tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30731275692308114852024-03-14T00:47:28.058-07:00Galway Public Transport NewsNews about public transport / transit services in Galway, County Galway, Republic of Ireland - with a special focus on bus servicesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger324125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-49562748692041226722023-12-23T18:31:00.000-08:002023-12-23T18:31:37.483-08:00Christmas 2023 / New Year 2024 bus and train services in Galway<div style="text-align: center;">A summary of <b>bus</b> and <b>train</b> services <span style="text-align: center;">in Galway city and county </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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for the<br />
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</b> <b>2023</b> <b>Christmas</b> and <b>2024 New Year </b>period.<br /><br />
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Bus Company Announcements</h2>
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Christmas timetable announcements from the major public transport companies in Galway:</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.aircoach.ie/timetables/706%20706X?date=2023-12-26" target="_blank">Aircoach</a> -- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Burkesbus/posts/pfbid02mZ5JL3VSbmLWXc6PE6V5vDBSwRpeB8rFava7dVtsR1ii6pFLhq824fcymCq9F2Lgl?__cft__[0]=AZW9Ujuw9jNZhsw0TS9aI2l5V_1iGJBrCVoISFvY-iAtatKgHZNp1CnqsszWwEh-SFZf__4dZg6RH6oU6dMm-rFykhR2DOzfejyfIA7WjZgg2o9GRd-IZsDyK6d_sZ1-SFnF04bpFXYbpGxeI_t0T6BSOWEKKll78ofpdjd05u7Mut9IBPXqojeP-nsJeNqYfUQ&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">Burkes</a> -- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bus4u/posts/pfbid0ZZJRziTAGJpiJ9uwT3htWaLZvUQDkNUNQdiUqucppWGRaHto8BsXPHLZSeAWLqinl?__cft__[0]=AZXBeIojDRV-eS4lFnDs2-SuBc0Mst7JR00nEXuCfrzcpZiwbPnvLRI2hzuAM1TfB1ynTqAhOGQswerGyeGVYsj-eii5TYL8Nq6P9BWkcw3lGBL0niOW_JgwClRjvTekZgxAit7Ornoo6ZBPwS8gwamo&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">Bus4U</a> -- <a href="https://www.buseireann.ie/service_updates.php?id=7812&month=Dec" target="_blank">Bus Éireann</a> -- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/busfedateo/posts/pfbid0GZnY5xc7wVrxE2Yow3XigKeXGEMZHQZuhWHFRyqRfMBMeV16YRvqB9BGfnQdXgY4l?__cft__[0]=AZUW6YcwMvMKODiawHcBwZXmdZKyUmhvGr87z5jrbUFsEiNJxp9cNBZVgeT_-nPjb89NWrNmb1fXyb92Z4MY9gOi4DykKHl9I218nu2nUUw8FaxERFEplOn26qmPbBqwUXAV5GbeWRylwGTUzAoOJmtRfwxvgtg4mxhL_r9kMDVU9YJuigMTWZ0YtAtnSXpLl5k&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">Bus Feda</a> -- <a href="https://citydirect.ie/blogs/news/christmas-bus-services-notice-2023" target="_blank">City Direct </a> -- </b><b><a href="https://www.citylink.ie/timetables/720/?updates=true&fbclid=IwAR397GBqgC9mJIDgrIhPqBy52GLOX_W6cDjBhgBAzdBcmvaLyZGCMD4TLkQ#collapseUpdates" target="_blank">CityLink / Eireagle / GoBus</a></b><b style="text-align: left;"> -- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FarrellsAthenry/posts/pfbid0ujGYYfHe3sV34KVG4bQZ8EfBGLzYWM7bsh7NZzk9vqiegSL1vBydUgD2GzzV93n6l?__cft__[0]=AZWc21uSjGss1Ob0dXoTG7PPhYCSXDFKyh60acjy6Ixabpjp-ELLF4hL5ydMdbC6DZRLdLknvPLkoy3YDO0P7ixarOBI9ZeMHPLgUzjVM8o_hjuCodjLzCzNky0caGylaGr1WvXEVPMwRwtafhidtYYvQbfSBorNFtIIqaqufiKBxfhdF2O-T-q96D4Sur4LUbw&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">Farrells</a> -- </b><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/healbus/posts/pfbid02SguEcve4JMHLRrXSoTPsRVJiy3Ek2aSB43AgF3ELG7DzqsHciBEcdGtFEFKng7sQl?__cft__[0]=AZXMaFpamiSRdcXTkUo1g84gCb1vOtjTcQnouNpvikDE9o3Xd5wX6-Bw-Zk71UUJWKhY99j_5KTSb6AVcJ0KkG_yo3uE2DrLofRLxY9ea8AoPIvg_VHehNfz4o0dhENpw1o6ylUYa_KJ6qgPWpV4RzeJxTXAw74nlkjcTz7WNK1BM4P1Q6vg4W_2AaHkjUez_oM&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">Healy Bus</a> -- <a href="https://www.locallinkgalway.ie/post/tfi-local-link-galway-christmas-schedule" target="_blank">LocalLink</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div><b><a href="https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/news/christmas-2023-late-night-dart-and-commuter" target="_blank">Irish Rail</a></b></div></div></div><div><br /></div><br />
<h2>Overall / before 24 December</h2><div>Almost all services run normally - there are some exceptions for early morning or student services.</div><div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><b>Park-and-ride</b> from Ballyrit to the city-centre, runs from 11-24 December. <a href="https://news.galwaytransport.info/2023/12/2023-christmas-park-and-ride-in-galway.html">More info ...</a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div><h2>Sunday 24 December</h2>Normal Sunday timetable, until 8 / 9pm on most services<br />
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Monday 25 December - Christmas Day</h2>
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<li>The 12:30am Citylink bus from Dublin Airport to Galway <b>will </b>run</li>
<li>Some taxi companies will offer a limited service - but many will be closed.</li></ul><ul><li><span style="color: red;"><b>All other services - trains and city and regional buses - are cancelled. <br /></b></span></li></ul>
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Tuesday 26 December - St Steven's Day</h2>
Most companies run a regular Sunday service - but some are not operating at all. <b><span style="color: red;">No trains will run.</span></b></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span>
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Wednesday 27 December</h2>
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<li>Mostly regular weekday services, some companies offering Sunday services</li></ul>
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Thursday - Saturday 28-30 December</h2><div style="text-align: left;">Mostly regular weekday services, with some exceptions. Some companies are running Saturday services all week.</div>
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Sunday 31 December - New Year's Eve</h2>
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Mostly a regular <b>Sunday </b>service in Galway City all day and all night - with some exceptions, especially evening trains and some regional buses<br />
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Monday 1 January - New Year's Day</h2>
Most companies are running Sunday services.</div>
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<br />Tuesday 2 January - Day after New Year's onwards</h2>
This is a normal working day, and most companies will run regular timetables form now on: some have exceptions for student and/or early morning or late evening services.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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Please note</h2>
This information is for the Galway area only. Changes in other areas are not included.<br />
See <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2009/07/city-bus-services.html" target="_blank"><b>City Bus Details</b></a> and <b><a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/11/regional-national-bus-coach-long-distance-services.html" target="_blank">Regional Bus Details</a></b> for normal timetables and route maps</div>
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</div>Irish Transport Infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15871509716497174039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-69770760770816315192023-12-11T14:37:00.000-08:002023-12-11T14:37:52.445-08:00Changes to buses between Galway and Connemara (Clifden, Oughterard and Spiddal/Lettermullen) - December 2023<p>
CityLink Ireland, Bus Éireann and the National Transport authority have
announced (<a href="https://www.nationaltransport.ie/news/nta-and-bus-operators-announce-significant-increase-in-services-for-galway/" target="_blank">here </a>and
<a href="https://www.transportforireland.ie/news/bus-eireann-announces-improved-services-and-timetables-on-route-424-galway-to-leitir-meallain-via-an-cheathru-rua/" target="_blank">here</a>) changes to a number of services between Galway city centre and Connemara,
starting in December 2023.
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<p>Overall</p>
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<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
There will be a bus between Clifden and Galway every two hours, increasing
to every hour at peak times.
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<li>
There will be a bus between Oughterard and Galway every hour during the day,
increasing to every half hour at peak times.
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There will be a bus between Galway and Barna, Spiddal and Carraroe almost
once per hour.
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However there are some stops which will no longer served, or which require a
change at Clifden.
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Route 923 Citylink: Galway - Clifden - Letterfrack
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From Monday 11th December there will be four extra buses in each
direction, including earlier and later services each morning and evening.
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<p>There are no changes to stops on this route.</p>
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Route 419 Bus Éireann: Galway - Oughterard - Clifden
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<p>
From <b>Sunday 17 December</b>, there will be one extra service from Galway
each day (3pm), the first bus will leave Galway city at 6:40am, and other
times through the day will be adjusted (slightly earlier OR later).
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<p>
This bus will <b>no longer stop at</b> Maam Bridge, Kilmilkin, Leenane,
Salruck Cross (Opposite the hostel), Recess Cross, Kylemore Abbey,
Letterfrack, Moyard, Cashel Cross, Second Cashel Cross, Toombeola
Bridge, Roundstone or Ballyconneely.
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The National Transport Authority
<a href="https://www.nationaltransport.ie/news/nta-and-bus-operators-announce-significant-increase-in-services-for-galway/" target="_blank">announcement</a>
says
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Bus services to Leenane and Roundstone, which had been provided by Bus Éireann,
will now be secured by Local Link Galway from mid-December
<div>but does not give details.</div>
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New Local Link services Kylemore Abbey to Maam Cross and Ballyconneely to
Recess
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Two new door-to-door services are being introduced. Details are
available
<a href="https://www.locallinkgalway.ie/post/tfi-local-link-galway-launches-two-new-door-to-door-services">here</a>.
</p>
<p>
Each bus will run once a week, and seats must be booked by phone at least
one day in advance. As door-to-door services, the route (and so
times) may vary - and they are organised to suit people living in outlying
areas who want to travel inward, not visitors to the area.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Route 423, Clifden to Westport via Leenane</h2>
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The number of buses each day on this route is doubled, with extra buses from
Clifden at approx 9am, 2pm and 6pm (check the timetable for exact times).<br /><br />There
is no changes to the stops on this route, which include Moyard (Opp Post
Office), <br />Letterfrack, Kylemore Abbey, Recess Cross, Salruck Cross
Hostel, Leenane, Cuslough, and Knappagh.
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Route 424, Galway to Lettermullen (Leitir Mealláin) via An Cheathrú Rua,
Spiddal and Barna
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From Sunday 17 December 2023, there are an extra seven buses each day on
this route - taking the service to almost once an hour between 6am and 11pm.
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There will be one extra bus between Carraroe and Lettermullen, at approx
1:30pm - and times of all services are adjusted slightly.
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Note that this service is now often operated by double-decker Galway city
buses, which has also increased the number of passengers who can be taken.
