My husband and I want to travel from Killarney to Galway by public transportation. It looks like our options are to take the train and endure a 4-hour layover in Limerick or take a Dublin Coach bus to Limerick and a CityLink bus from Limerick to Galway. I see horror stories about both bus services on TripAdvisor. Can anyone advise me which option would be preferable? Thank you.
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Lake District, England
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The IR journey planners say to go via Dublin Heuston, where it's typically a half hour connection.
The 0745 from Killarney is a through train to Dublin, the others are a slick and guaranteed connection into the train from Cork at Mallow,
The 1141 is change at Mallow, Limerick Junction (another guaranteed connection) and Limerick, but that is a 17 minute connection, rather than several hours.
The 1541 is the same Limerick route, with a 5 minute connection at Limerick. That may look tight, but it is a booked connection.
https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/Train-Timetables
Bus Eireann have a near hourly service between the two on service 14 to Limerick, with a 20 minute connection at Limerick. Two buses a day are service 40 to Cork, 20 minute connection there into the 51.
EDIT- I can see where your info came from- the troublesome Rome2Rio!! If there is one constant on this forum it's the wrong info on R2R.
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isn31C:
Thank you for your information. You are right- I was relying on Rome2Rio. I hadn't heard that it provided questionable info. Good to know.
Jane