GALWAY DUBLIN TRAIN TRIPS TO BE 25 MINUTES SHORTER

Date Published: 19-Jan-2013

MANY train trips between Galway and Dublin will be shorter by up to 25 minutes while there will be one service extra per day in a new timetable launched this Sunday by Iarnrod Eireann.

The extra service in each direction will increase weekday frequency from eight to nine each way.

The extra trains will operate at 6.30 in the evening from Heuston to Galway and an additional 7.15 evening service Galway to Heuston.

One of the most significant cuts in a train journey time is for the 7.30 am from Galway which will now arrive in Dublin at 9.45 almost 30 minutes earlier than the 10.14 arrival time for the service previously.

Meanwhile there will be journey time improvements to most Limerick-Galway services of between 4 and 11 minutes.

There will also be Improved connections between Galway and Cork, with the extension of some Galway/Limerick services to and from Limerick Junction. This will enable customers to travel between Galway and Cork with one change at Limerick Junction

But one service in each direction will be cancelled, the 11.55 Limerick to Galway and the 12.10 Galway to Limerick.