Galway city 2022 Christmas Park and Ride

A park-and-ride service will run in Galway City for the Christmas 2022 shopping period.

It will run daily between Saturday 10 - Friday 24 December, and is being operated by City Direct, on behalf of Galway City Council.

Hours of operation

Buses run every 15 minutes:

• Monday - Saturday: Between 9:30am to 9.15pm, (last departure from Ballybrit at 9:15pm)
• Sunday: Between 11am - 7pm

And every 30 minutes between 7pm and 9pm on Sundays

On 24 Dec, Christmas Eve, the last bus will leave the city-centre in the early evening - the exact time is to be advised, in previous years, it has been 5:30pm.

Parking area and city-centre bus stop

Parking is provided at Ballybrit Racecourse -  see the Parkmore Neighbourhood Map for details of this area.

The central city drop-off and pick-up point is the Galway Coach Station (point "S" on the regional bus stops map).

There is no arrangement for cars to be left at Ballybrit overnight:   cars which are left there are at the owner's risk.

Cost

The fare is €1 each way per adult,  This includes all-day parking

Children under age 16 and pensioners (likely all Free-travel passholders) travel for free.  

Galway City daily, weekly and monthly tickets are not accepted.

Route

Buses use the most appropriate route between the race-course and the city centre - typically this will use the use bus lanes. There are no pickup or drop-off points between the city-centre and the race-course.