Bus travel to/from Galway

Bus travel is the most frequent and cheapest transport to/from Galway thanks to healthy competition between Bus Éireann (a state owned bus company) and private operators such as CityLink and BusNestor.

There are regular services throughout the day, every day, from Galway to all other major cities in Ireland.

CityLink and BusNestor operate special services to/from to Dublin Airport and Shannon Airport.

Estimated travel time by road (bus or car)

Route	Off-peak travel time	Peak hours travel time
Galway - Dublin	3 hours	4.5 hours
Galway - Dublin Airport	3 hours	4.5 hours
Galway - Shannon Airport	1 hour	1.5 hours
Galway - Limerick	1.5 hours	2 hours
Galway - Cork	2.5 hours	3.5 hours