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Irish Transport Infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15871509716497174039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-44851093187730043332023-12-11T12:31:00.000-08:002023-12-11T12:31:57.675-08:002023 Christmas Park-and-Ride in Galway city<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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A park-and-ride service will run in Galway City for the Christmas 2023 shopping period.<br />
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It will every day between <b>Friday 8 December and Sunday 25 </b><b>December</b>, <div><br /></div><div>The service is being operated on behalf of Galway City Council, who commission and fund this service.<br /><br /><br />
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<h2>Hours of operation</h2>Buses run every 15 minutes:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Monday - Saturday: Between 9:30am to 9.15pm, (last departure from Ballybrit at 9:15pm)</li><li>Sunday: Between 11am - 7pm </li></ul>And every 30 minutes between 7pm and 9pm on Sundays<br /><br /><span>On </span><b>24 Dec, Christmas Eve</b><span>, 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.</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h2>
Parking area and city-centre bus stop</h2>
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Parking is provided at <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/parkmore-area-see-map-at-bottom-of-this.html">Ballybrit Racecourse</a> - see the <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/parkmore-area-see-map-at-bottom-of-this.html" target="_blank">Parkmore Neighbourhood Map</a> for details of this area.<br />
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The central city drop-off and pick-up point is the Galway Coach Station (point "S" on the <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/major-public-transport-sites-in-galway.html">regional bus stops map</a>).<br />
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There is no arrangement for cars to be left at Ballybrit overnight: cars which are left there are at the owner's risk.<br />
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The fare is <b>€1 each way per adult</b>, This includes all-day parking<br />
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Children under age 16 and pensioners (possibly even all Free-travel passholders) travel for free. </div><div><br /></div><div>Galway City daily, weekly and monthly tickets are <b>not</b> accepted.<br />
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Route</h2>
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Buses use the most appropriate route between the race-course and the city centre: Normally this will be the bus lanes. There are no pickup or drop-off points between the city-centre and the race-course.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wheelchair accessible buses are available (the announcements have not said if they will be used on all services).</div><div>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Summary</h2>
<ul>
<li>Bus Éireann <b>special races shuttle buses</b> will run from Eyre Square. </li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>Private bus companies are running special services from various towns and villages. Some hotels are also organising shuttle services<b>.</b> </li>
</ul>
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<li>The <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/02/bus-service-409-parkmore-via-doughiska.html"><b>route 409 - Parkmore</b></a> and <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2018/09/bus-service-401-to-parkmore-mervue-castlepark-ballybrit.html"><b>route 401 - Salthill to Ballybrit / Parkmore Industrial</b></a> city buses go to the racecourse (Avenue entrance). But there are restrictions during peak racing traffic hours Mon - Fri.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>There are some changes to <b>regular <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/11/regional-national-bus-coach-long-distance-services.html">regional buses</a></b> during race week and the next week.</li>
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Race days and times </h2>
<ul>
<li><b>Monday 31 July 2023 - The Opening Day:</b><br />
Gates open at 2:30pm, first race at 5:10pm, 7 races, last race at 8:20pm </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><b>Tuesday 1 August<b> 2023</b> - Throwback Tuesdays, 80's Night</b><br />
Gates open at 2:30pm, first race at 5:10pm, 7 races, last race at 8:20pm </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><b>Wednesday 2 August<b> 2023</b> - Galway Plate Day & Country Music Extravaganza</b>: <br />
Gates open at 2:30pm, first race at 5:10pm, 7 races, last race at 8:20pm</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><b style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday 3 August</b><b><b> 2023</b> - The Guinness Galway Hurdle & Stylish Ladies Day:</b> <br />
Gates open at 11:15am, first race at 2:10pm, 8 races, last race at 6:10pm </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><b style="font-weight: bold;">Friday 4 August</b><b><b> 2023</b> - Friday's Most Stylish:</b><br />
Gates open at 2:15pm, first race at 5pm, 8 races, last race at 8:40pm </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><b style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday 5 August</b><b><b> 2023</b> - The Weekender:</b><br />
Gates open at 11:30am, first race at 1:55pm, 8 races, last race at 5:55pm </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><b style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday 6 August</b><b><b> 2023</b> - Mad Hatter's Family Fun Day:</b><br />
Gates open at 11:30am, first race at 1:50pm, 8 races, last race at 5:30pm</li>
</ul>
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Special Shuttle Bus Services to Ballybrit Racecourse</h2>
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From Eyre Square (Galway city centre) </h3>
<a href="https://www.buseireann.ie/news.php?id=3569&month=Jul" target="_blank">Bus Éireann</a> are running the races-special service between Galway city centre and the Galway Racecourse.<br />
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday</h4>
<ul><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A9ih2HpabF8/VbAb_WLVqoI/AAAAAAAAClw/ra6hFcXE2JY/s584-Ic42/galway-races-shuttle-buses-from-eyre-square-skeffington-arms-line-up.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A9ih2HpabF8/VbAb_WLVqoI/AAAAAAAAClw/ra6hFcXE2JY/s584-Ic42/galway-races-shuttle-buses-from-eyre-square-skeffington-arms-line-up.png" width="250" /></a>
<li>Shuttle buses to the racecourse will run from 2pm until 7pm, leaving Eyre Square as required.</li>
<li>The return services will run from before the 2nd-to-last race, with the last bus leaving Ballybrit at 10:30pm.</li>
</ul>
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Thursday and Saturday</h4>
<ul>
<li>Shuttle buses to the racecourse will run from 11am, leaving Eyre Square as required.</li><li>The return services will run from before the 2nd-to-last race, with the last bus leaving Ballybrit at 9pm</li></ul><h4><ul style="font-weight: normal;">
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Sunday </h4>
<ul>
<li>Shuttle buses are advertised as leaving Eyre Square "as required" from 11am. </li>
<li>However in previous years, the special buses have <b>not</b> run on Sunday, and passengers are directed to the regular 401-Ballybrit or 409 bus.</li>
<li>Extra buses are usually put on route 409 to meet demand later in the afternoon.</li>
</ul>
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Fares</h4>
<ul>
<li>Cash only please have the correct change: Leap cards, TFI Go and card payments are NOT accepted. </li></ul><ul><li>Adult: €7 single and €10 return.</li>
<li>Children: €4 single and €5 return.</li></ul><ul>
<li>Buy your ticket when you catch the bus: no bookings are possible.</li>
<li>Free Travel Pass and TaxSaver tickets are <b>not </b>accepted on the Galway Races shuttle buses.</li>
</ul>
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Route</h4>
Shuttle buses leave from the west side of Eyre Square, outside the Skeffington Arms Hotel (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=skeffington&vps=1&jsv=168d&sll=53.273797,-9.05178&sspn=0.100188,0.220757&ie=UTF8&ei=0GxtSrDDOKS6jAfSw_juAw&sig2=RR1wu8ScTZtFAdh1G0L-fQ&cd=1&usq=skeffington&cid=5848172517538480567&li=lmd" target="_blank">map</a>). Drop off is through the tunnel entrance, within 50 yards from the course-entry.<br />
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These shuttle buses <b>do not</b> pick-up or drop-off along the way. See "Regular Galway city services to Ballybrit" below for information about services which do.<br />
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From Oranmore </h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigcUiquKA9g8BcGMJomitE-tz5Vp-HlPtFDde9oTL-aaMpQn2LHHn9AwMg3PoWzHqIzLPeg5QRJw6W8ysHFhvwaDdMGIKMGeSsnzUb_GciOJAFuAsorA4v9vb4aQk9U5YRI4VFzlI4Hla7dSIipriRviEBHiQXkFtbXcAYr0xoX3Ca7kmKXGM5x4g3/s673/race-week-shuttle-buses-from-oranmore.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="673" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigcUiquKA9g8BcGMJomitE-tz5Vp-HlPtFDde9oTL-aaMpQn2LHHn9AwMg3PoWzHqIzLPeg5QRJw6W8ysHFhvwaDdMGIKMGeSsnzUb_GciOJAFuAsorA4v9vb4aQk9U5YRI4VFzlI4Hla7dSIipriRviEBHiQXkFtbXcAYr0xoX3Ca7kmKXGM5x4g3/w200-h199/race-week-shuttle-buses-from-oranmore.png" width="200" /></a></div>Local businesses have coordinated a bus-service:
<ul>
<li>Updates will be announced on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083127736839" target="_blank">their Facebook page</a>.</li><li>The bus stop is in the village, outside the Olde Brewery pub.</li><li>The first bus will leave the village at:<br />4pm on Mond and Tues (three services)<br />3:45pm on Wed (four services)<br />12:30pm on Thurs (four services)<br />3:30pm on Fri (eight services)<br />1pm on Sat and Sun (one service)</li><li>Return buses will start just after the last race each day.</li><li>Tickets are available on the bus only. They cost €13 for return bus transfer and a complimentary drink one of the supporting pubs. </li><li>You must keep your ticket stubs for the return journey and your free drink.</li>
</ul>
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From Athenry </h3>In previous years, buses ran from/ to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/raheenwoodshotel/posts/10157249735999827?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDyqHLcvU2vtnjhk0CLuOQb6Xl1w6ffETwse0CTekiqKhnpwuIWoOViFuWnjuRAyZdeTnphpClTvIvIR9ykVrbKx7Ls--VAb0LdtAdIcy_3TB9gxqQbJz3ysf7DOlCtiKWERAxxLzDxhsnMt5ZuM_cSqIxss23knl4G246csUEEFHdf6Vb43kQ4csyI21h7GGNUbAR4pWew6VbE3OqniLILIYTrN9sqHnjb4n8pArbRyY_7apiyMNffXQhOKGckh-qIaV9E70qZzyJTfojwgTNEnHUBnxxbMOLH2MGmdlosUBINIokPMW4vePOP7DmH_WnRaEofTaYDCYXo&__tn__=-R" target="_blank">Raheen Woods hotel</a> - services for this year have not yet been announced.<div><br /><div>
Regular <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/FarrellsAthenry" target="_blank">Farrells of Athenry</a></b> services to Galway city are likely to be running - they drop off in Eyre Square at the same place where the regular 401 and 409 services leave from, across the Square from the races-shuttle bus stop.<br />
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From Claregalway</h3>
There are three options for travelling to the races from Claregalway:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.paulnashtravel.com/" target="_blank">Paul Nash Travel</a> is running a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ArchesHotel/posts/pfbid0TtiE4Vn5mwUA9h8YusmngFfwYVrioEXW9cR9q1xH2AXk3MTF3ZAGQFpCVagZV7EDl?__cft__[0]=AZW8kUhNbpPHOtznOO90HoYgH1nEds_OmKtD8jJRe2YjEEWIdPyXhfhLPO_KrpkMx3ufddxBZ1pDjRuh3I2WxUtq8ytiM-s92E9UGwq2j-kT9Me2soyZl_sYasbC8_YSF3EIG0OF7Mley8KKs11mkn1SfrO4cFDVeyHyzvY5tPJyGSCtHTSMb0GXHoFuM4QKARHKoV02-dGrgrakMqs5oonE&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-y-R" target="_blank">daily park-and-ride / shuttle service from The Arches and Claregalway Hotels</a>. Buses will leave each hotel from 1.5 hours before racing starts, and retu8rn for 1.5 hours after the last racel.<br />For more information, call them on 087 816 1400 or email <a href="mailto:paulnashtravel@gmail.com" target="_blank">paulnashtravel@gmail.com</a></li>
</ul>
<ul><li>Bus4U special bus from Roscommon also pick up in Claregalway (see below for details).</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Regular public transport services from to and from Galway City (see the <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/claregalway-area-map-includes-shopping.html" target="_blank">Claregalway Neighbourhood Map</a> for details) connect with both city and races shuttle buses.</li>
</ul>
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<span style="background-color: white;">From Loughrea </span></h3>
<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.loughreahotelandspa.com/galway-race-week-2019/" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.loughreahotelandspa.com/galway-race-week-2019/" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU40ev2NkGBaEHzfiFUnb3_jCjkQndwnXMlaV6wexa-jqeXnAN5XPbuzMS5afs5XetRzEHqU_GPpUaHClr7A4OneV-Q6O-xlUIYwyBGKEVGXx4YX69QQPR87QO51UJqAFVPluGXqg01ciliThhZ-fAD46dvFLX7wvGSUBnyMsuvU0M1Y9HDGMFeUjM9g/s672/race-week-shuttle-buses-from-loughrea-spa-hotel.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="672" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU40ev2NkGBaEHzfiFUnb3_jCjkQndwnXMlaV6wexa-jqeXnAN5XPbuzMS5afs5XetRzEHqU_GPpUaHClr7A4OneV-Q6O-xlUIYwyBGKEVGXx4YX69QQPR87QO51UJqAFVPluGXqg01ciliThhZ-fAD46dvFLX7wvGSUBnyMsuvU0M1Y9HDGMFeUjM9g/w200-h168/race-week-shuttle-buses-from-loughrea-spa-hotel.png" width="200" /></a></div>Lough Rea Hotel are <a href="https://www.facebook.com/loughreahotelandspa/posts/pfbid0LLTLM59Jwhb78tXQxa388LNMpqDFThiZWyUZyXBr4rtuu1FJw4o1Ue6anohquqHHl?__cft__[0]=AZXr-I3Vmi4UydUUkBgdo1nXOc-9qTN38XS4wFKGmSJZC1gvuF4w1j5sRMvqfAN1WkqNIPLz_85YVz_M9ihHcowExc7MwEHcQMJbwivxtyJp_SBBFK8V7mDTjadq4Ab1qAOyui1wem74HWl5t59bYWxzuzcPWpN4_iBul0Jhm2pRx0y-g8GYQx0hGz1-q-P-TZU&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">offering a bus package</a>. </span><span style="background-color: white;">This is open to the public and hotel guests. It must be booked in advance. Phone or email them for d</span>etails: (091) 88 00 88 or email sales@loughreahotelandspa.com</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">From Roscommon</span></h3>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/bus4u/photos/a.402003029872522/2844285092310958/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDDk4MWbWYBelyJc7EeSuIafGIA7yU8c8pEZfbgYLWPYqPEp7hY8_dESCCfAcB51U3j1aqR2tGKwIuy7ZJLUbZa8DEZwc8WcQRt3eNwjB2GRdhP3CqHHvutk6Fl2NVMOQ44t-8atZDq_58m6zWkbV6jKuOPs4hdqDuCFeVVVJrnHJXcZwcnrmqkwgIcG7SLtcQF7khz7nyjXS1dtGFnsN60u-qipCKED8EgUMaQfXWuJjdU2KZTaoUAXdUSipSlzIrM6N8VJXf5EariIYJvGqloxS6vFs083xjLaPhClgoBGWt-OsrY_VJHY--MoYgYZW6bgT5Y9OwaNNPxn66-lc09zQ&__tn__=-R" target="_blank">Bus4U</a> will run one dedicated bus from Roscommon each day, picking up in Athleague, Mt Talbot, Ballygar, Newbridge, Mountbellew, Moylough, Abbeyknockmoy, Turloughmore, Lackagh and Claregalway. Departure from Roscommon is at<br />
