Christmas and New Year bus and train services in Galway 2017 / 18

The information below was for Christmas 2017. 

Click here for this years Christmas public transport information.

A summary of 

bus and train services 

in Galway city and county 

for the 2017 Christmas and 2018 New Year period.


This is based on information published by the bus operators, and is subject to change.
  Always check the services you want to use with the bus company.

Extra buses on CityLink multi-stop Galway / Dublin service (route 763)

CityLink have announced the addition of two buses to the timetable for their multi-stop / commuter Galway to Dublin service, route 763, effective from Monday 4 December 2017.

• A 5am coach from Galway city, stopping at all existing CityLink stops and arriving in Dublin city at 8:40am and Dublin airport at 9am

• A 9:30pm coach from Dublin airport, picking up in Dublin city at 10pm, stopping at all existing CityLink stops and arriving in Galway city at 1:25am.

The new timetable for this service is available here.

The multi-stop service for commuters compliments the CityLink express service, which travels between Dublin airport and Galway Coach Station in 2:45 and the AirEagle Direct service which takes two and a half hours.   These services are not affected by this change.