October 2011 Bank holiday public transport

Monday 31 October 2011 is a bank / public Holiday in Ireland, and there are some bus service changes.

GoBus timetable changes from 1 Nov 2011

GoBus have a new Winter timetable operating from 1 November 2011, and available for booking now.

The main change is that a number of services that were "extra days only", ie Friday and Sunday, are now daily services.  This includes:

• Galway to Dublin at 3:45pm and 5:45pm 
• Dublin to Galway at 9:45am (ex Dublin airport).

On weekends that include a bank or public holiday, regular daily services run on Sunday and the extra services run on Monday.   Bookings are recommended for the extra services, which are very popular with students.

See Regional Buses for links to all companies running bus services to, from or through Galway.

Aer Arran: no services from Galway airport for winter 2011, starting from 1 November

Aer Arran have announced that they will not be running any services to/from Galway Airport for the winter season, starting from 1 November 2011.

Their full announcement.

See Galway airport ransfer options for public transport links to the other major airports regularly used by people from Galway (Dublin, Shannon, Knock, Cork).