<ul>
<li>Monday: 2:30pm</li>
<li>Tuesday: 2:30pm</li>
<li>Wednesday: 2:30pm</li>
<li>Thursday: 11:30am</li>
<li>Friday: 2:20pm</li>
<li>Saturday: 11:25am</li>
<li>Sunday: 11:10am</li>
</ul>
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and returning one hour after the last race. (Note: departure times slightly changed from last week)<br />
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Fares:<br />
<ul>
<li>Roscommom / Athleague / Mt Tabbot - €25 (return) / €20 (single)</li>
<li>Ballybar and closer - €20 (return) / €15 (single)</li>
</ul>
<div><br /></div><div>Enquires: phone them on 086 043-0753</div><div><br /></div><br />
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From Tuam </h3>
Burkes services from Tuam and Dunmore travel into Galway along the Tuam Road. They have a regular bus-stop <b>at the racecourse entrance</b> at Two Mile Ditch, beside Kenny Motors and McMahons. See <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/11/buses-coaches-north-galway-donegal-sligo-mayo-headford-tuam.html" target="_blank">North Galway regional bus services</a> for links to their pages.<br />
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From other towns </h3>
Some hotels in County Galway and beyond offer packages including races tickets and access to a shuttle-bus - contact them directly for more information.<br />
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Apart from that, there are not usually special services from other Irish cities. Instead, use the <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/11/regional-national-bus-coach-long-distance-services.html">use national and regional services</a> to get to Galway: these stop very close to where the races shuttle buses leave from.<br />
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Regular Galway city services to Ballybrit</h2>
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The Avenue (back) entrance to the racecourse (number (5) on the <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/parkmore-area-see-map-at-bottom-of-this.html">Parkmore area map</a>) is served by these buses, which <b>pick up from all stops</b> along their route:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2018/09/bus-service-401-to-parkmore-mervue-castlepark-ballybrit.html">Route 401</a> - through from Salthill to Eyre Square, and then travels along College Rd, through Wellpark, Mervue, Castlepark and Ballybrit, then on to Parkmore</li>
<li><a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/02/bus-service-409-parkmore-via-doughiska.html">Route 409</a> - from Eyre Square, travels along the College and Dublin and Doughiska Roads.</li>
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<ul>
<li>3pm to 5pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday </li>
<li>11.30am to 3:30pm on Thursday.</li>
</ul>
The last bus-stop <b>during these times</b> is at the top of Doughiska Rd (route 409) or Clayton Hotel (route 401) - see the <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2011/08/doughiska-deochuisce-briar-hill.html">Doughiska neighbourhood map</a> for locations. </div><div><br /></div><div>Passengers going to/from the racecourse, <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2010/02/parkmore-west-business-and-technology.html">Parkmore West Industrial Estate</a>, <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2010/10/parkmore-east-business-and-technology.html">Parkmore East Business and Technology Park</a>, <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/galway-technology-park-site-map-galway.html">Galway Technology Park</a>, <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2010/05/racecourse-business-park-galway-layout.html">Racecourse Business Park</a> or Briarhill Business Park will need to <b>walk for approx 15-20 minutes</b> from this last stop.<br />
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Also routes 401 and 409 will not use the stops nearest to the Avenue entrance after the race meeting ends each day. Instead, passengers will get off / on the bus at the Parkmore roundabout stop (200m north of the Avenue bus stop). Affected times:<br />
<ul>
<li>Monday 8:30pm - 10:30pm </li>
<li>Tuesday 8:30pm - 10:30pm </li>
<li>Wednesday 7-9pm</li>
<li>Thursday 7-10pm</li>
<li>Friday 8-10pm</li>
<li>Saturday 5:30 - 7pm</li>
</ul>
<br />Note: These times are based on the overall road closure times in the area, and may be extended if there are traffic management problems in the area.<br />
<br />On these buses, the usual <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/fares-for-galway-city-bus-services-city.html">city bus fares</a> apply, and Leap cards, Travel Pass and TaxSaver tickets can be used.<br />
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Changes to regional bus service</h2>
Farrells of Athenry have announced that<br />
<ul>
<li>The 5:10pm Galway to Athenry service <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FarrellsAthenry/posts/pfbid0FXK9u43N2fWXXDd5Zy3DyyxiWuxdviA4VCyshV2HfpdiNjjsAEHRvnPnSDVzxHMJl?__cft__[0]=AZUkcmRDRIKHwIoI991WUvNGjKITbgMxqcpb27aFBsKdhbQ3LnsYbISpXjgh89ye_oCL2c-krXrWF3-55oo8r5pU1hwAif_nE6ugC0tRG3KGgGUAC4w6Amsf1YEGbXQHgLH8wWbOHGHnzP6uz9BSllH64m2If4QPHGiy2dfn7GGhihS4o0qqwUP1dwM71U6ApQU&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">will not run</a> this week. </li>
</ul><div>In previous years, the <a href="http://buslink.ie/timetables.html" target="_blank">Nitelink service between Athenry and Galway</a> ran <b>from Wednesday until Sunday </b>inclusive. </div><ul></ul>
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<a href="http://burkesbus.com/#section-time" target="_blank">Burkes Buses</a> have <a href="https://burkesbus.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG-20230719-WA0003.jpg" target="_blank">announced</a> that:</div><div><br /></div><div>These services are not running during Race Week<b>: </b><br />
<ul>
<li>7:30am from Tuam to Galway</li>
<li>1:40pm from Galway to Tuam</li><li>4:20pm from Galway to Tuam</li></ul><ul><li>4pm from Galway to Headford</li>
<li>4:45pm from Headford to Galway</li>
</ul>
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All other <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/11/regional-national-bus-coach-long-distance-services.html" target="_blank">Galway regional bus services</a> are expected to operate normally during Race Week - though may suffer some delays due to traffic volumes.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>The <b>1am CityLink multi-stop bus from Galway </b>which was added as a temporary race week service in 2022 is now a standard part of the timetable. It stops at Oranmore, Craughwell, Loughrea, Kilreekil, Aughrim, Ballinsloe - and all their regular stops beyond.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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Trains</h2>As at the start of race week, no extra services have been announced.</div><div><br /></div><div><br />
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Traffic Management Plan for the Galway Races 2023</h2>
The full traffic-management plan for 2023/24 is available <a href="https://galwayraces.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Traffic-Mgt-Plan.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div>And the accompanying map is <a href="https://galwayraces.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Traffic-Management-Map.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<br />This is similar to previous years. Key points: <br />
<ul>
<li>Traffic from the <b>south and east</b> (M6 / N6 or Oranmore south) can travel via Carnmore Cross and use the <b><span style="color: blue;">Blue Route - Avenue (Parkmore Road) entrance </span></b>- garda will control crossing right turn at Briarhill junction.<br />
There is no access to the Avenue entrance from the N6 Eastbound (Dublin road) during the road closed times (listed above, under city bus changes).</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Traffic from the <b>south and east</b> (M6 / N6 or Oranmore and south) can travel via the old N6 and Galway clinic to use the <span style="color: red;"><b>Red route Tunnel entrance</b></span>.<br />
After the Briarhill junction, <b>races traffic use the right lane</b>, and <b>city traffic use the left lane</b>.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Traffic from the north (Tuam) can use the <span style="color: green;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Green route - Hill / Tuam Rd entrance</span></b> </span><span style="color: green;">- or turn left at the Parkmore Rd and use the Avenue entrance. </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Traffic from the <b>city and west</b> can use either the red entrance (via Bothar na dTtreabh), or the green or blue entrance (via Tuam Rd).</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Taxis have a special lane through the Green entrance </li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>Editor, GalwayTransport.infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15104923928624509631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-83005741622475409982023-07-06T14:25:00.008-07:002023-07-06T14:25:53.728-07:00Extra buses on route 51 Galway - Shannon airport for summer 2023<p>Bus Eireann Expressway have <a href="https://www.expressway.ie/service-news/new-route-51-summer-services" target="_blank">announced </a>they will run two extra buses each way between Galway City and Shannon airport from Friday 7 July 2023, for nine weeks.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Service times</h2><p>These are seven-day services, running Monday to Sunday, including public holidays.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>4am from Galway to Shannon Airport, stopping at ATU (GMIT) </li><li>6:45am from Shannon Airport to Galway, stopping at ATU (GMIT) only.</li></ul><p></p><div>and</div><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>9:05pm from Galway to Shannon Airport, stopping at all normal stops on the route.</li><li>11:45pm from Shannon Airport to Galway, stopping at ATU (GMIT) only.</li></ul><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 16px;">The exact end-date has not been announced, it is likely to be around 7 September 2023.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: PT Serif, serif;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Fares</h2><div>Expressway is a fully commercial service, however Free Travel passes are accepted.</div><div><br /></div><div>Seats can be booked on the main <a href="https://www.buseireann.ie/" target="_blank">Bus Eireann website</a> (although it does not yet appear to have updates with the new times as yet).</div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEI_8IpC-UUTLJWbElbHYuQhQ87P12-WFVg5C-CCOq5_jekVbzkHzU8LVoq-HcUE8w0scdhiPYWlaulHMfPYJTaM1lnbCDx4hURO6jObpZ_O1kjuLnRe5l6Gl1fQcBegDesoBjuy7vuMT2uncSdS4QA9pn58Z4BcY4yOlzmT9zeZE0wmvC2fQQ_k4SVst/s2770/20170501_190035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2770" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEI_8IpC-UUTLJWbElbHYuQhQ87P12-WFVg5C-CCOq5_jekVbzkHzU8LVoq-HcUE8w0scdhiPYWlaulHMfPYJTaM1lnbCDx4hURO6jObpZ_O1kjuLnRe5l6Gl1fQcBegDesoBjuy7vuMT2uncSdS4QA9pn58Z4BcY4yOlzmT9zeZE0wmvC2fQQ_k4SVst/w400-h198/20170501_190035.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Irish Transport Infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15871509716497174039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-29532288416742441542022-12-20T06:58:00.006-08:002022-12-20T07:20:09.889-08:00Christmas 2022 / New Year 2023 bus and train services in Galway<div style="text-align: center;">A summary of <b>bus</b> and <b>train</b> services <span style="text-align: center;">in Galway city and county </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bDv9SwiCw1Q/WjcTISo7uMI/AAAAAAAADhM/PVHi7000U-oCOGj3XCyoNgVZBfwRHBP0QCKgBGAs/s1600/Reindeer-Funny-Holiday-Christmas-Bus-Stop-Clip-Art-maxpixel-pree-picture-2879263-for-galway.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1248" height="234" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bDv9SwiCw1Q/WjcTISo7uMI/AAAAAAAADhM/PVHi7000U-oCOGj3XCyoNgVZBfwRHBP0QCKgBGAs/s320/Reindeer-Funny-Holiday-Christmas-Bus-Stop-Clip-Art-maxpixel-pree-picture-2879263-for-galway.png" width="320" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is based on information published by the bus companies, and may change.<br /> <b>Always check the services you want to use with the bus company</b>.</div><br />
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Bus Company Announcements</h2>
