Today Irish Rail have proposed to begin 7 new services to commence on August 25th. Highlights include

• 5 more services stopping at Oranmore and Athenry
• 1 more service stopping at Attymon
• An extra train for commuters in the morning into Galway, calling at Attymon (08:31), Athenry (08:38), and Oranmore (08:48)
• An extra train in the evening into Galway, leaving Athenry at 22:45 and Oranmore at 22:56.
• An extra early morning and extra mid morning train to Dublin
• One new service on Sunday

Eoin says: "I see this as a result of the record funding the Greens have secured for public transport when we entered government. The car will remain the dominant form of motorised transport, particularly in rural Ireland, but I passionately believe people deserve to have more transport options."

Irish Rail have today (May 30th, 2024) proposed 7 new services serving Galway city and county.

Monday - Saturday:

• New 07:27 hrs Tullamore/Galway service (Mon-Fri) arriving at 08:58 hrs.
  This provides an additional morning peak service into Galway for all stations between Tullamore and Oranmore. This is likely to leave Athenry at 08:38, and Attymon at 08:28.
• New 09:05 hrs Galway/Heuston (Mon-Fri) serving Oranmore, Athenry, Ballinasloe, Athlone, Clara, Tullamore & Portarlington, arriving into Dublin Heuston at 11:29 hrs.
• There is currently a train at 09:30 from Galway to Heuston. Instead there would be one train at 09:05 and another at 10:05. Both would stop at Oranmore.
• New 05:45 hrs Heuston/Galway service (Mon-Fri) arriving at 08:36 hrs. This gives a pre-09:00 arrival into Galway City from Dublin.
• New 20:30 hrs Heuston/Galway service (Mon-Sat) arriving at 23:06 hrs. This will provide a later last service from Dublin to Tullamore, Clara, Athlone, Ballinasloe, Woodlawn, Athenry, Oranmore & Galway. The last train from Athenry to Galway is currently 21:40, now there  would be this new service at 22:46.
• A new 20:50 hrs Galway/Heuston service (Mon-Sat) arriving at 23:33 hrs. This will provide a later last service from Galway to Clara, Tullamore, Portarlington, Kildare, Newbridge & Heuston. Currently the last train from Galway to Dublin is at 19:20. This later service is welcome.

Sundays

• New 10:30 hrs Heuston/Galway (Sundays) service arriving at 13:02 hrs, also calling at Newbridge, Kildare, Portarlington, Tullamore, Clara, Athlone, Ballinasloe, Woodlawn, Athenry & Oranmore.
• New 13:40 hrs Galway/Heuston (Sundays) service arriving at 16:14 hrs, also calling at Oranmore, Athenry, Attymon, Woodlawn, Ballinasloe, Athlone, Clara, Tullamore & Portarlington. The current service leaving Galway at 13:00 would change to leave at the earlier time of 12:20. This  new service will leave Galway at 13:40. The earlier train will serve Attymon but the later one won't.

The announcement today is enabled by the recent acquisition of new carriages and the Greens winning a ratio of 2:1 spending on public transport versus private transport when entering government. Some parties want to force young people into expensive car ownership but the Greens believe in giving transport options.

Today is good news for rail commuters in Galway city and county. However, the details are not finalised, and Irish Rail are looking for your feedback: Click here to have your say.

For more, see https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/news/Timetable-Consultation-2024#GALWAY