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.

Christmas Park and Ride - Galway city 2021

A park-and-ride service will run in Galway City for the Christmas 2021 shopping period.

It will run daily between Saturday 11 - Friday 24 December, and is being operated by Callanan Coaches, on behalf of Galway City Council.

City Direct fare increases

City Direct Galway have announced that from Wednesday 1 December 2021:

• Adult single cash fare is going up from €2.50 to €2.70
• Adult single Leap fare is going up from €2.00 to €2.20
• Student single Leap fare is going up from €1.70 to €1.90

See Galway City bus fares for full information about Galway city bus prices.

More Citylink buses between Galway and Dublin each day

Citylink have announced that they will be running 10 extra services between Galway and Dublin Airport each day, from Monday 25 October 2021.

The new timetables aren't loaded on their website yet, but comparing the journey planner shows that the extra services are at:

Galway to Dublin / Dublin Airport

• 6:15am
• 10:30 am  (EagleAir - express service)
• 2:30 pm  (EagleAir - express service)
• 4:15pm
• 6:15pm

Dublin / Dublin Airport to Galway

• 12:30am - ie just after midnight  (EagleAir - express service)
• 8:15 am  
• 6:15 pm  (EagleAir - express service)
• 10:15pm
• 11:30pm - this is a time-change for the previous 11:15pm service, which is no longer running.

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.

See Galway - East regional buses for information about other services on this route.

New daily bus between Loughrea and Limerick, via Athenry and Gort

Update

Despite extensive interest being indicated, this service did not get enough custom.   It was cancelled a week after being launched.

Original announcement

Farrells of Athenry have announced that they will run a daily bus between Loughrea and Limerick, via Athenry and Gort, from Monday 4 October.

This is a Monday - Friday service:

• Leaving Loughrea at 7am and arriving at UL at 8:45am
• Leaving UL at 6pm and arriving at Loughrea at 7:45pm
• With an extra UL to Loughrea service at 12-noon on Friday

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.

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.