Iarnrod eireann has three defined brands, dart, commuter and inter city. Mar 17, 2015 if ireland is on your list of places to go, take some time to read this combination of irish authors, history, memoirs, and fictional tales before your travels. No ask is too big, no query too small, were here to take the stress out of booking your dream vacation. Mar 27, 2017 iarnrod eireann claims no rail services will be effected today by the fourth day of bus eireann strikes. You must show your free travel pass at the ticket booking desk in the train station and get a free rail ticket. What you need to know about backpacking and student travel around the island. Irelands ancient east day rail tour irish studio travel. Rail transport ceannt station, eyre square, galway, h91 t9ce. The official facebook page for iarnrod eireann irish rail, irelands national railways. Customers must be in possession of a valid standard class tickets, seasonal tickets, taxsaver tickets or interrail and free travel pass holders to reserve a seat in standard class.
Most of the countrys train lines branch out from dublin. Covid 19 information from 30th march 2020, in order to ensure social distancing at this time, we are operating an. Iarnrod eireann irish rail irish company info solocheck. Oct 02, 2017 a woman has died after being struck by a train this morning. The move is part of a range of actions focusing on train size, aimed at reducing energy. Irish rail to offer cheap tickets to passengers who book. However, the more remote villages and tourist sites are left to local buses or coaches. We are affiliated to the irish congress of trade unions. At what age are children no longer entitled to travel for free on public transport dublin bus, bus eireann, irish rail, luasdart etci thought that it was 3 years old but cant seem to find anything on this on the various websites. Iarnrod eireann irish rail is the national railway system operator of ireland. Steps to be followed by the holder of a travel pass to reserve a train seat. Courtesy frank larkin mayo branch enter irish rail web site.
Dublin airport to irish rail ireland forum tripadvisor. The all ireland free travel scheme allows a free travel cardholder those aged 66 and older to travel free of charge on all bus and rail services within northern ireland using a senior smartpass card. Iarnrod eireann go bragh railway job search jobs in the. Find out more about free travel in ireland and the senior smartpass which allows you to travel for free on public transport in northern ireland. From small towns to main cities, trains operated by the irish rail offers an effective connection in ireland. Tourists over 66 get free travel in ireland the irish times. Where do i find information on the free travel pass. If you have a ticket and dont wish to travel, youll be entitled.
Eurail pass holders can travel on all trains operated by the irish rail company. Extra trains will help hurling, golf enthusiasts flock to cork. Itll give you discounts and special student rates on bus and train journeys. Tssa represent clerical, technical, supervisory, administrative, executive, professional and managerial staff in iarnrod eireann. Seat only reservation free travel pass holders irish rail. Similarly, northern ireland senior smartpass holders are entitled to travel for free on services in ireland using their existing senior smartpass. To travel from tralee to dublin by train, please read the following information. Iarnrod eireann irish rail was set up on tuesday the 20th of january 1987. Trains in ireland travelling by train in ireland is a relaxing and hassle free way of getting around between the main population centers. The leap visitor card is a prepaid pass that allows you to travel on all dublin bus, airlink 747 buses, as well as the luas and dart for a whole 72 hours 3 days from its first use. For existing ticket holders, including free travel pass holders and season ticket holders, a reservation is essential for travel on sunday, august 26.
The train is more comfortable, but expensive if not booked in advance and then you are limited to a fixed time and allowing for flight delays etc. If you have not purchased your ticket in advance of travel, please try to have exact fare ready for the driver when boarding the bus. Customers are advised there is limited availability for seat only reservations online. All fares quoted are low fare available on irishrail. Thousands of rail users in cork disrupted by unofficial picket. Simply use your card to touch on leap card validators before or as you board the bustraintram and touch off when. Customers in possession of a valid open class ticket free travel dsfa pass holders. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Note use dublin city centre if you need the busluas to reach. Irish rail to offer cheap tickets to passengers who book early. More than 300 people have been referred to the department of social protection in a major crackdown on the use of fraudulent free travel passes. Oct 15, 2017 bus eireann has announced it has cancelled all of its nationwide services from 5am until 2pm. First traveler has two days in dublin prior to other travelers arrival.
In addition to the fares within a route, the fare finder may display some through fares to points on our national integrated network that involve onwards travel on. Our rail network covers belfast, cork, limerick, galway, kerry, mayo, sligo, waterford, wexford and many more counties around ireland. If you are making your return journey on the same day, you will get a day return ticket. A guide to trains serving carlow, kilkenny, tipperary, waterford and wexford. Our big problem is our systems capability, iarnrod eireann chief executive david franks said.
