Dublin Bus route 31C operates from Sutton Dart Station, via Sutton Cross, Strand Road, Carrickbrack Road, Howth Summit, Howth Main Street & Village to Howth DART Station.
The route operates seven days a week, departures from Sutton Dart every hour begining at 10 am Monday to Friday, 11 am on Saturdays & 12 noon on Sunday.
The service runs on the hour most of the day & takes 30 minutes.
Route 31C is operates by Clontarf Garage, operated by low floor buses & is usually allocated a single decker WV class.
Route 31C was launched on the 7th November 2005 to facilitate local residents travelling from Carrickbrack Road around Howth, plus providing a link between the two DART Station. Route 31C is the modern day version of former route 88 which operated the same routing.
Selected route 31B departures from Howth are extended to leave from Howth Station via Howth Summit in the weekday mornings, usually the 7.10 & 7.40 services.
Clontarf RV 428 is seen at the bus stop at Howth Station in June 2008 about to operate the 7.10 am departure.
In January 2009, the bus stop was moved out of the station & further down the road towards Howth harbour due to parking congestion. The 31 stop on the roadside was also decommissioned so all routes now serve the new harbour stop.
