Galway is losing a major transport link with the cancellation of Aircoach’s Galway – Dublin route from next month.
Aircoach has announced that the 706/706X route between Galway Coach Station and Dublin Airport, and its intermediary stops, will cease to operate from April 8.
The company said that this decision was being after “long and careful commercial consideration” of the route’s future.
The decision was criticised for further reducing the transport options connecting Galway and Dublin, after Bus Eireann had already withdrawn its Expressway services.
People Before Profit Ballinasloe candidate Andrew Mannion said, “This announcement represents a further blow to Ballinasloe, with the town losing another public transport option.”
“The 20 and X20 Bus Éireann expressway routes had been eroded for many years prior to being cancelled, with the stop in Creagh closed in 2018.”
“The Aircoach 706x service was already an unacceptable replacement for the Bus Éireann expressway routes when they were scrapped in 2021, leaving Ballinasloe with a reduced service and Aughrim with no service.”
Bus Eireann had previously cancelled the Galway – Dublin Expressway service back in Jun2 2021.
Bus Eireann said at the time that this decision was made to protect the other 14 routes following significant losses in 2020, with further losses expected.
