Changes are:
- A new bus at 5:30am, Monday to Friday, from Dublin city (Busarus) via Dublin Aipport to Galway. This bus is non-stop between Dublin Airport and Athlone, and then operates the existing 7:15am multi-stop service between Athlone and Galway. Total journey time is 3 hours 20 minutes.
- A new bus at 5:30am, Monday to Friday, from Galway to Dublin city. This bus is multi-stop between Galway and Kinnegad, and non-stop from there to Heuston Station. It does not serve Dublin Airport. Total journey time is 3 hours 25 minutes.
- A new bus leaving Dublin city at 4:30pm on Friday, to Galway, via Dublin Airport, and stopping at all intermediate stops. Total journey time is 4 hours 10 minutes.
- The 8:30am bus from Dublin city to Galway changes to multi-stop (was non-stop until Athlone).
- The Mon-Fri 7am Galway to Athlone service and 9:05am 5pm Athlone to Galway multi-stop services, via Athlone I.T., Ericsson and Athlone Dept of Education are cancelled.
- The Mon-Fri 2:30pm Galway to Athlone and 5pm Athlone to Galway multi-stop service, via Athlone I.T., Ericsson and Athlone Dept of Education is cancelled.
The new timetable is available here.
See Galway regional buses - east for other services in this area.