What options for Dublin-Castlebar, Athlone-Dublin

Trojan · 21-01-2005 2:34pm #1

I'm heading to Castlebar tomorrow afternoon (Sat), most likely via Heuston Stn. I'll be coming back from Athlone on Monday (leaving there at ~9am). Probably will use the other half of my Heuston-Cbar return ticket.

I'm just wondering if anyone can think of other public transport options for this trip. Bus Eireann is a possibility for the latter journey, but I've heard that it goes via Donegal for the former.

Any ideas?

Al.

Occidental · 21-01-2005 3:15pm

The 21 is the Castlebar/Westport bus and goes through Roscommon, Castlerea and Claremorris.

The only connections I can ever remember were via Ballina and Sligo, but never anything near Donegal and besides the 21 is fairly regular these days, so I can't really see you needing a connecting service.

Athlone-Dublin, I'd stick with the train.

enterprise · 21-01-2005 4:04pm

Stick with the train. Its faster!

Occidental · 21-01-2005 4:19pm

enterprise wrote:

Stick with the train. Its faster!

I thought all you CIE employees were one big integrated happy family.

enterprise · 21-01-2005 4:23pm

Who said I worked for a CIE company? Im actually a unemployed poor student

Occidental · 21-01-2005 4:37pm

I thought you'd established a career, herding victims in Heuston station, or was that just work experience?

enterprise · 21-01-2005 4:59pm

I think you have the wrong person!

Occidental · 21-01-2005 5:24pm

I must be confusing you with another enterprise, that appeared on the DART fare evasion thread.

Victor · 21-01-2005 6:43pm

Trojan wrote:

Bus Eireann is a possibility for the latter journey, but I've heard that it goes via Donegal for the former.

Some of the busses operate via Galway.

http://194.106.151.88/jplan/bin/query.exe/en?seqnr=2&ident=gi.0533188.1106329177&OK#focus

Trojan · 21-01-2005 11:40pm

via Donegal was a (slight) exaggeration

Taking the train as usual. Just thought I'd look.

What options for Dublin-Castlebar, Athlone-Dublin

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