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Christmas timetable announcements from the major public transport companies in Galway:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/aircoach.ie/photos/a.285992344805082/8442522312485337/?comment_id=703301714756979&reply_comment_id=3120535911571027&__cft__[0]=AZWaX7rUnh4UfNAC47d2HwcnteiZNeJiUDNh1jq0ECMwMBQ54AUKBmNg1U8dCR658GgfUjP7wkUt6gYqt6DcETOz42o7nxnlFzFjbCUi7TErHjz2gevTqfxER1iKoaDUDVM4jGcRKmrHD436pBPKQHXx6Nnnc8EYhebOqmPOxvsp62F8kgDdEAdQ6alBeADkc3w&__tn__=R]-R" target="_blank">Aircoach</a> -- <a href="https://burkesbus.ie/timetables/" target="_blank">Burkes</a> -- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bus4u/posts/pfbid02JAdKusz65mSJxkGzXMx2VzmNYcf4or47Qbuu79q957RLP2TnZ2CbNhYtEkZUHadol?__cft__[0]=AZUhySZ0q3QKwEKVW0p4bWF_HfC7ATTYUlusX3JHH4R05-7r-u3aXFvt1o8w6nh0q1S6DudolfoTBCctJhze9Ugdpz-leIRnqSQ4WBeCcW8ujkgCRfUPrcDDF58hNepLjtPa_OzP97oxX70qMYIJmFEfjJEDN1i_NnvuwQAnZBenCA&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">Bus4U</a> -- <a href="https://www.buseireann.ie/service_updates.php?id=6664&month=Nov" target="_blank">Bus Éireann</a> -- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/busfedateo/posts/pfbid02cKxaVr3U3i4487J9yPRoTnkmzirN5qxYeLLVeMA1NjTBFAE3PwZ9yvVY9dhSV6Yyl?__cft__[0]=AZWV6CroHuNkBZCkUutBzSRKKRRn40KBJ2DQvtCKVPA7BDtN84EucnUNI1XfSiNuo7A-1N_AMBvmZIigsxZyjP8sm34xT7ezzkWOhfK4-UykcduCv352cShaNe-9Mwuj5TA&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">Bus Feda</a> -- <a href="https://citydirect.ie/blogs/news/holidays-bus-schedule" target="_blank"> City Direct</a> -- </b><b><a href="https://www.citylink.ie/useful-info/christmas-schedule-2022" target="_blank">CityLink / Eireagle</a></b><b style="text-align: left;"> -- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FarrellsAthenry/posts/pfbid02WMesdBn8C1yvWMLp2CAQv61UbtSyZnkXrxZ3GtUUjknQgAbRkztFykrZ77pofPARl?__cft__[0]=AZVANxd2TqTaxBViLJjXRSD0yYa6E35EygBaE_PJJdovlIFekxu-NNZyIogAf9oVE7M1vffqZD00uJLrBAsR3WOYmoimp8afkbP2q-pV-Vy2ps_27316EU499eUUwv4UUWJMmsO0S1BCmhjzmQm0MUregllHDaX4JpaU9M8QZN5Pn-dlGCXMzjAu3A2YjTuAqoM&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">Farrells</a> -- <a href="https://gobus.ie/christmas-new-year-bus-times/" target="_blank">GoBus</a> -- </b><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/healbus/posts/pfbid022gvKFx4etSkr7Dw1jNfk27qZbDyPS22dHCJr17VDtzCQbQqQbyhfwx3fGFDgbdUQl?__cft__[0]=AZVS2koowSnVgv8eY7RLyTNUu7-Wgs2sDRzQLPk8LmncL6mwgxLtYW8dFFfGlX_URkk_alYQsFe9tXwQztaqxrLpHoTTYh5vYrAuG571lLfkkfrn8n6LAd0AVVTWYeLvwzNwwBrgUsTvJltVLCTZS-FTGhn2vdJuaf_lqU97ou40sDnxa53Gxoj1bsgFDeuLgTs&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">Healy Bus</a> -- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/locallinkgalway/posts/pfbid02MEe6khUw1M2wcHRy8b3AYGFmFr6qYWZvecpbxSw89ctRSu9gdzchFhWWnPNdrT3ol?__cft__[0]=AZXMJZyjtRmz-syC5UcyU0nAi8GpHp5_FBlVbCjRn_zDWlcN9CfJhNX5Ivp7P3LY1XVyvSDDHH5f7q6SCKO0u9y90YsW4Nfk69H5f2mBq2DSprUVoJEYHeQ2dwZ9i_0sci3wFD7A6v8zIl6m9jIW0jCOs9G59ivPmoIokEam6IHRADwDpiqduwx6f3i59T7Fv0s&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">LocalLink</a></b></div><div><br /><div><b><a href="https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/news/Train-travel-over-the-Christmas-holidays#ChristmasTravel" target="_blank">Irish Rail</a></b></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><br />
<h2>Before 24 December</h2><b><div><b><br /></b></div>CityLink route 763: </b>7:35am Kinnegad to Galway and 7:45am Ballinasloe to Galway will not run until 3 January 2023.<div><br /></div><div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><b>Park-and-ride</b> from Ballyrit to the city-centre, runs from 10-24 December. <a href="https://news.galwaytransport.info/2022/12/galway-city-2022-christmas-park-and-ride.html">More info ...</a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div><h2>Saturday 24 December</h2>
<h3>
City Buses</h3>
<ul>
<li><b>Bus Éireann</b> will run a regular <b>Saturday </b>service in Galway City - except that buses due to depart <b>after 9pm</b> will not not run.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><b>CityDirect: </b></li>
<ul>
<li><b>Routes 411, </b><b>412 and 414</b>: Saturday timetable, last bus from Eyre Square at 8:45pm.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
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</b></div>
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</h3>
<h3>
Regional buses </h3>
<ul>
<li>Aircoach - normal service</li><li>Burkes: reduced service, last bus from Tuam at 3:10pm, last bus from Galway at 5:40pm</li>
<li>Bus Feda - reduced service (only 2 buses to Galway)</li>
<li>Bus4U - normal Saturday service</li>
<li>Farrells: last Daylink bus from Athenry at 2pm, and from Galway at 4pm. Nitelink buses will not operate</li>
<li>Healy Bus - Saturday timetable, with extra buses from Loughrea at 8am 11am 2pm, and Galway at 1:10pm and 6:10pm</li>
<li>LocalLink - normal services</li>
</ul>
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</div>
<ul>
<li>Bus Eireann will run regular Saturday services until approx 9pm</li>
<li>CityLink: <br />07:35am Kinnegad to Galway and 07:45 Ballinasloe to Galway will not run.<br />Otherwise normal service until the last Galway to Dublin airport service at 7:15pm. Then no further services.</li>
<li>GoBus: <br />Dublin: Normal services until the last bus from Galway at 2:45PM and the last bus from Dublin Airport / City at 7:45 / 8:15PM. <br />Ballina - normal services.</li>
</ul>
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<h3>
Trains</h3>
<ul>
<li>Normal Saturday service </li>
</ul>
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<h2>
Sunday 25 December - Christmas Day</h2>
<ul>
<li>The 12:30am Citylink bus from Dublin Airport to Galway <b>will </b>run</li>
<li>Some taxi companies will offer a limited service - but many will be closed.</li></ul><ul><li><span style="color: red;"><b>All other services - trains and city and regional buses - are cancelled. <br /></b></span></li></ul>
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<h2>
Monday 26 December - St Steven's Day</h2>
<h3>
City Buses</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;">Bus Eireann will run a regular <b>Sunday</b> service on <b>all </b>routes in Galway City - but with no services before 9am</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">CityDirect - Sunday timetable</li>
</ul>
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<h3>
Regional buses: </h3>
<ul>
<li>Aircoach - normal service</li><li>Burkes - very limited service</li>
<li>Bus Eireann - regular Sunday timetable, with some alternations - see their website for details</li>
<li>Bus Feda - No service </li>
<li>Bus4U - Sunday service</li>
<li>Farrells - Normal Sunday timetable, with 12pm and 2pm buses departing from Tesco (formerly Joyces) due to the Athenry 10K Road Race. Full Nitelink service will run.</li>
<li>CityLink: normal service, except the 12:30am Dublin airport to Galway service will <b>not </b>run</li>
<li>GoBus - <br />Dublin: normal services except the 1215am<br />Ballina: no services</li>
<li>Healy Bus - no service</li>
<li>LocalLink - no services</li>
</ul>
<div>
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<h3>
Trains</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">No trains will run</span></b></li>
</ul>
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<h2>
Tuesday 27 December</h2>
<h3>
City buses</h3>
<ul>
<li>Bus Eireann - regular <b>weekday </b>service</li>
<li>CityDirect - Sunday timetable</li>
</ul>
<br />
<h3>
Regional buses </h3>
<ul>
<li>Aircoach - normal service</li><li>Burkes - reduced service</li>
<li>Bus Eireann - Weekday service on all regional routes</li>
<li>Bus Feda - reduced service</li>
<li>Bus4U - Sunday service</li>
<li>Farrells - Sunday timetable, with full Nitelink service running</li>
<li>CityLink: Normal services</li>
<li>GoBus - Normal services</li>
<li>Healy Bus - no service</li>
<li>LocalLink - normal services</li>
</ul>
<br />
<h3>
Trains</h3>
<ul>
<li>Reduced service - see <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
</ul>
<br />
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<h2>
Wednesday 28 December</h2>
<h3>
City buses</h3>
<ul>
<li>Bus Eireann will run a regular <b>weekday </b>service</li>
<li>CityDirect - normal weekday timetable</li>
</ul>
<br />
<h3>
Regional buses </h3>
<ul>
<li>Aircoach -normal service</li><li>Burkes - normal service</li>
<li>Bus Eireann - Saturday service on all regional routes</li>
<li>Bus Feda - regular service</li>
<li>Bus4U - Sunday service</li>
<li>Farrells - No 7am or 9am buses, otherwise normal weekday service</li>
<li>CityLink: Normal services</li>
<li>GoBus - Normal services</li>
<li>Healy Bus - buses from Loughrea at 8am 11am 2pm, and Galway at 1:10pm and 6:10pm</li>
<li>LocalLink - normal services</li>
</ul>
<div>
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<br />
<h3>
Trains</h3>
<ul>
<li>Reduced service - see <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
</ul>
<ul></ul>
<br />
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<h2>Thursday 29 December</h2>
<h3>
City buses</h3>
<ul>
<li>Bus Eireann will run a regular <b>weekday </b>service </li>
<li>CityDirect - normal weekday timetable</li></ul><div><br /></div>
<h3>
Regional buses </h3>
<ul>
<li>Aircoach - normal service</li><li>Burkes - normal service</li><li>Bus Eireann - weekday service </li>
<li>Bus Feda - regular service</li>
<li>Bus4U - reduced service</li>
<li>Farrells - No 7am or 9am buses, otherwise normal weekday service</li>
<li>CityLink: Normal services</li>
<li>GoBus - Normal services</li>
<li>Healy Bus - buses from Loughrea at 8am 11am 2pm, and Galway at 1:10pm and 6:10pm</li>
<li>LocalLink - normal services</li>
</ul>
<br />
<br />
<h3>
Trains</h3>
<ul>
<li>Reduced service - see <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
<ul></ul>
</ul>
<br />
<br />
<h2>
Friday 30 December</h2>
<h3>
City buses</h3>
<ul>
<li>Bus Eireann will run a regular <b>weekday </b>service</li>
<li>CityDirect -normal weekday timetable</li></ul>
<br />
<h3>
Regional buses </h3>
<ul>
<li>Aircoach - normal service</li><li>Burkes - normal service</li>
<li>Bus Eireann - weekday service </li><li>Bus Feda - regular service</li>
<li>Bus4U - reduced service</li>
<li>Farrells - No 7am or 9am buses, otherwise normal weekday service</li>
<li>CityLink: Normal service</li>
<li>GoBus - Normal services</li>
<li>Healy Bus - buses from Loughrea at 8am 11am 2pm, and Galway at 1:10pm and 6:10pm</li>
<li>LocalLink - normal services</li>
</ul>
<br />
<br />
<h3>
Trains</h3>
<ul>
<li>Reduced service - see <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
</ul>
<div>
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<h2>
Saturday 31 December - New Year's Eve</h2>
<div>
<h3>
City Buses</h3>
<ul>
<li><b>Bus Éireann</b> will run a regular <b>weekday </b>service in Galway City. This may end in the middle of the evening: exact time to be announced</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>CityDirect - regular Saturday service, until the last bus at 6:45pm</li></ul>
<br />
<h3>
Regional buses </h3>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Aircoach - normal service</li><li>Burkes - reduced service, last bus from Tuam at 3:10pm, last bus from Galway at 5:40pm</li>
<li>Bus Eireann - Saturday service </li><li>Bus Feda - reduced service</li>
<li>Bus4U - reduced service</li>
<li>Farrells - Normal Saturday service</li>
<li>CityLink: Normal service</li>
<li>GoBus - Normal services</li>
<li>Healy Bus - buses from Loughrea at 8am 11am 2pm, and Galway at 1:10pm and 6:10pm</li>
<li>LocalLink - normal services</li>
</ul>
<br />
<br />
<h3>
Trains</h3>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Normal Saturday service - see <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
</ul>
</div>
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<h2>
Sunday 1 January - New Year's Day</h2>
<h3>
City Buses</h3>
<ul>
<li>Bus Eireann will run a regular <b>Sunday </b>service</li>
<li>CityDirect - regular Sunday service</li></ul><div><br /></div></div>
<h3>
Regional buses </h3>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Aircoach - normal service</li><li>Burkes - Sunday service</li>
<li>Bus Eireann - <b>Sunday </b>service on all regional routes</li>
<li>Bus Feda - very limited service</li>
<li>Bus4U - Sunday service</li>
<li>Farrells - Normal Sunday Daylink Service, full Nitelink services runs</li>
<li>CityLink: Normal Sunday service</li>
<li>GoBus - Normal services</li>
<li>Healy Bus - no service</li>
<li>LocalLink - No services</li>
</ul>
</div>
<br />
<h3>
Trains</h3>
<ul>
<li>Reduced service - see <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
</ul>
<div>
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<h2>
<br />
Monday 2 January - Day after New Year's</h2>
<h3>
City Buses </h3>
<ul>
<li>Bus Eireann will run a regular <b>Sunday </b>service </li>
<li>CityDirect - regular Sunday servcie </li>
</ul>
<br />
<h3>
Regional buses </h3>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Aircoach - normal service</li><li>Burkes - normal Sunday service </li>
<li>Bus Eireann - regular Sunday / bank-holiday service on all regional routes</li>
<li>Bus Feda - reduced service</li>
<li>Bus4U - Sunday service</li>
<li>Farrells - Normal Bank Holiday service</li>
<li>CityLink: Normal service</li>
<li>GoBus - Dublin: Sunday service. Ballina: Normal service.</li>
<li>Healy Bus - no service</li>
<li>LocalLink - normal services</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
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<h3>
Trains</h3>
<ul>
<li>See <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
</ul>
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<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><h2>Tuesday 3 January onwards</h2><h3>City Buses</h3></div><div><ul><li>Bus Eireann will run regular services in Galway City</li><li>CityDirect - normal timetables from today onwards</li></ul><h3>Regional buses </h3><div><ul><li>Aircoach - normal service</li><li>Burkes - normal service from today onward</li><li>Bus Eireann - regular service on all regional routes</li><li>Bus Feda - regular service</li><li>Bus4U - regular service</li><li>Farrells - Normal service</li><li>CityLink: regular service</li><li>GoBus - to be advised - based on last year, likely to be a normal service</li><li>Healy Bus - normal service</li><li>LocalLink - normal services</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><h3>Trains</h3><ul><li>Regular services from today onwards</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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Please note</h2>
This information is for the Galway area only. Changes in other areas are not included.<br />
See <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2009/07/city-bus-services.html" target="_blank"><b>City Bus Details</b></a> and <b><a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/11/regional-national-bus-coach-long-distance-services.html" target="_blank">Regional Bus Details</a></b> for normal timetables and route maps</div>
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Irish Transport Infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15871509716497174039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-86060160761547420132022-12-09T12:04:00.001-08:002022-12-19T12:05:06.144-08:00Galway city 2022 Christmas Park and Ride<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A park-and-ride service will run in Galway City for the Christmas 2022 shopping period.<br />
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It will run daily between <b>Saturday 10 - Friday </b><b>24 December</b>, and is being operated by City Direct, on behalf of Galway City Council.<br /><br />
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<h2>Hours of operation</h2>Buses run every 15 minutes:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Monday - Saturday: Between 9:30am to 9.15pm, (last departure from Ballybrit at 9:15pm)</li><li>Sunday: Between 11am - 7pm </li></ul>And every 30 minutes between 7pm and 9pm on Sundays<br /><br /><span>On </span><b>24 Dec, Christmas Eve</b><span>, 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.</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h2>
Parking area and city-centre bus stop</h2>
