Changes to buses between Galway and Connemara (Clifden, Oughterard and Spiddal/Lettermullen) - December 2023

CityLink Ireland, Bus Éireann and the National Transport authority have announced (here and here) changes to a number of services between Galway city centre and Connemara, starting in December 2023.

Overall

• There will be a bus between Clifden and Galway every two hours, increasing to every hour at peak times.  
• There will be a bus between Oughterard and Galway every hour during the day, increasing to every half hour at peak times.
• There will be a bus between Galway and Barna, Spiddal and Carraroe almost once per hour.

However there are some stops which will no longer served, or which require a change at Clifden.

Route 923 Citylink:   Galway - Clifden - Letterfrack

From Monday 11th December there will be four extra buses in each direction, including earlier and later services each morning and evening.

There are no changes to stops on this route.

Route 419 Bus Éireann:   Galway - Oughterard - Clifden

From Sunday 17 December, 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).

This bus will no longer stop at 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.

The National Transport Authority announcement says 

Bus services to Leenane and Roundstone, which had been provided by Bus Éireann, will now be secured by Local Link Galway from mid-December

but does not give details.

New Local Link services Kylemore Abbey to Maam Cross and Ballyconneely to Recess

Two new door-to-door services are being introduced.   Details are available here.   

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.

Route 423, Clifden to Westport via Leenane

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).

There is no changes to the stops on this route, which include Moyard (Opp Post Office),
Letterfrack, Kylemore Abbey, Recess Cross, Salruck Cross Hostel, Leenane, Cuslough, and Knappagh.

Route 424, Galway to Lettermullen (Leitir Mealláin) via An Cheathrú Rua, Spiddal and Barna

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.

There will be one extra bus between Carraroe and Lettermullen, at approx 1:30pm - and times of all services are adjusted slightly.

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.

Extra early and late buses on Burkes 427 Tuam / Galway route

Burkes Buses have announced two new times on route 427 Tuam to Galway, running from 5 November  2018.

The new buses are at:

• 6:35am from Tuam 
• 6:05pm from Galway.

The company's webiste still lists 5-November as the provisional starting date:  it may be best to check with the company that these buses will be running advertised.

Galway City bus service changes, September 2018

Bus Éireann have announced a number of improvements to Galway City bus services.

These changes all take effect  from Sunday 16  September 2018.

The major improvements are for Salthill (doubled frequency and through-route buses to Parkmore), and for Newcastle / NUIG / Oranmore (doubled frequency), and earlier Sunday morning buses on all routes.

Information on the main GalwayTransport,info website will be updated to show these changes in the coming days.

Timetable and bus-stop changes, route 20/20x - Galway to Dublin via Athlone

Bus Éireann have announced changes to the timetable, route and places served by route 20 / 20x, their service between Galway and Dublin.

These changes are effective from Sunday, 29 July 2018, and the new timetable can be browsed here now.

Overall there are two extra buses each day, Dublin airport is comes after the city centre, and some towns and villages are no longer served by this bus.

Changes to routes and timetables for buses 411, 412 and 410

City Bus have announced (at 11pm on Sunday 8 July 2018) timetable and route changes for buses 410,411 and 412 timetables - effective from Monday July 9th.

• Route 411 Knocknacarra via Rahoon Road / Rahoon Cemetery no longer goes to Cappagh Road between 8:15am and 5:15pm from Monday thru Friday.   Instead, 411 buses during this time stop at the Western Distributor Road (WDR).
  
  Each route 411 service during this time will leave from the WDR bus stop at the same time they previously left Cappagh Road - the effect is that the bus will run several minutes earlier.  

• Route 410 - Knocknacarra via Salthill becomes a Monday thru Friday service only.   Weekend services are cancelled.

• Route 412 - Knocknacarra to Eyre Square via Western Distributor Road has one additional bus from Cappagh Road at 5:30pm, Monday to Friday.

Further information

The National Transport Authority is the body which is responsible for licensing bus services, and which will have had to approve these changes.

See Galway City Bus Services for information about other services in the area.

Citylink Letterfrack timetable change

CityLink have announced that from Monday 21st May 2018, the 11:05am bus from Letterfrack to Galway via Clifden, will leave at the earlier time of 10:25am.

