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Direct Bus Galway to Waterford (Or Train?)

  • 07-05-2012 4:15pm
    #1
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,861 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi, does anyone know the best way to get down to Waterford and back the next day from Galway city for 2 adults? Cant see a direct bus or train anywhere, thanks.


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  • #2
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,233 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Train via Limerick or Kildare/Heuston.

    Bus via Limerick.

    I'm not aware of any direct services.


  • #3
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,861 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Thanks, thats a pain though, 4 hours. Do you know if there are any companies besides Bus Eireann?


  • #4
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,233 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Not that I am aware of, unless you go via Dublin. I think GoBus might do Galway-Limerick.


  • #5
    munchkin_utd
    Registered Users Posts: 7,810 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    you got a driving licence?
    A car can be hired for as little as a tenner a day outside of midsummer and christmas (and other) peak tourist times.


  • #6
    LXFlyer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,534 ✭✭✭✭LXFlyer


    While Citylink do operate Galway/Limerick, Bus Eireann do offer the fastest journey time with the X51 service. Then it's the 55 onto Waterford.

    Through tickets available online.


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  • #7
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,861 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Ah okay, thanks for that, Citylink are usually faster.


  • #8
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    The "best" way is the train to Dublin and then another down to W-ford.
    2 hours for each journey on a comfy train rather than a crowded bus.


  • #9
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,233 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    biko wrote: »
    The "best" way is the train to Dublin and then another down to W-ford.
    2 hours for each journey on a comfy train rather than a crowded bus.
    Not absolutely. Depending on time of day changing at Kildare or Limerick Junction is necessary to get there on time.


  • #10
    Paddyfield
    Registered Users Posts: 509 ✭✭✭Paddyfield


    Galway is only separated from Waterford by one county...Tipperary.

    Ironically, even though there is no direct transport link between Galway and Waterford, it was once possible to fly direct with Aer Arann in just half an hour.

    Then the Celtic Tiger died and now you have to criss cross Ireland to skip one county.


  • #11
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    You cant trust bus eireann times either. You'll be left an hour or 2 late.


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  • #12
    highlydebased
    Registered Users Posts: 7,465 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    Thargor wrote: »
    Ah okay, thanks for that, Citylink are usually faster.

    the X51 is about 20 minutes faster than Citylink


  • #13
    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,851 ✭✭✭thesandeman


    Quickest and cheapest way for me was always bus to Limerick then train to Waterford. Cost about half what going via Dublin would. However I think CIE have copped on and changed their fare structure in the last year so maybe there isnt a saving anymore.


  • #14
    LXFlyer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,534 ✭✭✭✭LXFlyer


    Thargor wrote: »
    Ah okay, thanks for that, Citylink are usually faster.

    Not on Galway-Limerick. I've already told you that Bus Eireann route X51 is the fastest service.

    Also if you use Citylink you will have to pay two separate fares.


  • #15
    n97 mini
    Registered Users Posts: 8,295 ✭✭✭n97 mini


    Victor wrote: »
    Train via Limerick

    Just checked online for this day week.
    Via Limerick 6 hours and €60 SINGLE! Talk about being bitch slapped!

    Via Dublin 5 hours and €25 single, or 4.5 hours via Kildare for same price.


  • #16
    munchkin_utd
    Registered Users Posts: 7,810 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    cocoshovel wrote: »
    You cant trust bus eireann times either. You'll be left an hour or 2 late.
    they have factored that into their printed timetables and the quoted connection is not the bus 10 min after you arrive in Limerick (making a presumtion you will be on time) but the one an hour later than that again - so Bus Eireann themselves presuming that the optimum connection is impossible to make.


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