Bus Éireann Galway city bus changes, March 2013

Bus Éireann have announced a number of service-changes, starting from Sunday 3 March 2013.

Route 407 - Bóthar an Chóiste

• Both directions (out and in) will follow the same bus route, via Crestwood.
  A map of the new route is available here.
  The bus-stop by Sandyvale Lawn will no longer be used: passengers from here and Brookdale will need to use the Ballinfoyle bus stop.

• Services will run every 30 minutes, at quarter to and quarter past the hour, instead of every 40 minutes. The first bus of the day leaves five minutes later, and the last bus five minutes earlier.

Route 404 - Newcastle

On the outward trip, services will operate via Thomas Hynes Rd to the Browne Roundabout and call at bus-stops opposite Corrib Park.

It is not yet clear what the impact of this change is - whether the outward bus will travel the full length of Thomas Hynes Rd and then circle back to go along Siobhan McKenna Rd, or whether Upper Newcastle Rd will be used on the inward journey only.

Medtronic (Parkmore Industrial Estate) services

The following services to Medtronic are cancelled:

• 7am - from Seacrest
• 3:15pm - from Eyre Square (Mon-Thur)
• 2:45pm - from Eyre Square (Fri)

The following services from Medtronic are cancelled:

• 3:30pm to Eyre Square
• 4:30pm to Seacrest (Mon - Thur)
• 9:35pm to Seacrest (Fri)

The 7:10am service from Seacrest to Ballybrit Industrial estate is cancelled.

Note:   these cancellations do not affect the regular route 409 and 403 buses that serve Parkmore Industrial Estate.


This leaves the 7:45am  HP service as the only factory-run service that is operating.


See Galway City Bus Services for a full list of city buses, along with timetable and route-map links.

Bus Eireann regional service changes, March 2013

Bus Éireann have announced changes to their regional bus services, from Sunday 3 March 2013.

Affected routes

Route 417 - Galway - Corofin 

• This service now runs between Galwyay and Corofin, and does not continue to Tuam.

Route 418 Galway - Athenry

• All services are cancelled.
  Note: a private operator now provides a number of services between Athenry and Galway, seven days a week, including a Night bus on Fri/Sat nights.

Route 425, Galway - Mountbellew- Longford

• Now runs Mon-Fri only
• No longer stops at Four Roads (Coyles)
• The Wednesday and Friday only buses between (Longford to Lanesboro, and Longford to Galway) are cancelled.
• The Tuesday and Thurday only bus between Longford and Galway will travel via Turloughmore, not via Monivea.

Route 431 - Galway - Monivea - Mountbellew

• Is renumbered route 425a.
• No changes to the timetable.

Route 436c:  Galway - Carnmore Airport

• Is cancelled.

For further information:

• See Bus Eireann's website for full details of their services
• See www.a-b.ie for the National Journey Planner.
• See Regional Bus Services for details / links to all bus companies operating to, from or through Galway.

Galway Transport Forum followup survey

The Better Transport for Galway Committee (previously known as Galway Transport Forum) are running a follow up survey about traffic developments in Galway over the last 12 months.

It is short (4 questions with about four parts in each): it takes about 5 minutes to do.

They survey is anonymous, and you don't need to log in.   Click here to have your say.

Train timetable changes, January 2013

Irish Rail train timetable changes apply from Sunday 20 January.

New timetable services are now shown in Irish Rail's on-line booking website.  Printed versions of the new and old timetables are available on-line.

In summary, almost all trail services leave a few minutes later (usually 5-15 minutes), and have a slightly different (usually quicker) journey time.

More significant timetable changes include:

• A new Dublin to Galway, Mon - Sat service, at 1:25pm
• A new 6:15pm service from Dublin to Athlone (and then on to Westport) - Mon-Sat
• First Sunday service from Dublin to Galway leaves 30 mintues at 8am.
• First Galway to Dublin Mon - Sat service is at 5:30am instead of 5am, and arrives at 7:57pm.
• Times of Mon - Fri service Galway to Athenry and then Limerick are adjusted, and one service is cancelled.

All Galway train services travel to/from Ceannt Station.  Other regional public transport options are listed under Regional Buses

BusLink services between Galway, Oranmore and Athenry

BusLink bus at the Eyre Square pick-up point.

From Monday 14 January 2013, Farrell Travel are re-branding their scheduled Galway - Athenry DayLink and NightLink services as BusLink, and introducing some timetable changes and new services:

• A new service from Athenry to Galway, stopping at Parkmore, Mervue, Ballybrit and Ballybane industrial estates, as well as GMIT, Eyre Square, and the Cathedral/NUIG bus-stop  
  (2 departures each way, morning and evening).

• Slight changes to the departure times of existing Mon-Fri afternoon services (eg 5:15pm becomes 5pm)

• Saturday daytime buses between Athenry and Galway no longer stop at Derrydonnell

• A new NightLink bus between Galway city and Oranmore

• A new Sunday service between Galway and Athenry, with 3 departures in each direction.

See the BusLink website for fare and timetable details, or the East Galway Regional Buses page for information about other bus-services in the area.