Scheduled arrival time into Galway for this service is still 1:30pm (unchanged).

See regional buses West of Galway for other bus services in the area.

Burkes Buses summer timetable 2018

Burkes Buses have announced that their summer timetable will run from Monday 21 May 2018.

The following services will no longer run:

• 7:30am Tuam to Galway
• 7:55am Tuam to GMIIT
• 5:10pm Tuam to Galway
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• 9:45am Galway to Tuam
• 1:40pm Galway to Tuam
• 5:10pm GMIT to Tuam 

They will start again for the September college term - exact date is to be advised.

Trial of route 410 Knocknacarra via Salthill bus on Sundays

CityDirect have announced that they are trialling route 410 - Knocknacarra via Salthill on Sunday afternoons for the month of October 2017.

There will be buses:

• From Cappagh Rd at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm and 5pm
• From Eyre Square at 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm and 5:30pm

Regular 410 route and fares apply.

See Galway City Buses for information about other services in the area.

Changes to Burkes Bus timetables (Tuam and Dunmore)

Burkes Bus have announced changes to the route 427 timetable, effective from Monday 9 October 2017:

• A new bus at 6:10pm from Tuam to Galway, Monday to Friday
• A new bus at 7:10pm from Galway to Tuam, Monday to Friday

• The Saturday morning bus from Dunmore to Galway will leave earlier at 7:30am (instead of 7:50am as before)
• The early Saturday service from Tuam to Galway will leave earlier at 7:50am (instead of 8:10am as before)

• It was proposed to change the Monday to Saturday 9:10pm bus from Galway to Tuam to 9pm, but after customer feedback, this is not going ahead..

See North Galway regional bus services for more information about buses in this area.

Extra evening buses on route 411

City Direct have announced changes to the route 411 timetable, effective from Monday 2 October 2017:

• Four extra evening services in each direction: 
  Cappagh Rd to Eyre Square:   7:15pm, 8:15pm, 9:15pm and 10:15pm.
  Eyre Square to Cappagh Rd:   7:45pm, 8:45pm, 9:45pm and 10:45pm.

• Monday to Friday only.

These services mean that the company now runs a bus on route 411 every 30 minutes between 7am and 11pm, from Monday to Frday.

See City Bus Details for route map and timetable links.

Timetable changes for Bus Éireann route 20 / x20 (Galway / Dublin)

Bus Eireann have announced timetable changes on Route 20/X20, Dublin to Galway, via Athlone and Ballinasloe, effective from Sunday 11 September 2016.

Express Galway / Shannon Airport bus service

Bus Éireann have announced changes to the express x51 service between Galway and Limerick, from Sunday 29 May 2016:

• Five services each way will stop at Shannon Airport - this will happen year round,not just in summer as it did in 2015.

• There are new early-morning services (from Galway at 5am and 8am, and from Limerick at 6:45am) - this makes it possible to travel from Galway City to Shannon for morning flights.

• The service from Galway is now hourly between 8am and 7pm (previously was between 9am and 6pm).

• There is a new late evening bus to Galway (9:35pm ex Limerick).

The new timetable for the the X51 service is available here.

See Galway Regional buses for details off all services to/from Galway.

See Galway airport connections for information about all services to/from airports.

Change to the terminus for bus route 405 - Ballybane

Bus Éireann have announced that from Sunday 16 May 2016 the Route 405 - Ballybane bus will go right into Ballybrit Business Park / Ballybrit Industrial estate, instead of ending at the entrance to the estate.

The new bus terminal will be outside the Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE - previously  HP, Compaq, Digital) building in Ballybrit, where a bus-shelter is available.

Buses from the city will stop at the bus-stop at the entrance to the industrial estate on request.

Cancellation of route 410 and extension of route 404 (Newcastle - Oranmore)

Image credit: Oranmore Castle.

Bus Éireann have announced that from Sunday 16 May 2016:

• Route 410 - Galway city to Oranmore is cancelled.

• Route 404 is extended to travel between Westside Shopping Centre / Newcastle and Galway Clinic, and on to Oranmore.