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Parking is provided at <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/parkmore-area-see-map-at-bottom-of-this.html">Ballybrit Racecourse</a> - see the <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/parkmore-area-see-map-at-bottom-of-this.html" target="_blank">Parkmore Neighbourhood Map</a> for details of this area.<br />
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The central city drop-off and pick-up point is the Galway Coach Station (point "S" on the <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/major-public-transport-sites-in-galway.html">regional bus stops map</a>).<br />
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There is no arrangement for cars to be left at Ballybrit overnight: cars which are left there are at the owner's risk.<br />
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The fare is <b>€1 each way per adult</b>, This includes all-day parking<br />
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Children under age 16 and pensioners (likely all Free-travel passholders) travel for free. </div><div><br /></div><div>Galway City daily, weekly and monthly tickets are <b>not</b> accepted.<br />
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Route</h2>
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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.<br />
<br /></div>Irish Transport Infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15871509716497174039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-30525034695150028762022-07-31T16:34:00.001-07:002022-08-15T16:36:56.154-07:00Galway / Dublin Airport bus service changes - August 2022GoBus have
<a href="https://gobus.ie/new-services-from-galway-dublin-airport/" target="_blank">announced</a> an extra service on their Galway to Dublin Airport Direct route, from
Monday <b>15 August 2022</b>. This will run:
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<li>From Galway at 9am</li>
<li>From Dublin Airport at 2:45pm</li>
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Citylink have
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extra an extra service on their Galway to Dublin city / airport route,
from Monday <b>8 August 2022</b>. This will run:
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<li>From Galway at 10:30am, direct to Dublin Airport (eirEagle service)</li>
<li>From Dublin city at 5:45pm</li></ul></div><div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </div>
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GoBus have <a href="https://gobus.ie/new-services-from-galway-dublin-airport/" target="_blank">announced</a> an extra service on their Galway to Dublin city / airport route, from
Monday <b>1 August 2022</b>. This will run:
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<li>From Galway at 8am - direct to Dublin Airport</li>
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From Dublin Airport at 11:45am, stopping in Dublin City (Burgh Quay) at
12:15pm
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Irish Transport Infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15871509716497174039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-53397782508981775122022-07-21T10:27:00.013-07:002023-07-30T17:42:00.823-07:002022 Galway Races bus and train services<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>The information below is for 2022. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>See <a href="https://news.galwaytransport.info/search/label/Galway%20Races">Galway Races bus and train information</a> for this year.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><a name='more'></a></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Public transport and traffic-management plans for the </span><a href="http://www.galwayraces.com/" target="_blank">Galway Races Summer Meeting</a> between <b>Monday 25 - Sunday 31 July 2022</b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<li>Bus Éireann <b>special races shuttle buses</b> will run from Eyre Square. </li>
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<li>Private bus companies are running special services from various towns and villages. Some hotels are also organising shuttle services<b>.</b> </li>
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<li>The <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/02/bus-service-409-parkmore-via-doughiska.html"><b>route 409 - Parkmore</b></a> and <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2018/09/bus-service-401-to-parkmore-mervue-castlepark-ballybrit.html"><b>route 401 - Salthill to Ballybrit / Parkmore Industrial</b></a> city buses go to the racecourse (Avenue entrance). But there are restrictions during peak racing traffic hours Mon - Fri.</li>
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<li>There are some changes to <b>regular <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/11/regional-national-bus-coach-long-distance-services.html">regional buses</a></b> during race week and the next week.</li>
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Race days and times </h2>
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<li><b>Monday 29 July - Opening Day:</b><br />
Gates open at 2:30pm, first race at 5:10pm, 7 races, last race at 8:20pm </li>
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<li><b>Tuesday 30 July - Throwback Tuesdays, 80's Night</b><br />
Gates open at 2:30pm, first race at 5:10pm, 7 races, last race at 8:20pm </li>
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<li><b>Wednesday 31 July - The Tote Galway Plate Day & Country Music Extravaganza</b>: <br />
Gates open at 2:30pm, first race at 5:10pm, 7 races, last race at 8:20pm</li>
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<li><b style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday 1 August</b><b> - The Guinness Galway Hurdle & Stylish Ladies Day:</b> <br />
Gates open at 11:15am, first race at 2:10pm, 8 races, last race at 6:10pm </li>
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<li><b style="font-weight: bold;">Friday 2 August</b><b> - Friday's Most Stylish:</b><br />
Gates open at 2:15pm, first race at 5pm, races, last race at 8:40pm </li>
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<li><b style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday 3 August</b><b> - The Weekender:</b><br />
Gates open at 11:30am, first race at 2pm, 8 races, last race at 5:55pm </li>
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<li><b style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday 4 August</b><b> - Mad Hatter's Family Fun Day:</b><br />
Gates open at 11:30am, first race at 2pm, 8 races, last race at 5:40pm</li>
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Special Shuttle Bus Services to Ballybrit Racecourse</h2>
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From Eyre Square (Galway city centre) </h3>
<a href="https://www.buseireann.ie/news.php?id=3569&month=Jul" target="_blank">Bus Éireann</a> are running the races-special service between Galway city centre and the Galway Racecourse.<br />
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday</h4>
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<li>Shuttle buses to the racecourse will run from 3pm until 7pm, leaving Eyre Square as required.</li>
<li>The return services will run from before the 2nd-to-last race, with the last bus leaving Ballybrit at 10:30pm.</li>
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Thursday and Saturday</h4>
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<li>Shuttle buses to the racecourse will run from 11am, leaving Eyre Square as required.</li><li>The return services will run from before the 2nd-to-last race, with the last bus leaving Ballybrit at 9pm</li></ul><h4><ul style="font-weight: normal;">
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Sunday </h4>
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<li>Shuttle buses are advertised as leaving Eyre Square "as required" from 11am. </li>
<li>However in previous years, the special buses have <b>not</b> run on Sunday, and passengers are directed to the regular 401-Ballybrit or 409 bus.</li>
<li>Extra buses are usually put on route 409 to meet demand later in the afternoon.</li>
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Fares</h4>
<ul>
<li>Adult: €6 single and €10 return.</li>
<li>Children: €3 single and €5 return.</li>
<li>Booking is not possible. Buy your ticket when you catch the bus.</li>
<li>Leap cards, Free Travel Pass, TaxSaver tickets and debit-card are <b>not </b>accepted on the Galway Races shuttle buses - pay in cash only, and ideally have the correct change</li>
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Route</h4>
Shuttle buses leave from the west side of Eyre Square, outside the Skeffington Arms Hotel (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=skeffington&vps=1&jsv=168d&sll=53.273797,-9.05178&sspn=0.100188,0.220757&ie=UTF8&ei=0GxtSrDDOKS6jAfSw_juAw&sig2=RR1wu8ScTZtFAdh1G0L-fQ&cd=1&usq=skeffington&cid=5848172517538480567&li=lmd" target="_blank">map</a>). Drop off is through the tunnel entrance, within 50 yards of the course-entry.<br />
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These shuttle buses <b>do not</b> pick-up or drop-off along the way. See "Regular Galway city services to Ballybrit" below for information about services which do.<br />
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From Oranmore </h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigcUiquKA9g8BcGMJomitE-tz5Vp-HlPtFDde9oTL-aaMpQn2LHHn9AwMg3PoWzHqIzLPeg5QRJw6W8ysHFhvwaDdMGIKMGeSsnzUb_GciOJAFuAsorA4v9vb4aQk9U5YRI4VFzlI4Hla7dSIipriRviEBHiQXkFtbXcAYr0xoX3Ca7kmKXGM5x4g3/s673/race-week-shuttle-buses-from-oranmore.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="673" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigcUiquKA9g8BcGMJomitE-tz5Vp-HlPtFDde9oTL-aaMpQn2LHHn9AwMg3PoWzHqIzLPeg5QRJw6W8ysHFhvwaDdMGIKMGeSsnzUb_GciOJAFuAsorA4v9vb4aQk9U5YRI4VFzlI4Hla7dSIipriRviEBHiQXkFtbXcAYr0xoX3Ca7kmKXGM5x4g3/w200-h199/race-week-shuttle-buses-from-oranmore.png" width="200" /></a></div>Local businesses have coordinated a bus-service:
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<li>Updates will be announced on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083127736839" target="_blank">their Facebook page</a>.</li><li>The bus stop is in the village, outside the Olde Brewery pub.</li><li>The first bus will leave the village at<br />3:40pm on Mon, Tues and Wed <br />12:30pm on Thurs, Sat and Sun<br />3:30pm on Fri<br /></li><li>Buses will operate a shuttle service: once one bus is full, it will leave and the next one will pull in to load.</li><li>Return buses will start just after the last race each day.</li><li>Tickets are available on the bus only. They cost €13 for return bus transfer and a complimentary drink one of the supporting pubs.</li>
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From Athenry </h3>In previous years, buses ran from/ to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/raheenwoodshotel/posts/10157249735999827?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDyqHLcvU2vtnjhk0CLuOQb6Xl1w6ffETwse0CTekiqKhnpwuIWoOViFuWnjuRAyZdeTnphpClTvIvIR9ykVrbKx7Ls--VAb0LdtAdIcy_3TB9gxqQbJz3ysf7DOlCtiKWERAxxLzDxhsnMt5ZuM_cSqIxss23knl4G246csUEEFHdf6Vb43kQ4csyI21h7GGNUbAR4pWew6VbE3OqniLILIYTrN9sqHnjb4n8pArbRyY_7apiyMNffXQhOKGckh-qIaV9E70qZzyJTfojwgTNEnHUBnxxbMOLH2MGmdlosUBINIokPMW4vePOP7DmH_WnRaEofTaYDCYXo&__tn__=-R" target="_blank">Raheen Woods hotel</a> - services for this year have not yet been announced.<div><br /><div>
Regular <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/FarrellsAthenry" target="_blank">Farrells of Athenry</a></b> services to Galway city are likely to be running - they drop off in Eyre Square at the same place where the regular 401 and 409 services leave from, across the Square from the races-shuttle bus stop.<br />
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From Claregalway</h3>
There are three options for travelling to the races from Claregalway:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.paulnashtravel.com/" target="_blank">Paul Nash Travel</a> is running a daily shuttle service from the village. For more information, call Paul on 087 81 61 400 or email <a href="mailto:info@paulnashtravel.com" target="_blank">info@paulnashtravel.com</a></li>
</ul>
<ul><li>Bus4U special bus from Roscommon also pick up in Claregalway (see below for details).</li>
</ul>
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<li>Regular public transport services from to and from Galway City (see the <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/claregalway-area-map-includes-shopping.html" target="_blank">Claregalway Neighbourhood Map</a> for details) connect with both city and races shuttle buses.</li>
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<span style="background-color: white;">From Loughrea </span></h3>
<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.loughreahotelandspa.com/galway-race-week-2019/" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.loughreahotelandspa.com/galway-race-week-2019/" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU40ev2NkGBaEHzfiFUnb3_jCjkQndwnXMlaV6wexa-jqeXnAN5XPbuzMS5afs5XetRzEHqU_GPpUaHClr7A4OneV-Q6O-xlUIYwyBGKEVGXx4YX69QQPR87QO51UJqAFVPluGXqg01ciliThhZ-fAD46dvFLX7wvGSUBnyMsuvU0M1Y9HDGMFeUjM9g/s672/race-week-shuttle-buses-from-loughrea-spa-hotel.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="672" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU40ev2NkGBaEHzfiFUnb3_jCjkQndwnXMlaV6wexa-jqeXnAN5XPbuzMS5afs5XetRzEHqU_GPpUaHClr7A4OneV-Q6O-xlUIYwyBGKEVGXx4YX69QQPR87QO51UJqAFVPluGXqg01ciliThhZ-fAD46dvFLX7wvGSUBnyMsuvU0M1Y9HDGMFeUjM9g/w200-h168/race-week-shuttle-buses-from-loughrea-spa-hotel.png" width="200" /></a></div>Lough Rea Hotel are offering a bus package on <b>Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday</b> only. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: white;">This is open to the public and hotel guests. It must be booked in advance. Phone or email them for d</span>etails: (091) 88 00 88 or email info@loughreahotelandspa.com</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ri1g2St5NSo-wfndzMzJIA0jNAmhL6PLf5uphgtxw6r2gcvaJsOOsPwDPzpIThVMzqjJlniJtEmRLYF-tcM99VPo0q8oNnqp454l00XFg5pzoBUnx5CG7D1m3Ti2b2DEZiNlQrnR_IjIpwDxdocH8LslAaK7B_L5H6CHWKc5nqyF4oVeuI4SuZfAew/s675/citylink-night-bus-to-loughrea-galway-races-2022.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="673" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ri1g2St5NSo-wfndzMzJIA0jNAmhL6PLf5uphgtxw6r2gcvaJsOOsPwDPzpIThVMzqjJlniJtEmRLYF-tcM99VPo0q8oNnqp454l00XFg5pzoBUnx5CG7D1m3Ti2b2DEZiNlQrnR_IjIpwDxdocH8LslAaK7B_L5H6CHWKc5nqyF4oVeuI4SuZfAew/w199-h200/citylink-night-bus-to-loughrea-galway-races-2022.JPG" width="199" /></a></div>Also, CityLink are running a <b>1am bus from Galway to Loughrea</b> for each day in the week.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is timetabled to take 35 minutes (ie standard journey time for their multi-stop service), so is likely to stop at Oranmore and Craughwell.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is starting on <b>Monday 25 July</b> so the first bus will actually run at 1am on Monday, some hours before the actual race meeting starts, and the last bus is at 1am on Sunday 31 July, ie this bus will not run after the last day of races on Sunday. (This sounds odd - but it is what their ticket-system is currently offering.)</div><div><span style="background-color: white;">
