Buses to the Galway Races September 2018 meeting

Galway Races early-autumn meeting is on from Monday 16 and Tuesday 15 September 2018.

For this event, there are no shuttle buses from Eyre Square or from surrounding towns.

Instead, egular regional bus services can be used to get to Galway City, and several Galway city buses route buses go from Eyre Square to the Avenue entrance:

• 401 - Ballybrit / Parkmore (previously called route 403) 
• 409 - Parkmore 

See the Parkmore neighbourhood map for details about this entrance

Regular city fares apply, including TaxSaver and Free Travel passes.

Because this is an evening meeting (gates open 2:15pm, first race 4:15pm), traffic is likely to be moderate and the bus services will run as per their timetables - see the Galway city bus summary for links to these.

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.

Cancellation of bus 403 and extension of bus 401

Bus Éireann have announced that from Sunday 16  September 2017:

• Route 403 - Galway city to Parkmore via Mervue and Castlepark is cancelled.

• Route 401 is extended to travel between Salthill (Rockbarton Rd), Eyre Square and on to Parkmore via Monivea Rd and Castlepark.

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.

Galway Races 2018 shuttle and regular bus services

The information below is for 2018 only.

Click here to see this year's Galway Races transport information.

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The Galway Races Summer Meeting is from Monday 30 July - Sunday 5 August 2018.

This is a summary of the public transport and traffic-management plans.

• Bus Éireann special races shuttle buses will run from Eyre Square.  

• Private bus companies are running special services from various towns and villages.  Some hotels are also organising shuttle services. 

• The route 409 - Parkmore  and route 403 - Ballybrit / Parkmore Industrial city buses go to the racecourse (Avenue entrance).  But there are restrictions during peak racing traffic hours Mon - Fri.

• There are some changes to regular regional buses during race week and the next week.