Our definitive guide to surviving life as a broke student. In ireland, it means you can travel for free on most iarnrod eireann irish rail, bus eireann irish bus company, luas trams and bus atha cliath dublin bus company services. Older tourists will enjoy free rail travel around the state following the introduction of a new scheme yesterday. Welcome and thank you for downloading the official iarnrod eireann irish rail app. Dealscove promise youll get the best price on products you want. Dec 19, 20 to conclude oh the hours of blood, sweat and tears that can be summarised in little over three pages. Irish rail under fire for free travel pass ban on gay. If you travel at all, buying one of these is a necessity. You do not need the credit card to used to book to collect. Rail statistics for ireland june 2014 total number of passenger journeys rail patronage and general economic data total operated kilometres passenger revenues free travel scheme revenue subsidies network changes bulletin topics. View barry kennys profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Rise in vehicles striking railway bridges a worrying.
Customers who are already in possession of or purchasing on the day of travel a valid standard class tickets such as family tickets, day return, open return, weekly, monthly, annual, interrail and free travel pass holders can reserve a seat on a service from 2. If you are over 65 and will be resident in northern ireland for at least three months, apply for a free senior smartpass, which entitles you to free travel on both trains and buses operated by. This brand is distinct from the longer distance intercity brand, and dublins higher frequency dart brand. Bus eireann axes all of its nationwide services from 5am. Enjoy a full irish breakfast the famous ulster fry at your leisure. People under 66 on certain social welfare payments are also entitled to free travel. The tragic incident happened at skerries station in dublin at around 8am. Anything is possible when you book with irish studio travel, because its your ireland, your way. The connaught telegraph rail customers must book in. In all other cases, you will get a single journey ticket. Individual voucher codes are valid for bookings made from 12am to midnight on these days and valid for travel at any time. Iarnrod eireann irish rail is the stateowned rail company in the republic of ireland, while in the north, northern ireland railwaysnir is the rail company. This app will allow you to plan your journey and view the latest realtime information available. Were an irish american company with the sort of insider knowledge not available anywhere else.
A baby girl born onboard a train has been offered free rail travel for the first 25 years of her life. Visitors who do not pre book the reservation can also avail of the scheme when they arrive by calling to a failte ireland tourist information office. Irish rail is now seeking to recruit candidates for the following apprenticeships. Diesel mechanic click here for job description electrician click here for. Rule book issue 1016 i, the undersigned, acknowledge receipt of this. However, taking the approach as laid out above and tackling them in an assembly line fashion, you can build a fifteenunit rake for little over 100 in a matter of days. Every time you use the card to travel the cost of the journey is deducted. Corporate communications manager at iarnrod eireann ireland. Iarnrod eireann has since reopened the line but said delays ar. Download iarnrod eireann irish rail official app and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. If you already have a ticket or pass, please have it ready for. In the your ticket details section click on drop down arrow beside the word adult.
Iarnrod eireann claims no rail services will be effected. Is an option for customers who are in possession of a valid standard class tickets, seasonal tickets, taxsaver tickets or interrail and free travel pass holders to reserve a seat in standard class. These offer unlimited rail travel within a designated. Celebrating 150 years of inchicore railway works on. Sep 09, 20 iarnrod eireann is to increase its use of twocarriage dart trains at offpeak times to reduce fuel costs. Please take your seat 20 minutes in advance of departure seat only reservations. More than 50 revenue protection officers blitzed trains nationwide in an ongoing campaign which is trying to end one of iarnrod eireanns.
For example, if the monopoly only scheduled one journey from galway to dublin in a day it could sell tickets for that journey at 20. The sustainability of current funding levels for the free travel scheme has been questioned after a 16 per cent increase in journeys taken by pass holders on public and private transport services. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Most commuter services share track with intercity services. Monopolys revenue iarnrod eireanns revenue is effected by the number of journeys each train makes to each destination. Iarnrod eireann irish rail company facebook 3,574 photos. Oct 16, 2017 irish rail issues notice of cancellations, delays and speed restrictions on routes across ireland. Iarnrod eireann irish rail official app on the app store. Established on 2 february 1987, it is a subsidiary of coras iompair eireann cie. The leap visitor card is a prepaid pass that allows you to travel on all dublin bus, airlink 747 buses as well as the luas and dart for a whole 72 hours 3 days from its first use. All overseas visitors aged 66 or over, from anywhere in the world, will be able to. The happiness thread page 520 creative writing forums. Buy your train ticket online via the booking links bellow. Get your family together, hop on board and rediscover the joy of the train.