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<span style="background-color: white;">From Roscommon</span></h3>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/bus4u/photos/a.402003029872522/2844285092310958/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDDk4MWbWYBelyJc7EeSuIafGIA7yU8c8pEZfbgYLWPYqPEp7hY8_dESCCfAcB51U3j1aqR2tGKwIuy7ZJLUbZa8DEZwc8WcQRt3eNwjB2GRdhP3CqHHvutk6Fl2NVMOQ44t-8atZDq_58m6zWkbV6jKuOPs4hdqDuCFeVVVJrnHJXcZwcnrmqkwgIcG7SLtcQF7khz7nyjXS1dtGFnsN60u-qipCKED8EgUMaQfXWuJjdU2KZTaoUAXdUSipSlzIrM6N8VJXf5EariIYJvGqloxS6vFs083xjLaPhClgoBGWt-OsrY_VJHY--MoYgYZW6bgT5Y9OwaNNPxn66-lc09zQ&__tn__=-R" target="_blank">Bus4U</a> will run one dedicated races bus from Roscommon each day, picking up in Athleague, Mt Talbot, Ballygar, Newbridge, Mountbellew, Moylough, Abbeyknockmoy, Turloughmore, Lackagh and Claregalway. Departure times from Roscommon is at<br />
<ul>
<li>Monday: 2:35pm</li>
<li>Tuesday: 2:35pm</li>
<li>Wednesday: 2:35pm</li>
<li>Thursday: 11:35am</li>
<li>Friday: 2:25pm</li>
<li>Saturday: 11:25am</li>
<li>Sunday: 11:25am</li>
</ul>
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and returning one hour after the last race.<br />
<br />
Fares:<br />
<ul>
<li>Roscommom / Athleague / Mt Tabbot - €20 (return) / €15 (single)</li>
<li>Ballybar and closer - €15 (return) / €10 (single)</li>
</ul>
<div><br /></div><div>Enquires: phone them on 086 043-0753</div><div><br /></div><br />
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From Tuam </h3>
Burkes servies from Tuam and Dunmore travel into Galway along the Tuam Road. They have a regular bus-stop <b>at the racecourse entrance</b> at Two Mile Ditch, beside Kenny Motors and McMahons. See <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/11/buses-coaches-north-galway-donegal-sligo-mayo-headford-tuam.html" target="_blank">North Galway regional bus services</a> for links to their pages.<br />
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From other towns </h3>
Some hotels in County Galway and beyond offer packages including races tickets and access to a shuttle-bus - contact them directly for more information.<br />
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Apart from that, there are not usually special services from other Irish cities. Instead, use the <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/11/regional-national-bus-coach-long-distance-services.html">use national and regional services</a> to get to Galway: these stop very close to where the races shuttle buses leave from.<br />
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Regular Galway city services to Ballybrit</h2>
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The Avenue (back) entrance to the racecourse (number (5) on the <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/parkmore-area-see-map-at-bottom-of-this.html">Parkmore area map</a>) is served by these buses, which <b>pick up from all stops</b> along their route:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2018/09/bus-service-401-to-parkmore-mervue-castlepark-ballybrit.html">Route 401</a> - through from Salthill to Eyre Square, and then travels along College Rd, through Wellpark, Mervue, Castlepark and Ballybrit, then on to Parkmore</li>
<li><a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/02/bus-service-409-parkmore-via-doughiska.html">Route 409</a> - from Eyre Square, travels along the College and Dublin and Doughiska Roads.</li>
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<ul>
<li>3pm to 5pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday </li>
<li>11.30am to 3:30pm on Thursday</li>
<li>4pm to 6pm on Friday.</li>
</ul>
The last bus-stop <b>during these times</b> is at the top of Doughiska Rd (route 409) or Clayton Hotel (route 401) - see the <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2011/08/doughiska-deochuisce-briar-hill.html">Doughiska neighbourhood map</a> for locations. </div><div><br /></div><div>Passengers going to/from the racecourse, <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2010/02/parkmore-west-business-and-technology.html">Parkmore West Industrial Estate</a>, <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2010/10/parkmore-east-business-and-technology.html">Parkmore East Business and Technology Park</a>, <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/galway-technology-park-site-map-galway.html">Galway Technology Park</a>, <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2010/05/racecourse-business-park-galway-layout.html">Racecourse Business Park</a> or Briarhill Business Park will need to <b>walk for approx 15-20 minutes</b> from this last stop.<br />
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Also routes 401 and 409 will not use the stops nearest to the Avenue entrance after the race meeting ends each day. Instead, passengers will get off / on the bus at the Parkmore roundabout stop (200 m north of the Avenue). Affected times:<br />
<ul>
<li>Monday 8:30pm - 10:30pm </li>
<li>Tuesday 8:30pm - 10:30pm </li>
<li>Wednesday 7-9pm</li>
<li>Thursday 7-10pm</li>
<li>Friday 8-10pm</li>
<li>Saturday 5:30 - 7pm</li>
</ul>
<br />Note: These times are based on the overall road closure times in the area, and may be extended if there are traffic management problems in the area.<br />
<br />On these buses, he usual <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/fares-for-galway-city-bus-services-city.html">city bus fares</a> apply, and Leap cards, Travel Pass and TaxSaver tickets can be used.<br />
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Changes to regional bus services</h2>
Farrells of Athenry have not yet made an announcement. But in previous years:<br />
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://buslink.ie/timetables.html" target="_blank">Nitelink service between Athenry and Galway</a> ran <b>from Wednesday until Sunday </b>inclusive. </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The 5:10pm Galway to Athenry service did not run from Mon-Sat.</li>
</ul>
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<a href="http://burkesbus.com/#section-time" target="_blank">Burkes Buses</a> have not yet made an announcement.</div><div><br /></div><div>But in previous years the <b>cancelled</b> these services for Race Week and the following week<b>: </b><br />
<ul>
<li>7am from Dunmore to Galway </li>
<li>7:20am from Tuam to Galway</li>
<li>4pm from Galway to Headford</li>
<li>4:45pm from Headford to Galway</li>
<li>5:10pm will operate from Galway to Tuam only, not to Dunmore</li>
</ul>
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<div>
All other <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/11/regional-national-bus-coach-long-distance-services.html" target="_blank">Galway regional bus services</a> are expected to operate normally during Race Week - though may suffer some delays due to traffic volumes.<br />
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Trains</h2>
Irish Rail are running at leave one extra train to/from Galway on each day during Race Week - with several extra trains on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. See <a href="http://www.irishrail.ie/fare-and-tickets/take-the-train-to-the-galway-races" target="_blank">their announcement</a> for details. <br />
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Note that there is limited capacity, and booking on-line in advance is strong recommended, for both these trains and for regular services.<br />
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Traffic Management Plan for the Galway Races 2022</h2>
The full traffic-management plan for 2022 has not yet been published.<br />
<br />
However the 2017 <a href="https://www.galwayraces.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Traffic-Route2017.doc" target="_blank">plan</a> and <a href="https://www.galwayraces.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Map-of-Access-Routes-to-Galway-Races.pdf" target="_blank">map</a> are still available for download from Galway Races website and it is likely that a very similar plan applies in 2022. Key points of this plan included: <br />
<ul>
<li>Traffic from the <b>south and east</b> (M6 / N6 or Oranmore south) can travel via Carnmore Cross and use the <b><span style="color: blue;">Blue Route - Avenue entrance </span></b>- garda will control crossing right turn at Briarhill junction.<br />
There is no access to the Avenue entrance from the N6 Eastbound (Dublin road) during the road closed times (listed above, under city bus changes).</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Traffic from the <b>south and east</b> (M6 / N6 or Oranmore and south) can travel via the old N6 and Galway clinic to use the <span style="color: red;"><b>Red route Tunnel entrance</b></span>.<br />
After the Briarhill junction, <b>races traffic use the right lane</b>, and <b>city traffic use the left lane</b>.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Traffic from the north (Tuam) can use the <span style="color: green;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Green route - Hill / Tuam Rd entrance</span></b> </span><span style="color: green;">- or turn left at the Parkmore Rd and use the Avenue entrance. </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Traffic from the <b>city and west</b> can use either the red entrance (via Bothar na dTtreabh), or the green or blue entrance (via Tuam Rd).</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Taxis have a special lane through the Green entrance </li>
</ul>
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</div>Irish Transport Infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15871509716497174039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-63971883569795814482022-07-15T15:39:00.001-07:002022-08-15T15:42:15.429-07:00CityLink takes over GoBus<p>
In July 2022, Citylink
<a
href="https://blog.citylink.ie/2022/07/15/irish-citylink-completes-acquisition-of-gobus/"
target="_blank"
>announced</a
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that they have purchased GoBus.
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<p>
Later in they week, they provided
<a
href="https://www.citylink.ie/useful-info/gobusacquisitioninfo"
target="_blank"
>more details</a
>
about the immediate effects:
</p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>Irish Citylink and GoBus will operate under their own brands for now.</li>
</ul>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
Tickets are interchangeable: Citylink tickets can be used on GoBus services
on the same route, and GoBus tickets can be used on Citylink services on the
same route,
</li>
</ul>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
Service information is available and booking can be done on both websites
(www.citylink.ie and www.gobus.ie.
</li>
</ul>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
Both Customer services teams are still operating:<br />Citylink email at
<a href="#">info@citylink.ie</a> or call 091 564 164.<br />GoBus email at
info@gobus.ie or call 091 564 600.
</li>
</ul>
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Editor, GalwayTransport.infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15104923928624509631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-67026881481095336522022-07-11T12:52:00.002-07:002022-07-11T12:52:13.979-07:00Citylink service improvements - July 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1H7A1z8PlaylfRnqNzgHsI_b3YQvfSp9QEwk9ufa_5hzRnvWezgEG0oF1GPIG__qMHpFvEESGCQIdkE6IAGQMBoImMbZThG7TvH0P5VR-ZVHNvp2RC7iBHsCK838nOrqUukzex9j-5pCfhUX5qOqjHu7wsggI6MPKbHjtfQ4evH2ZNnCr1O6ksb7r/s843/citylink-late-bus-to-loughrea-ballinasloe-from-july-2022.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="843" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1H7A1z8PlaylfRnqNzgHsI_b3YQvfSp9QEwk9ufa_5hzRnvWezgEG0oF1GPIG__qMHpFvEESGCQIdkE6IAGQMBoImMbZThG7TvH0P5VR-ZVHNvp2RC7iBHsCK838nOrqUukzex9j-5pCfhUX5qOqjHu7wsggI6MPKbHjtfQ4evH2ZNnCr1O6ksb7r/w200-h200/citylink-late-bus-to-loughrea-ballinasloe-from-july-2022.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Citylink have announced several additions to their timetable, from July 2022:<p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>An evening (7pm) service from Galway city to Ballinasloe, with stops in Oranmore, Craughwell, Loughrea, Kilreekil, Aughrim (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/citylinkireland/photos/a.315422495271/10159716947165272/?__cft__[0]=AZWEb8MdQ-QOsisHvavqJ6iouUCyee9lwOkVunOh5KfwQtRKH2iYs-LaGE8DAQvNV4dDviTBM6hGndvRTNBGZWW2oK664CEBs1TOhAjFjqkgrIZVT1tdRLHTL0ZyufqgbaI1FflbP6ZjnxME3lEl4_yVdnsFm34kZhnpkcgrRcoPfcDvqXRBDlBYtmVDl-0tlZ0&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">announcement</a>) - running from 11 July 2022.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>An extra Eireagle Direct Galway / Dublin airport service (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/citylinkireland/photos/a.315422495271/10159715533800272/?__cft__[0]=AZU0gG6NEBAV6Z_vl3AuESlcC-YtvQW9ZFzrOgrYSwd1TRGjBvK1MOwhT9CwvFaBsNmzqmZmXfN81d7NrDHCFOUqkBd19saRHgfnK6DGdI7uJgwrsMlVntmgiJWhMUrIeGqD5o7sj5IcrQ8XevL-sgrZowocOxws5q78A5zg3RvkL6QRjEuBkORW5TxBAj_5GLg&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">announcement</a>) leaving from Galway at 11:30am and Dublin Airport at 3:15pm. - running from 11 July 2022.</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>See <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/11/buses-coaches-east-from-galway-dublin-athlone-ballinasloe-loughrea-athenry-ballygar.html">Galway regional buses - eastern</a> for information about other services on these routes.</div><p></p>Irish Transport Infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15871509716497174039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-6153392459648095192022-04-10T17:49:00.003-07:002022-04-11T12:40:24.050-07:00Temporary fare cuts on some bus and train servicesIn February 2022, the Irish government
<a
href="https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/174ed-minister-for-transport-announces-20-per-cent-reduction-in-fares-on-pso-public-transport-services/"
target="_blank"
>announced</a
>
a 20% price cut - on average - on public transport services which they pay a
subsidy for.