More buses on route 409 - Parkmore

Bus Éireann have announced improvements to the bus-service frequency on route 409 - Parkmore, effective from Sunday 3 April 2016.

• On Monday - Friday, between 7am and 7pm, there will be a bus every 12 minutes (on the hour an and at 12, 24, 36 and 48 minutes past. This is an increase from once every 15 minutes.

• On Saturdays, between 7am and 9am there will be a bus every 20 minutes (on the hour, 20 past and 20 to). This is a increase from once every 30 minutes.

• On Monday-Saturday in the evening, between 7pm and 11pm there will be a bus every 20 minutes (on the hour, 20 past and 20 to) This is a increase from once every 30 minutes. The last bus from Eyre Square will still be at 11:30pm.

• On Sundays, between 12-noon and 7pm there will be a bus every 20 minutes (on the hour, 20 past and 20 to) This is a increase from once every 30 minutes.

• On Sundays, between 7pm and 11:30pm there will be a bus every 30 minutes (on the hour and 30 minutes past) This is a increase from once every hour.

There are no changes to the existing timetable during times not listed, ie Saturday 9am-7-pm and Sunday 9am - 12-noon.

The Mon-Fri 6:30am service from Eyre Square to Parkmore via Ballybrit Industrial Estate (Boston Scientific) is unchanged.

Changes to Bus Éireann services between Galway and Mayo

Bus Éireann have announced changes to their services in County Mayo, effective from 13
March 2016.    These include a number of changes to north-Galway regional services:

Route 432: Galway – Cong

No changes to services, but all buses on this route will be renumbered as Route 456.

Route 440: Galway – Cong

• The 12:15pm service from Westport to IWAK will leave 10 minutes earlier, arriving at
• Knock Airport (IWAK) at 1:15pm
• The 2:45pm service from Knock Airport (IWAK) to Westport will leave 15 minutes later.

Route 456: Galway – Ballinrobe – Westport – Castlebar – Ballina

There will be time changes to some services to provide to better coordinated services:

• The Route 66 8:50am Westport to Ballina service will become a Route 456 journey.
• The 8:05 Galway to Ballina service will travel via Westport every day
• The 1:45pm service from Galway will now leave at 1pm
• Journey times on some buses have been revised to reflect actual travel times more accurately.

Timetable changes for GoBus services - November 2015

GoBus have a new Winter timetable operating from 2 November 2015, and available for booking now.

Changes include:

• The 10:45am service from Dublin Airport will travel via Dublin City, and have a journey time of 3 hours.   Effectively this adds a new 11:15am service from Dublin City to Galway.

• The 3:45pm bus from Dublin Airport will also travel via Dublin City with a journey time of 3 hours.   There will not be a separate 4:15pm coach from Dublin City.

See Regional Buses for links to all companies running bus services to, from or through Galway.

Winter timetable for the Killarney to Galway express bus service

CityLink have announced a winter timetable for the express coach service between Galway City and Killarney, Co Kerry, from Wednesday 1 October 2014.

Timetable and route

Services run between the Galway Coach Station and East Avenue in Killarney, with  pick-up / drop-off stops at

• GMIT in Dublin Rd, Galway
• The main bus stop in Farranfore -- this stop is newly added to the timetable.

Between October and February, there will be services on Friday and Sunday only, with two services each day in each direction, at 8:30am and 5:30pm. on those days.

Other options

Currently no other company runs a direct service on this route.   However other regional buses can be used for a non express service with a change in Limerick.

Timetable change for evening bus service from Galway to Mayo

Burkes Buses have announced that from Mon 20 January 2014, the evening Route 435 service from Galway to Ballinrobe / Kilmaine / Shrule and Headford will leave Eyre Square at 5:30pm.

Direct GoBus services between Galway and Dublin Aiprport

GoBus introduced their Winter 2013/2014 Galway - Dublin City - Dublin airport timetable on Monday 2 December.

The major change is that eight services each day now travel directly to/from aiport without stopping in Dublin City.

Nine services each day now only go to Dublin City, while two travel to the city via the airport.

They have a printable (PDF format) timetable which shows all their Galway / Dublin services on one page.


See also:

• Galway Eastern Regional Buses for details of other Dublin services, 
• Galway Airport Transfers for all airport services.