Iarnrod eireann, in common with other public transport providers, is obliged to ensure the terms of the free travel scheme as set out by the department of social. Passengers caught out in blitz on free travel pass abuse. Iarnrod eireann, or irish rail, is the stateowned rail system in the republic of ireland. Those claiming free travel must be able to produce a valid department of social protection travel pass. Eileen fitzgerald, madam, last friday night i went to heuston station to collect a passenger on a train from cork which was scheduled to arrive at 10.
The first chance came in december 2003 with the delivery of 20 x 4 car sets, class 2900s, from caf. Everyone aged 66 and over living permanently in ireland is entitled to travel free of charge on public transport. Irish rail coupon codes 2020 best coupon codes, promo codes. This will speed up journey times for you and for other customers. Travel credit works in a similar way to mobile phone credit. Read our faq on how to book a seat only reservation. Then train to a base in cork for 3 days of seeing as much as possible in the area, maybe middleton, cobh, other places we dont know about yet train back to dublin for 3 more days in dublin. I have been looking at all of the sites and trying to figure out the best passes to get for this itinerary. Irish rail issues notice of cancellations, delays and speed. With an interrail pass you can travel by train across both northern ireland and the republic of ireland. This means we are not offering assigned seats with any tickets bought online and have removed the seat only.
Customers who have a free travel pass or an existing ticket can book a seat only reservation. Enjoy great fares for all the family with iarnrod eireann. Comaiteara is a brand of suburban rail services operated by iarnrod eireann in the republic of ireland, serving the cities of dublin, cork, limerick and galway. Confused about bustrain tickets dublin forum tripadvisor. The features include a journey planner, live train information and location based tools to find nearby stations. Covid 19 information from 30th march 2020, in order to ensure social distancing at this time, we are operating an unallocated seating policy for the safety of all until further notice. It is only available to fulltime students in second and third level education. This is to avoid hurling fans causing overcrowding on. Reservation is necessary and must be done before travelling. Rail statistics for ireland national transport authority. Ive never noticed any perceivable difference regarding the side of the train to choose on the dublin galway route.
At connolly station in dublin, i handed in my senior citizen free travel pass to get my ticket. Thousands of rail users in cork disrupted by unofficial picket rail staff at kent and mallow station have refused to pass the unofficial pickets fri, mar 31, 2017, 10. Baby born on train given free rail travel for 25 years. Iarnrod eireann irish rail trips to remember youtube. How to book trains in europe travel tips usa today. Iarnrod eireann apologise for sevenhour train journey from. Iarnrod eireann irish rail company facebook 3,556 photos. If there is insufficient no credit on the card it cannot be used for any further journeys until it is topped up at a ticket machine or online at. In england, it gives you free travel on all trams, most buses, tube, overground and dlr, and most rail services between certain hours. Iarnrod eireann make it easy for you to travel around ireland. Discover the best northern ireland travel guides in best sellers. Please note that the discussion was closed to any additional postings as of nov 1, 2016 and, as such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated and cannot be commented on by travelers at this time.
Barry kenny corporate communications manager iarnrod. The intercity routes usually start out from dublin and travel to most major cities, like. Iarnrod eireann commuter ramped up service levels throughout the day. Oct 20, 2017 tens of thousands of rail passengers face significant disruption in the run up to christmas after unions at iarnrod eireann announced five 24hour strikes in their dispute over pay. Patricks day, all senior tourists aged 66 or more are entitled to travel on the irish rail network completely free of charge.
This article contains a discussion by tripadvisor members concerning the above topic. Switch were delighted to have been able to assist iarnrod eireann and phelan electrical in designing and supplying a lighting solution for their train care depot and headquarters in laois. It apologised for the inconvenience but says the move has been taken in the interests of the safety of. Buy a trekker pass or explorer travel ticket and explore our beautiful country at your leisure. Simply use your card to touch on leap card validators before or as you board the bustraintram. Free bike reservation subject to availability is an option. Reservations for this date are free of charge, and can also be booked at. You will have to get another single ticket before making your return journey.