<p></p>
<p>
In early April 2022, Transport for Ireland
<a
href="https://www.transportforireland.ie/news/reduced-public-transport-fares-to-roll-out-from-april/"
target="_blank"
>announced</a
> the next steps in applying this, and local publicity says that these
will be effective <b>from Monday 11 April</b>.<br />
</p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
Fares for Bus Éireann, LocalLink and online-purchased InterCity train
tickets will be reduced by 20%.
</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<div><br /></div>
<div>
This means that in Galway city, the:<br />
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>Adult single fare will be <b>€1.35</b> (reduced from €1.68),</li>
<li>Child fare will be <b>€0.65</b> (reduced from €0.80) </li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>for passengers who pay using a TFI Leap Card.<br /></div>
<div><br /></div>
<div><br /></div>
<div>
Other fares, eg weekly and monthly tickets are likely to decrease also, but
this has not been covered in the publicity.
</div>
<div><br /></div>
<div><br /></div>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">
What buses are not included in the April 2022 fare cuts
</h2>
<p></p>
The fare-reductions scheme only applies to
<b>Public Service Obligation (PSO) public transport services</b>, including
those provided by Irish Rail / Iarnród Éireann and Bus Éireann.
These services <b>receive a government subsidy</b> under the PSO
scheme.
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The new buses will leave from:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Galway at 10:30am, 1:30pm and 4:30pm</li><li>Cork Airport at 12:30pm, 3:30pm and 7:45pm</li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p><p>From the same day, all Citylink Galway / Cork services <b>will not stop at Raheen in Limerick</b>. 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Christmas timetable announcements from the major public transport companies in Galway:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">Aircoach -- <a href="https://burkesbus.ie/wp-content/uploads/Website-timetable-Tuam-2021-2022-new.pdf" target="_blank">Burkes </a>-- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bus4u/posts/6542517109154386?__cft__[0]=AZXgKKxEyol7zBTtW3gd0Ru9O3JHGZnNTIMAg0GWvBMEG84Pp87LwFjwgfXJTAcXMExOPfDNAhfq8bXJWikR2hE7JROhl821RFEImW-sPAU42Ekee217XC1CIEf1SvYWEItlGJfW3DHRHsa4Fb-DSGG7&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">Bus4U</a> -- <a href="https://buseireann.ie/service_updates.php?id=5313&month=Nov" target="_blank">Bus Éireann</a> -- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/busfedateo/posts/3131962743792838?__cft__[0]=AZUne9NfDdmFki6jtw_WfLaIBaPBelK8hXat8mgSM3bTn-QufyeKfF-jQcEl7_X-G0i8-Q0QT_jF9kUcUv1htV62EK5txY6HONLlAM3I7YKChH7PG8W_LuB_krA8-xBAmP9ni3e_9aKXEzGLTHSmUC08&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">Bus Feda</a> -- City Direct -- </b><a href="https://www.citylink.ie/useful-info/service-updates" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><b>CityLink / Eireagle</b></a><b style="text-align: left;"> -- Farrells -- GoBus -- </b><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/healbus/posts/4955719101125285?__cft__[0]=AZWK_JOGL08eWILaDB5R1OgSntX5N4r-ZOuS9B_9augQADfoo408hH3GdPfP-zlba46r5kF2JbgMrbumJNZqwq7XBXGE1u0h9VH46co_-gOAeGDjUmxHuiOlaSAuKsomw1OexcHGEvbX30fbSZ0B_Qem&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">Healy Bus</a> -- LocalLink</b></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/news/train-travel-over-the-christmas-holidays" target="_blank">Irish Rail</a></b></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(This article will be updated as more public-transport companies announce their holiday timetables.)</i></div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><br />
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Whole period / before 24 December:</h2><b><div><b><br /></b></div>CityLink's </b>Ballinasloe Monday - Friday express buses will not run between Monday 20 December and - Friday 7 January 2022 inclusive.<div><br /></div><div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><b>Burkes</b>: From 20th-23rd December, these buses will not run<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>7:30am Tuam to Galway</li><li>6:05pm Galway toTuam</li><li>All GMIT Services</li></ul><br /><b>Park-and-ride</b> from Ballyrit to the city-centre, runs from 11-24 December. <a href="https://news.galwaytransport.info/2021/12/christmas-park-and-ride-galway-city-2021.html">More info ...</a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><div><h2>Friday 24 December</h2>
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City Buses</h3>
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<li><b>Bus Éireann</b> will run a regular <b>Friday </b>service in Galway City - except that buses due to depart <b>after 9pm</b> will not not run.</li>
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<li><b>CityDirect: </b></li>
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<li><b>Routes 411, </b><b>412 and 414</b>: to be advised - based on last year, likely they will run a <b>Saturday </b>timetable until the last bus from Eyre Square at 6:15pm.</li>
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Regional buses </h3>
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<li>Aircoach - to be advised</li><li>Burkes: reduced service, last bus from Tuam at 3:10pm, last bus from Galway at 5:40pm</li>
<li>Bus Feda - reduced service (only 2 buses to Galway)</li>
<li>Bus4U - normal service</li>
<li>Farrells: to be advised - based on last year, likely to be last service at 4pm - nitelink buses will not operate</li>
<li>Healy Bus - last bus from Loughrea at 2pm, last bus from Galway at 5:10pm</li>
<li>LocalLink - to be advised</li>
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<li>Bus Eireann will run regular weekday services until approx 9pm</li>
<li>CityLink: Normal services, except the 6pm Galway to Cork and 9:30pm Cork to Galway are cancelled</li>
<li>GoBus: to be advised </li>
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Trains</h3>
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<li>See <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
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Saturday 25 December - Christmas Day</h2>
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<li>The 12:30am Citylink bus from Dublin Airport to Galway <b>will </b>run</li>
<li>Some taxi companies will offer a limited service - but many will be closed.</li></ul><ul><li><span style="color: red;"><b>All other services - trains and city and regional buses - are cancelled. <br /></b></span></li></ul>
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Sunday 26 December - St Steven's Day</h2>
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City Buses</h3>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Bus Eireann will run a regular <b>Sunday</b> service on <b>all </b>routes in Galway City - but with no services before 9am</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">CityDirect - to be advised</li>
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Regional buses: </h3>
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<li>Aircoach - to be advised</li><li>Burkes - very limited service</li>
<li>Bus Eireann - regular Sunday timetable: first bus on route 52 at 7am from Galway, but the 10am bus will not run.</li>
<li>Bus Feda - No service </li>
<li>Bus4U - Sunday service</li>
<li>Farrells - to be advised </li>
<li>CityLink: regular service, except the 12:30am Dublin airport to Galway service will <b>not </b>run</li>
<li>GoBus - to be advised</li>
<li>Healy Bus - no service</li>
<li>LocalLink - to be advised</li>
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Trains</h3>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">No trains will run</span></b></li>
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Monday 27 December</h2>
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City buses</h3>
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<li>Bus Eireann have advertised that they will run a regular <b>weekday </b>service in Galway City - but check this closer to the date, as many business will be observing the public holiday, and it may be an error</li>
<li>CityDirect - to be advised, likely no service on route 410, <b>Sunday </b>service on all other routes </li>
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Regional buses </h3>
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<li>Aircoach - to be advised</li><li>Burkes - very limited service</li>
<li>Bus Eireann - Weekday service on all regional routes - but see the note above under city buses for today.</li>
<li>Bus Feda - reduced service</li>
<li>Bus4U - Sunday service</li>
<li>Farrells - to be advised</li>
<li>CityLink: Normal services</li>
<li>GoBus - to be advised</li>
<li>Healy Bus - no service</li>
<li>LocalLink - to be advised</li>
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Trains</h3>
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<li>See <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
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Tuesday 28 December</h2>
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City buses</h3>
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<li>Bus Eireann will run a regular <b>weekday </b>service in Galway City</li>
<li>CityDirect - to be advised, likely no service on route 410, <b>Sunday </b>service on all other routes</li>
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Regional buses </h3>
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<li>Aircoach - to be advised</li><li>Burkes - very limited service</li>
<li>Bus Eireann - Saturday service on all regional routes</li>
<li>Bus Feda - regular service</li>
<li>Bus4U - Sunday service</li>
<li>Farrells - to be advised</li>
<li>CityLink: Normal services</li>
<li>GoBus - to be advised - based on last year, likely to be a normal service</li>
<li>Healy Bus - no service</li>
<li>LocalLink - to be advised</li>
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Trains</h3>
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<li>See <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
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Wednesday 29 December</h2>
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City buses</h3>
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<li>Bus Eireann will run a regular <b>weekday </b>service in Galway City</li>
<li>CityDirect - to be advised, probably a <b>Saturday </b>service on all routes, plus a 7am bus from Cappagh Rd</li>
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Regional buses </h3>
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<li>Aircoach - to be advised</li><li>Burkes - reduced service</li>
<li>Bus Eireann - weekday service </li>
<li>Bus Feda - regular service</li>
<li>Bus4U - reduced service</li>
<li>Farrells - to be advised - based on last year, likely to be a regular service</li>
<li>CityLink: Normal services</li>
<li>GoBus - to be advised - based on last year, likely to be a normal service</li>
<li>Healy Bus - limited service</li>
<li>LocalLink - to be advised</li>
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Trains</h3>
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<li>See <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
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Thursday 30 December</h2>
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City buses</h3>
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<li>Bus Eireann will run a regular <b>weekday </b>service in Galway City</li>
<li>CityDirect - to be advised, probably a <b>Saturday </b>service on all routes, plus a 7am bus from Cappagh Rd</li>
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Regional buses </h3>
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<li>Aircoach - to be advised</li><li>Burkes - reduced service</li>
<li>Bus Eireann - weekday service </li><li>Bus Feda - regular service</li>
<li>Bus4U - reduced service</li>
<li>Farrells - to be advised - based on last year, likely to be a regular service</li>
<li>CityLink: regular service</li>
<li>GoBus - to be advised - based on last year, likely to be a normal service</li>
<li>Healy Bus - limited service</li>
<li>LocalLink - to be advised</li>
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Trains</h3>
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<li>See <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
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Friday 31 December - New Year's Eve</h2>
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City Buses</h3>
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<li><b>Bus Éireann</b> will run a regular <b>weekday </b>service in Galway City - likely until mid-evening, exact time to be announced</li>
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<li>CityDirect - to be advised, probably a <b>Saturday </b>service on all routes until approx 7pm, plus a 7am bus from Cappagh Rd</li></ul>
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Regional buses </h3>
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<li>Aircoach - to be advised</li><li>Burkes - reduced service, last bus from Tuam at 3:10pm, last bus from Galway at 5:40pm</li>
<li>Bus Eireann - weekday service </li><li>Bus Feda - reduced service</li>
<li>Bus4U - reduced service</li>
<li>Farrells - to be advised - based on last year, likely to be a regular service</li>
<li>CityLink: regular service</li>
<li>GoBus - to be advised - based on last year, likely to be a normal service</li>
<li>Healy Bus - limited service</li>
<li>LocalLink - to be advised</li>
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Trains</h3>
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<li>See <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
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Saturday 1 January - New Year's Day</h2>
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City Buses</h3>
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<li>Bus Eireann will run a regular <b>Sunday </b>service in Galway City</li>
<li>CityDirect - to be advised, probably no service on route 410, <b>Sunday</b> service on all other routes</li>
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Regional buses </h3>
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<li>Aircoach - to be advised</li><li>Burkes - reduced Sunday service</li>
<li>Bus Eireann - <b>Sunday </b>service on all regional routes</li>
<li>Bus Feda - very limited service</li>
<li>Bus4U - Sunday service</li>
<li>Farrells - to be advised - based on last year, likely to be a regular service from 12-noon</li>
<li>CityLink: regular Sunday service</li>
<li>GoBus - to be advised - based on last year, likely to be a normal service</li>
<li>Healy Bus - no service</li>
<li>LocalLink - to be advised</li>
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Trains</h3>
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<li>See <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
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Sunday 2 January - Day after New Year's</h2>
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City Buses </h3>
<ul>
<li>Bus Eireann will run a regular <b>Saturday </b>service in Galway City</li>
<li>CityDirect - to be advised - probably <b>Saturday</b> timetable </li>
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Regional buses </h3>
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<ul>
<li>Aircoach - to be advised</li><li>Burkes - normal Sunday service </li>
<li>Bus Eireann - regular Sunday / bank-holiday service on all regional routes</li>
<li>Bus Feda - reduced service</li>
<li>Bus4U - Sunday service</li>
<li>Farrells - to be advised </li>
<li>CityLink: regular service</li>
<li>GoBus - to be advised - based on last year, likely to be a normal service </li>
<li>Healy Bus - no service</li>
<li>LocalLink - to be advised</li>
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Trains</h3>
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<li>See <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li>
