Christmas 2024 and New Year 2025 bus and train services in Galway

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

for the

2024 Christmas and 2025 New Year period.

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

Christmas 2022 / New Year 2023 bus and train services in Galway

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

for the

2022 Christmas and 2023 New Year period.

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

Bus and Train services in Galway for St Patricks's Day weekend 2022.

Thursday 17th March 2022, St Patrick's Day / Lá Féile Pádraic and Friday 18 March are public holidays in Ireland.   

Most public transport services will run a Sunday timetable on both days. 

On Thursday, many services will have different routes or stops during the day, due to St Patrick's Day parades and events.

Christmas 2021 / New Year 2022 bus and train services in Galway

The information below is for 2020/21. 
 See Christmas public transport in Galway for information about this year.

 

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

for the

2021 Christmas and 2022 New Year period.

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

Easter 2021 bus and train services

Easter this year is from Friday 2 - Monday 5 April 2021.

Good Friday (the 2nd) is a bank holiday but not a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland:  All banks and many public services (eg post-office) are closed, but most public-transport will operate according to their normal Friday timetables.

Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday are not public holidays:  usual Sat / Sun timetables generally apply.

Easter Monday is a public holiday and a bank holiday, and in most cases Sunday timetables apply.

Information from bus and train companies is summarised below.  Always confirm details with the company.  Bookings are recommended, because there are a number of events happening this weekend.

Covid-19 and public transport

All public transport services are running at 25% capacity, and are only available for essential travel.   Pre-booking is strongly recommended.

Christmas 2020 / New Year 2021 bus and train services in Galway

The information below is for 2020/21. 
 See Christmas public transport in Galway for information about this year.

 

The information below is for 2020/21. 
 See Christmas public transport in Galway for information about this year.

 

A summary of  bus and train services 

in Galway city and county 

for the

2020 Christmas and 2021 New Year period.


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

Bus and train services on St Patrick's day 2020

The information below is for 2020.

Please see St Patrick's Day public transport for the latest information.

Update:  since this was published, several bus-companies have announced on-going timetable changed due to the Covid-19 virus pandemic.  Please check with the company for updated information before planning any travel.


Also Tuesday 17th March 2019, St Patrick's Day / Lá Féile Pádraic is a public holiday in Ireland.   Most public transport services will run a Sunday timetable.    

The Corona virus closedown means that the traditional parades will not be occurring, so services should run according to the timetable.

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Christmas 2019 / New Year 2020 bus and train services in Galway

The information below was for Christmas 2019. 

Click here for this years Christmas public transport information.

A summary of  bus and train services 

in Galway city and county 

for the

2019 Christmas and 2020 New Year period.


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

June public holiday bus and train services

Monday 3 June 2019 is a Public / Bank Holiday in Ireland.

Many public transport services have timetable changes because of this.

The changes in the Galway region are summarised below.

Easter bank holiday 2019 bus and train timetables

Easter this year is from Friday 19 - Monday 22 April 2019.

Good Friday (the 14th) is a bank holiday but not a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland:  All banks and many public services (eg post-office) are closed, but most public-transport run normal Friday services.

Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday are not public holidays:  usual Sat / Sun timetables generally apply.

Easter Monday is a public holiday and a bank holiday, and in most cases Sunday services will be run.

Information from bus and train companies is summarised below.  Always confirm details with the company.  Bookings are recommended, because there are a number of events happening this weekend.

Bus and train services on St Patrick's day / weekend, 2019

The information below is for 2019.

Please see St Patrick's Day public transport for the latest information.

Sunday 17th March 2019, St Patrick's Day / Lá Féile Pádraic is a public holiday in Ireland.   Most public transport services will run a Sunday timetable.    Most towns and cities will have a parade around lunchtime or in the early afternoon: morning public transport services are likely to be busy due to this.

Monday 19th March 2018 is a Bank Holiday, but not Public Holiday.  Banks will be closed,  Some businesses, especially ones that don't usually open on Sunday, will close to give their staff a day's holiday.  Because of this, most public transport companies will run a Sunday timetable.   

Read on for more details ... 

Christmas 2018 / New Year 2019 bus and train services in Galway

The information below was for Christmas 2018. 

