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In the early days, the only form of public transport in Galway was provided by the Bianconi company, and it connected the city to outlying towns and villages. Some local entrepreneurs probably ran a hackney service, but the main mobile traffic on the road would have been privately owned horse-drawn carts of various types.

Salthill began to really liven up with the arrival of the Dublin to Galway train in 1851. Holidaymakers arrived at the resort in some style. Trains were met at the station by horse-drawn ‘cars’ or ‘buses’ which went out directly to the seaside.