Tallaght to Galway runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:29 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €23.99, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 12m over 205 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €23.99, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€23.99
- 163%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Tallaght
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:29First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Irish Rail runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Tallaght to Galway on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €54.24Tue15
- about €59.74Wed16
- about €60.29Thu17
- about €49.84Fri18
- about €53.69Sat19
- about €43.79Sun20
- about €38.84Mon21
- about €27.84Tue22
- about €40.49Wed23
- about €51.49Thu24
- about €41.04Fri25
- about €38.84Sat26
- about €36.64Sun27
- about €23.99Mon28
- about €26.74Tue29
- about €25.64Wed30
- about €38.84Thu1
- about €36.64Fri2
- about €32.79Sat3
- about €34.99Sun4
- about €30.04Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Galway. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Galway for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Galway railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Tallaght to Galway
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.5990 days
- €30.5960 days
- €27.2945 days
- €22.8930 days
- €30.0421 days
- €23.9914 days
- €38.847 days
- €60.293 days
- €54.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 163 percent. The dearest point is €60.29, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Tallaght to Galway and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
205 km
178 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
81,022 → 85,910
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 205 km against 178 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Limerick, Drogheda. The gap between arriving and leaving is 84 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from NOC into Galway is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Galway
Settled in advance, so the ride into Galway costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Galway is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Galway railway station
Most of the points near Galway railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Tallaght to Galway
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Tallaght to Galway?
The fastest journey from Tallaght to Galway takes 2h 12m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 18m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Tallaght to Galway?
The cheapest fare from Tallaght to Galway is €23.99, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €38.84. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Tallaght to Galway?
The cheapest way from Tallaght to Galway is by train, at €23.99 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 2h 22m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Tallaght to Galway?
Fares from Tallaght to Galway bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €22.89. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 163 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Tallaght to Galway?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Tallaght to Galway, at €27.84. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Tallaght to Galway?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Tallaght to Galway, at €22.89 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Tallaght to Galway?
1 operators sell services from Tallaght to Galway across 1 mode: Irish Rail. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Tallaght to Galway?
33 percent of the services we sell from Tallaght to Galway are direct. The rest connect at Limerick, Drogheda, with about 84 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Tallaght to Galway use?
Services from Tallaght to Galway by train leave from Tallaght station and arrive at Galway railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Tallaght to Galway?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Tallaght to Galway allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Tallaght to Galway on 14 September 2026: 205 km of route against 178 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €23.99, and 2h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Galway a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Galway and across Ireland
Day trips that leave Galway in the morning and cover a good part of Ireland by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Tallaght reaches 5 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 48 to 209 km. Galway reaches 24 places in 8 countries, from 73 to 2,820 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Tallaght
- 5Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Galway
Leaving Galway
- 24Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 4Operators