Glenaulin	00:20	01:17	02:17	03:17	04:14
Chapelizod Village	00:22	01:19	02:19	03:19	04:16
Salmon Pool	00:24	01:21	02:21	03:21	04:18
Conyngham Road	00:26	01:23	02:23	03:23	04:20
Arran Quay	00:29	01:26	02:26	03:26	04:23
Bachelors Walk	00:32	01:29	02:29	03:29	04:26
Erne Street	00:38	01:35	02:35	03:35	04:32
Ringsend Road	00:41	01:38	02:38	03:38	04:35

Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off. Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. Switch a table to All stops for every stop it calls at, or open a stop's own page for live departures there.

Fares on the C5 are set under the National Transport Authority's fare structure. Paying with a TFI Leap Card is significantly cheaper than cash, with daily and weekly caps on most city services. Who travels free →

Christmas & bank holidays

These dates are not the usual timetable for the day they fall on. They come from the operator’s published data, which for Christmas and New Year is often late or incomplete, so check with Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.

Christmas Day — Friday, 25 December 2026
towards Maynooth: 5 journeys, first 00:35 towards Dublin: 5 journeys, first 23:43 Few buses run on Christmas Day, so check with Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus before relying on this.
Boxing Day — Saturday, 26 December 2026
towards Maynooth: 5 journeys, first 00:35 towards Dublin: 5 journeys, first 23:43
New Year's Day — Friday, 1 January 2027
towards Maynooth: 5 journeys, first 00:35 towards Dublin: 5 journeys, first 23:43

Route map

All stops on route C5

C5 towards Maynooth

All 71 stops

Ringsend Road Dublin
Grnd Canal Quay Dublin
Pearse Sq Dublin
Erne Street Dublin
Pearse Street Dublin
Shaw Street Dublin
Tara Street Dublin
Aston Quay Dublin
Wellington Quay Dublin
Merchant's Quay Dublin
Usher's Quay Dublin
Parkgate St Dublin
Conyngham Road Dublin
Phoenix Hse Dublin
Br Water Quay Dublin
Islandbridge Gate Dublin
Salmon Pool Dublin
Garda Boat Club Dublin
Chapelizod Rd Inchicore
St Mary's Hospital Chapelizod
Chapelizod Village Chapelizod
Chapelizod W Chapelizod
Belgrove Park Chapelizod
Kylemore Rd N Chapelizod
Palmerstown Drive Palmerstown
The Oval Palmerstown
Palmerstown R148 Palmerstown
Liffey Valley SC Palmerstown
Clayton Hotel Palmerstown
St Loman's Hospital Lucan
Ballyowen Lane Lucan
Hermitage Road Lucan
Esker Lane Lucan
Roselawn Lucan
St Andrews NS Lucan
St Mary's Church Lucan
Lucan Heights Lucan
Lucan Village Lucan
Primrose Lane Lucan
Ardeevin Avenue Lucan
Old Cornmill Road Lucan
Lucan Spa Hotel Lucan
Kew Park Lucan
Springfield Hotel Leixlip
Cooldrinagh Terrace Leixlip
Salmon Leap Leixlip
Leixlip Leixlip
St Mary's Park Leixlip
Captain's Hill Leixlip
River Forest Leixlip
River Forest Leixlip
River Forest Leixlip
Captain's Hill Leixlip
Riverdale Leixlip
Leixlip Main St Leixlip
Our Lady's Nativity Leixlip
Ryevale Lawns Leixlip
Leixlip GAA Club Leixlip
Oaklawn Leixlip
Easton Road Leixlip
Barnhall Road Leixlip
Beechpark Estate Leixlip
Intel Main Entrance Leixlip
Intel West Leixlip
Carton House Maynooth
Carton Grove Maynooth
Maynooth SC Maynooth
Maynooth Maynooth
Old Greenfield Maynooth
Kingsbury Maynooth
Hayfield Maynooth

C5 towards Dublin

All 65 stops

Hayfield Maynooth
Kingsbry Maynooth
Old Greenfield Maynooth
Maynooth Maynooth
Maynooth SC Maynooth
Carton Grove Maynooth
Carton House Maynooth
Intel West Leixlip
Intel Main Entrance Leixlip
Beechpark Estate Leixlip
Glen Easton Leixlip
Lough na Mona Leixlip
Easton Road Leixlip
Accommodation Road Leixlip
Scoil Bhride Leixlip
Our Lady's Nativity Leixlip
Leixlip Village Leixlip
St Mary's Park Leixlip
Captain's Hill Leixlip
River Forest Leixlip
River Forest Leixlip
River Forest Leixlip
Captain's Hill Leixlip
Riverdale Leixlip
Leixlip Leixlip
Cooldrinagh Terrace Leixlip
Springfield Hotel Leixlip
Liffey Valley Golf Lucan
Leixlip Road Lucan
Ball Alley House Lucan
Lucan Village Lucan
Lucan Heights Lucan
St Mary's Church Lucan
Chalet Gardens Lucan
Ballydowd Grove Lucan
Lucan Retail Park Lucan
Hermitage Bridge Lucan
Hermitage Clinic Lucan
Liffey Valley SC Palmerstown
Palmerstown R148 Palmerstown
The Oval Palmerstown
Glenaulin Chapelizod
Belgrove Park Chapelizod
Chapelizod W Chapelizod
Chapelizod Village Chapelizod
St Mary's Hospital Chapelizod
Chapelizod Rd Inchicore
Garda Boat Club Dublin
Salmon Pool Dublin
Islandbridge Gate Dublin
Br Water Quay Dublin
Phoenix Hse Dublin
Conyngham Road Dublin
Parkgate St Dublin
Sarsfield Quay Dublin
Arran Quay Dublin
Inns Quay Dublin
Ormond Quay Upr Dublin
Bachelors Walk Dublin
Townsend Street Dublin
Prince's St South Dublin
Erne Street Dublin
Pearse Sq Dublin
Grnd Canal Quay Dublin
Ringsend Road Dublin

Towns & areas on this route

Dublin Lucan Leixlip Palmerstown Maynooth Inchicore Chapelizod

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first C5 bus?

The first C5 departure on weekdays leaves at 23:42 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last C5 bus?

The last C5 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 04:35. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the C5 bus cost?

Fares on the C5 are set under the National Transport Authority's fare structure. Paying with a TFI Leap Card is significantly cheaper than cash, with daily and weekly caps on most city services.

Who runs the C5 bus?

The C5 is operated by Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus.

Timetable data from Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus via Ireland's National Transport Authority. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.