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<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><h2>Monday 3 January</h2><h3>City Buses</h3><ul><li>Bus Eireann will run a regular <b>Bank Holiday / Sunday </b>service in Galway City</li><li>CityDirect - to be advised, probably <b>Sunday </b>timetable </li></ul><div><br /></div><h3>Regional buses </h3><div><ul><li>Aircoach - to be advised</li><li>Burkes - Sunday today onward</li><li>Bus Eireann - regular <b>Bank Holiday / Sunday </b>service on all regional routes</li><li>Bus Feda - regular service</li><li>Bus4U - Sunday service</li><li>Farrells - to be advised </li><li>CityLink: regular service</li><li>GoBus - to be advised - based on last year, likely to be a normal service</li><li>Healy Bus - no service</li><li>LocalLink - to be advised</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><h3>Trains</h3><ul><li>See <a href="https://journeyplanner.irishrail.ie/webapp/" target="_blank">Irish Rail's journey planner</a> for details of services that are running</li></ul></div><div><br /></div>
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<br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Tuesday 4 January onwards</h2><div><h3>City Buses</h3><ul><li>Bus Eireann will run regular services in Galway City</li><li>CityDirect - to be advised - probably <b>Saturday</b> timetable for the rest of this week, plus a 7am bus from Cappagh Rd on Wed-Fri.</li></ul><div><br /></div><h3>Regional buses </h3><div><ul><li>Aircoach - to be advised</li><li>Burkes - normal service from today onward</li><li>Bus Eireann - regular service on all regional routes</li><li>Bus Feda - regular service</li><li>Bus4U - regular service</li><li>Farrells - to be advised - based on last year, likely to be a regular service</li><li>CityLink: regular service</li><li>GoBus - to be advised - based on last year, likely to be a normal service</li><li>Healy Bus - normal service</li><li>LocalLink - to be advised</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><h3>Trains</h3><ul><li>Regular services from today onwards</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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Please note</h2>
This information is for the Galway area only. Changes in other areas are not included.<br />
See <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2009/07/city-bus-services.html" target="_blank"><b>City Bus Details</b></a> and <b><a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/11/regional-national-bus-coach-long-distance-services.html" target="_blank">Regional Bus Details</a></b> for normal timetables and route maps</div>
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Irish Transport Infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15871509716497174039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-60728641113058825472021-12-10T04:07:00.002-08:002021-12-10T04:20:53.039-08:00Christmas Park and Ride - Galway city 2021<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uxJVrCLI2AA/Xe7Ts5ueOYI/AAAAAAAAEXk/f18oMwIEwKkbqLCRQOLeRmMvBIi2YWWrACKgBGAsYHg/s1600/20181219_172822.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Park and Ride bus on Parkmore Road at night" border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1600" height="169" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uxJVrCLI2AA/Xe7Ts5ueOYI/AAAAAAAAEXk/f18oMwIEwKkbqLCRQOLeRmMvBIi2YWWrACKgBGAsYHg/s320/20181219_172822.jpg" title="Galway City park and ride bus service for Christmas 2019" width="320" /></a></div>
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A park-and-ride service will run in Galway City for the Christmas 2021 shopping period.<br />
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It will run daily between <b>Saturday 11 - Friday </b><b>24 December</b>, and is being operated by Callanan Coaches, on behalf of Galway City Council.<br />
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<h2>Hours of operation</h2><h2><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">Buses run </span><b style="font-size: medium;">every 15</b><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"> minutes:</span><br style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;" /><ul style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><li><b>Monday - Saturday: </b>Between <b>9:30am </b>to <b>9.15pm, </b> (last departure from Ballybrit at 9:15pm)</li><li><b>Sunday: </b>Between <b>11am - 9pm</b> on Sundays (every 30 minutes between 7pm and 9pm)</li></ul><br style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;" /><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">On </span><b style="font-size: medium;">24 Dec, Christmas Eve</b><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">, 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.</span><br style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;" /><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div></h2><h2>
Parking area and city-centre bus stop</h2>
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Parking is provided at <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/parkmore-area-see-map-at-bottom-of-this.html">Ballybrit Racecourse</a> - see the <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/parkmore-area-see-map-at-bottom-of-this.html" target="_blank">Parkmore Neighbourhood Map</a> for details of this area.<br />
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The central city drop-off and pick-up point is the Galway Coach Station (point "S" on the <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/major-public-transport-sites-in-galway.html">regional bus stops map</a>).<br />
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There is no arrangement for cars to be left at Ballybrit overnight: cars which are left there are at the owner's risk.<br />
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The fare is <b>€1 each way per adult</b>, This includes all-day parking<br />
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Children under age 16 travel for free. </div><div><br /></div><div>Free Travel pass is accepted. Galway City daily, weekly and monthly tickets are <b>not</b> accepted.<br />
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Route</h2>
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Buses use the most appropriate route between the race-course and the city centre - typically this will use the use bus lanes. <br />
<br />Irish Transport Infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15871509716497174039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-29326522804018845792021-11-29T09:28:00.001-08:002021-12-18T09:54:25.387-08:00City Direct fare increases<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_BD-Uo8ae-BMaFfjcmXbgHSRREQs_TcoTvnNzmpNGXuQYH6JXcLx_XnA_260nBf7a7D1HGfuJZQf8Y5oDVQDymesERU6l42bNCOW2CPQ659XM763lm1PNMml2XJk-0ga82R2H4YEiZuzZ3QycSGw5EhLoaZZAp8PHKFM4aDMQYdS2B0Ripiebkmbqdw=s2968" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2129" data-original-width="2968" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_BD-Uo8ae-BMaFfjcmXbgHSRREQs_TcoTvnNzmpNGXuQYH6JXcLx_XnA_260nBf7a7D1HGfuJZQf8Y5oDVQDymesERU6l42bNCOW2CPQ659XM763lm1PNMml2XJk-0ga82R2H4YEiZuzZ3QycSGw5EhLoaZZAp8PHKFM4aDMQYdS2B0Ripiebkmbqdw=w200-h144" width="200" /></a></div>City Direct Galway have announced that from Wednesday 1 December 2021:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Adult single cash fare is going up from €2.50 to <b>€2.70</b></li><li>Adult single Leap fare is going up from €2.00 to <b>€2.20</b></li><li>Student single Leap fare is going up from €1.70 to <b>€1.90</b></li></ul><div><br /></div><div>See <a href="https://www.galwaytransport.info/2008/12/fares-for-galway-city-bus-services-city.html">Galway City bus fares</a> for full information about Galway city bus prices.</div>Editor, GalwayTransport.infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15104923928624509631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-15309732402878777632021-10-24T14:31:00.003-07:002021-10-24T14:31:56.490-07:00More Citylink buses between Galway and Dublin each day<p>Citylink have <a href="https://www.facebook.com/citylinkireland/posts/10159260466515272?__cft__[0]=AZVnDZ8KbhwbWq-MuC_qlHCvZPyANA6yiwMmhcP6mh6EXtJVe8UBbN4A_5OaYR495yTLhCc3jrDxrXtmOxTCXwPWVdlcywu4G8MxR_zdty2QX_cLfimbuVT9TBiw-Qzko5-L2uRC4fCEHOx9o7mj3LKKWYtLDAQeQD7PlElKCxJioA&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">announced</a> that they will be running 10 extra services between Galway and Dublin Airport each day, from Monday 25 October 2021.</p><p>The new timetables aren't loaded on their website yet, but comparing the journey planner shows that the extra services are at:</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Galway to Dublin / Dublin Airport</h4><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>6:15am</li><li>10:30 am (EagleAir - express service)</li><li>2:30 pm (EagleAir - express service)</li><li>4:15pm</li><li>6:15pm</li></ul><div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Dublin / Dublin Airport to Galway</h4><div><ul><li>12:30am - ie just after midnight (EagleAir - express service)</li><li>8:15 am </li><li>6:15 pm (EagleAir - express service)</li><li>10:15pm</li><li>11:30pm - this is a time-change for the previous 11:15pm service, which is no longer running.</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>This brings CityLink back to having an at-least-hourly service between Dublin and Galway between 6am and midnight, and between Galway and Dublin between 5am and 7pm.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>See <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/11/buses-coaches-east-from-galway-dublin-athlone-ballinasloe-loughrea-athenry-ballygar.html" target="_blank">Galway - East regional buses</a> for information about other services on this route.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P1t-4DJU9jI/YXXPmfRmARI/AAAAAAAAE6s/gggw21ZESFMzJ7xaS7tVS6XtYoEh4lOLwCPcBGAsYHg/s2666/DSC_2874%257E2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2666" height="275" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P1t-4DJU9jI/YXXPmfRmARI/AAAAAAAAE6s/gggw21ZESFMzJ7xaS7tVS6XtYoEh4lOLwCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h275/DSC_2874%257E2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div><p><br /></p>Editor, GalwayTransport.infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15104923928624509631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-51206221422001608592021-10-05T16:12:00.001-07:002021-10-24T14:38:44.659-07:00New daily bus between Loughrea and Limerick, via Athenry and Gort<h2 style="text-align: left;">Update</h2><div>Despite extensive interest being indicated, this service did not get enough custom. It was <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FarrellsAthenry/posts/391496855799688?__cft__[0]=AZWOze6UeJsDKCin9DLF5FEhwyadJJfSbtC9Ze8bNLatViwNe5WU0ixuxj2o0wQtRfNW7OpfO13Syq4z4VB1KEe9fTis7R5h9Rgl6IiT0mPXK4fFaUmCRPeoWOsnxAJ5aBM&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">cancelled</a> a week after being launched.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Original announcement</h2><div>Farrells of Athenry have
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that they will run a daily bus between Loughrea and Limerick, via Athenry and
Gort, from Monday 4 October.</div>
<p>This is a Monday - Friday service:<br /></p>
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<li>Leaving Loughrea at 7am and arriving at UL at 8:45am</li>
<li>Leaving UL at 6pm and arriving at Loughrea at 7:45pm</li>
<li>With an extra UL to Loughrea service at 12-noon on Friday</li>
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Bus stops are at Loughrea shopping centre, Swan Gate - Kenny Park carpark in
Athenry, Town square Gort (AIB bank), Mary Immaculate - South Circular Road,
Limerick IT and University of Limerick.
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Tickets are purchased on the coach. Return and weekly tickets are
available. There are no separate student / adult tickets:
This service is planned for students who cannot find accommodation in
Limerick, but is open to anyone.
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They are still served by the<b> CityLink multi-stop / commuter <a href="https://www.citylink.ie/uploads/documents/GeneralDocuments/Galway_-_Ballinasloe_-_Athlone_-_Dublin_-_Dublin_Airport_Route_763_6.pdf" target="_blank">route 763</a> service</b>. However there will be fewer services overall each day: the CityLink service currently has 8 buses each way per day and Bus Éireann has 4. Effectively, each day there will be 8 fewer buses each day stopping in these towns (4 going west, 4 going east). CityLink does accept the Free Travel Pass, although they charge a free of €3 per journey for Free Travel passengers who want to book in advance.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://gobus.ie/" target="_blank">GoBus</a> and <a href="https://www.citylink.ie/" target="_blank">CityLink</a> also operate regular express services between Galway and Dublin.</div><div><br /></div><div>See <a href="http://www.galwaytransport.info/2012/11/buses-coaches-east-from-galway-dublin-athlone-ballinasloe-loughrea-athenry-ballygar.html" target="_blank">eastern Galway regional bus services</a> for more details of the options.</div>Editor, GalwayTransport.infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15104923928624509631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073127569230811485.post-72296570935364397002021-07-18T18:22:00.002-07:002021-07-18T18:27:42.067-07:00New Galway/Dublin coach service<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-owKnrl_83iM/YPTRpmMs7DI/AAAAAAAAE4g/WvFQ3fitmHg_KLQndbO5Wg8deB6YK9nyACPcBGAsYHg/s585/aircoach-bus-in-dublin-city.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="585" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-owKnrl_83iM/YPTRpmMs7DI/AAAAAAAAE4g/WvFQ3fitmHg_KLQndbO5Wg8deB6YK9nyACPcBGAsYHg/s320/aircoach-bus-in-dublin-city.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: left;">Photo from </span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fwc439h/3510901377/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Stephen's Transort Photos</a><span style="text-align: left;"> - </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">license</a><span style="text-align: left;">.</span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Aircoach has <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aircoach.ie/posts/5781263608611234?__cft__[0]=AZW0TFluU0ZCCaXAgWI647QGiloKEnv4uLIrflGLz2KFSLe_rZJLYHsjvd-2r4GjTbd24l0tN2oO8TPh2yXCHy_neg8GkCN-1kcui5hMWh4sy7Iq3vnXpiR3LbulYdD36zQfWWij7Cp5oxYA-M6OlHiHu_IEDnErmA03oZ3SFvJarkz8FheOEENLogURnfNfrkQ&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">announced</a> a new coach / bus service, the 706x between Galway and Dublin airport, which will start from on <b>Thursday 29 July 2021</b>.</p><p>Aircoach will offer ten services per day, Monday to Sunday, between Galway City and Dublin City and Dublin Airport. Of these:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>2 coaches each day will stop at Galway Coach Station, GMIT, Athlone and Athlone-IT and Dublin Airport only</li><li>2 coaches each day will stop at the same places, plus Dublin city-centre</li><li>4 coaches will also stop at Portincula Hospital (Ballinasloe), Maynooth and Dublin city.</li></ul><div>The full timetable is now available on <a href="https://www.aircoach.ie/plan-journey/timetables/706X" target="_blank">their website</a>. Tickets can be </div><p></p><p>Customers can pre-book tickets up to two hours before a journey. Tickets can be purchased from drivers on a walk-up basis, but this is not recommended as yet, due to Covid-19 loading restrictions.</p><p>Effectively this service replaces the Bus Éireann Expressway route x20 service, which has been serving this route, but is <a href="https://news.galwaytransport.info/2021/07/bus-eireann-cancels-dublin-galway-route-20-express-route.html">cancelled from the same day</a>. </p><p>Galway City arrivals and departures will all be from the private Coach Station.</p><p>Fares start from adult single Galway to Dublin city - buy online for $15.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Editor, GalwayTransport.infohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15104923928624509631noreply@blogger.com