Christmas 2025 and New Year 2026 bus and train services in Galway

A summary of  bus and train services in Galway city and county 

for the

2025 Christmas and 2026 New Year period.

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

Bus Company Announcements

Christmas timetable announcements from the major public transport companies in Galway:   always check the company website or social media page for detailed information.

Burkes route 427, route 435 -- Bus4U --  Bus Éireann  -- Bus Feda --  City Direct  --  CityLink(*) -- Farrells -- Healy Bus -- LocalLink

Irish Rail

 

(*)  No announcement has been found from CityLink:  their website says to consult the journey planner for specific dates/times.  Key changes that we can see are listed below.

Overall / before 24 December

Almost all services run normally - there are some exceptions for early morning or student services:  

Bus Feda extra student services stop between 20-Dec and 12 Jan - but regular services run.

Healy Bus are running reduced services from 22 December.

Park-and-commute from ATU and NUIG runs from 19-24 December.   More info ...

Wednesday 24 December

Normal weekday timetable, until 8 / 9pm on most services - with come exceptions, eg no Healy bus services, reduced Bus Feda services, last Burkes bus from Galway to Tuam at 6:20pm.

Thursday 25 December - Christmas Day

• Some taxi companies will offer a limited service - but many will be closed.

• All other services - trains and city and regional buses - are cancelled. 

• The 12:30am Citylink bus from Dublin Airport to Galway will not run

Friday 26 December - St Stephen's Day

Most bus companies run a regular Sunday service - but some are not operating at all.  

No trains will run.

The 12:30am Citylink bus from Dublin Airport to Galway will not run.

Some, but not all, Local Link scheduled services will run.

Saturday 27 December

Mostly regular Saturday services will run, but some companies offering Sunday services.

Sunday 28 December

Mostly regular Sunday services, with some exceptions.  

Monday and Tuesday 29/30 December 

Mostly regular weekday or Saturday services, with some exceptions. 

Wednesday 31 December - New Year's Eve

Mostly a regular Weekday service in Galway City all day and all night - with some exceptions, especially evening trains and some regional buses.

Thursday 1 January - New Year's Day

Most companies are running Sunday services.

Friday 2 January - Day after New Year's onwards

This is a normal working day, and most companies will run regular timetables form now on.  However there are some exceptions for student and/or early morning or late evening services.

Please note

This information is for the Galway area only. 

Changes in other areas are not included.
 See City Bus Details and Regional Bus Details for normal timetables and route maps