Click here for this years Christmas public transport information.

A summary of 

bus and train services 

in Galway city and county 

for the 2018 Christmas and 2019 New Year period.


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

Bus and train services for the October bank holiday weekend 2018

Monday 29 October 2018 is a bank / public holiday in Ireland.

It is also the weekend when most Halloween events happen,  the end of Irish daylight savings time, and there is a race meeting at Ballybrit

Changes to city and county bus and train services for this weekend are summarised below.

August 2018 bank holiday bus and train services in Galway

Monday 6 August 2018 is a bank / public holiday in Ireland. 

This means that public services (banks, government offices, processional offices) will not open, and shops, pubs, cinemas etc are likely to open later than usual.   Tourist attractions will probably operate according to their normal hours.

See below for information about changes to public transport in the region.

June bank holiday buses and trains in Galway, 2018

Monday 4 June 2018 is a Public / Bank Holiday in Ireland.

A number of public transport services have timetable changes because of this.

The changes in the Galway region are as outlined below.

See also:   public transport for the Fever Pitch music festival.

May bank holiday bus and train services for 2018

Monday 7 May 2018 is a public holiday and bank holiday  (Saoire Bainc na Bealtaine) in Ireland.

Bank, public services and government departments will be closed on Monday 7 May.  Most shops will keep their regular Sunday hours on Monday the 7th also.

Below is a summary of the public transport services in the Galway metropolitan area during this weekend.

Bus and train services for Easter 2018

Easter this year is from Friday 30 March  -  Monday 2 April 2018.

Good Friday (the 14th) is a bank holiday but not a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland:  All banks and many public services (eg post-office) are closed, and some other companies treat the day like a public holiday and close anyway.   However most public-transport run normal services, with a few exceptions.

Following a recent law change this is the first year when all pubs, hotel bars and off-licenses are allowed to be open on Good Friday if they usually open on Fridays.   Anecdotal feedback is that most, but not all, will open,

Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday are not public holidays:  usual Sat / Sun timetables generally apply.

Easter Monday is a public holiday and a bank holiday, and in most cases Sunday services will be run.

Information from specific bus and train companies is summarised below.  Always confirm details with the company.  Bookings are recommended, because there are a number of events happening this weekend.

Buses and trains on St Patrick's Day / Weekend, 2018

Information below is correct for 2018.

Click here for up-to-date information.

Bus and train services for the October 2017 Bank Holiday weekend

Monday 30 October 2017 is a bank / public holiday in Ireland.

It is also the weekend when most Halloween events happen, and the end of Irish daylight savings time.

Alterations to city and county bus and train services for this weekend:

Bus and train services for the August bank holiday, 2017

Monday 7 August 2017 is a bank / public holiday in Ireland, so there are some changes to public transport:

City Bus Services

Bus Éireann and City Direct will run their their standard Sunday city services in Galway on Sunday 6 and Monday 7 August.

Regional Bus Services    

A standard Sunday timetable applies for most regional and national public transport services on both Sunday and Monday.

However:

• On Sunday 6th August, Bus Éireann will operate a Sunday timetable, except that the 3:30pm Dundalk to Galway and 6pm Galway to Dundalk services are cancelled.

• On Monday 7th August, Bus Éireann will operate a Sunday timetable with a number of changes (both cancellations and additions) that affect Galway services.    See their announcement for full detail.

• Bus Feda (Galway - Donegal) will run a limited service on Sunday, and an extended service on the Monday.   See their announcement for details.

Train services

On Sunday Irish Rail will run a normal Sunday service, except that these services are cancelled:

• 5pm Galway to Dublin
• 8:30pm Dublin to Galway, 

Also, the 7:25pm Galway to Athlone is replaced with a Galway to Dublin train.

On Monday, Irish Rail will run a timetable based on the normal Monday service, but with these services cancelled:

• 5:30am Galway to Dublin
• 5:55am Limerick to Galway
• 6:20am Galway to Limerick
• 8:40am Galway to Athenry 
• 9:05an Athenry to Galway
• 6:30pm Dublin to Galway
• 10:15pm Galway to Athlone.

See their published bank holiday weekend announcement for details.