Engineering works to cause Athlone-Galway rail disruption this Saturday

Irish Rail has announced that there will be disruption to scheduled train services between Athlone and Galway this Saturday evening (October 24) due to engineering works.

The planned works are to be carried out on the railway line between Athlone and Ballinasloe.

As a result, a number of the evening services between Dublin and Galway will be operating with bus transfers in place from Athlone to Ballinasloe, from where train connections will resume to Galway.

A list from Irish Rail of affected services this Saturday reads as follows:

* 17:31 Heuston to Galway: will operate to Athlone only, bus transfers from Athlone to Ballinasloe, second train departing at 19:47hrs from Ballinasloe to Galway

* 18:30 Heuston to Galway: will operate to Athlone only, bus transfers from Athlone to Ballinasloe, second train departing at 20:38hrs from Ballinasloe to Galway

* 19:35 Heuston to Galway: will operate to Athlone only, bus transfers from Athlone to Ballinasloe, second train departing at 21:42hrs from Ballinasloe to Galway

* 20:30 Heuston to Galway: will operate to Athlone only, bus transfers from Athlone to Ballinasloe, second train departing at 22:41hrs from Ballinasloe to Galway

* 15:05 Galway to Heuston: will operate in an altered path

* 17:20 Galway to Heuston: will operate to Ballinasloe only, bus transfers from Ballinasloe to Athlone, second train departing at 19:17hrs from Athlone to Heuston

* 18:18 Galway to Athlone: will operate to Ballinasloe only, bus transfers from Ballinasloe to Athlone

* 19:25 Galway to Heuston: will operate to Ballinasloe only, bus transfers from Ballinasloe to Athlone, second train departing at 21:10hrs from Athlone to Heuston

* 20:50 Galway to Heuston: will operate to Ballinasloe only, bus transfers from Ballinasloe to Athlone, second train departing at 22:20hrs from Athlone to Heuston