getting from athlone town to Glasson

ayatollah

hey all

i've to go to a wedding on saturday in the glasson hotel

i've the journey planned to arrive in athlone on the train at 20.03

i cant seem to find any info on a bus to glasson

i could chance a taxi but according to google its 15mins away so that'd cost me the price of the bus ticket again

is there any local bus service available or in lieu of that anyone know a good taxi driver that won't fleece me?

cheers in advance lads and ladies

Eoin

BoB_BoT

Afraid taxi is your only option unless you can bum a lift with someone heading to the wedding. Best bet is to ask a taxi driver before you get into the car is it a fixed rate to Glasson Hotel.

I'm sure someone here will give you a taxi number that will give you a fixed rate.

Sunny Dayz

Ring the hotel in Glasson and ask for the number of the taxi they use. My parents were at a wedding last year in Glasson and the receptionist recommended them a taxi no (as the hotel was booked out for the wedding). Taxi driver did a reasonable rate for them cos he was recommended by the hotel.

ayatollah

Cheers peeps

I'll ring them in the morning

Thanks for your help folks

feargale

Glasson is on the main road from Athlone to (1) Cavan, Monaghan, Armagh, Belfast and (2) Longford, Carrick-on-Shannon, Sligo. Am I being seriously told that no bus passes through it?

whyulittle

Not at 8 o'clock on a Saturday night I doubt.

Also, the hotel is nowhere near the main road.

tomo75

Not to the Hotel - the village maybe.

feargale

tomo75 wrote: »

Not to the Hotel - the village maybe.

I don't know a hotel in Glasson. Do you mean the Wine Port?

pajero12

tomo75 wrote: »

Not to the Hotel - the village maybe.

Busses do pass through Glasson but i don't think any stop, The hotel (I assume the Glasson Golf) is another 2km outside the village.

feargale

pajero12 wrote: »

Busses do pass through Glasson but i don't think any stop, The hotel (I assume the Glasson Golf) is another 2km outside the village.

Maybe OP could persuade a bus to stop.

Rasmus

A bus stops in Glasson in the afternoon if you wanted to rearrange your plan. However the hotel is at least 2km from there.

Long Gone

feargale wrote: »

Maybe OP could persuade a bus to stop.

Have you ever travelled on Bus Eireann ? - You'd need to be an OAP to have any chance of persuading them to stop.....:(

ayatollah

thanks folks

after a few misadventures and detours and changes to plans, i managed to make it to the wedding and have some great craic.


thanks to everyone for their help