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Iarnrod Eireann

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  • 06-10-2009 9:24pm
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    fend
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    Was just booking a train ticket for the aul one there on the Iarnrod Eireann website for a trip to Dublin tomorrow from Eyre Square... 10 euro!!

    Shocked!

    I got a ticket before for the same journey under a student fare... €42 ONE WAY

    I actually had to double check to see if maybe it was an error or something!
    Value much? Yes I think so!


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    #2
    PomBear
    Registered Users Posts: 1,885 ✭✭✭PomBear


    fend wrote: »
    Was just booking a train ticket for the aul one there on the Iarnrod Eireann website for a trip to Dublin tomorrow from Eyre Square... 10 euro!!

    Shocked!

    I got a ticket before for the same journey under a student fare... €42 ONE WAY

    I actually had to double check to see if maybe it was an error or something!
    Value much? Yes I think so!

    I've heard that before that they do it on non-peak times


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    inisboffin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,390 ✭✭✭inisboffin


    From Galway to Dublin, quite a few trains have this price. Dublin to Galway, less so, the last one of the day has, and often the mid morning. On Fridays they are a bit more.

    Just go to the 'reservation' part of the site, choose a time, then hit 'check price' if you are unsure.

    Only works for online price. I get the train about a third of the time these days, but only while the prices remain reasonable.


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    gnolan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,486 ✭✭✭gnolan


    Not particularly surprised to be honest; applied for a job with Iarnrod Eireann on the 26th September 2008, got a letter today saying my application was unsuccessful - one year later!

    I mean sure, its largely unrelated to your predicament, but a true story nonetheless.


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    fend
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    Checked it for the 9.15 train, the 11 and the 1pm! All a tenner!
    Peak Shmeek... If I was going to Dublin, personally, I would be booking an early enough train. I would have assumed 11am and 1pm were peak times?

    Thats just my opinion, but to have such a good offer up until 1pm?

    I didnt actually check to see if it was available at any other times of the day, purely because the iarnrod eireann is a bit of a b***h to be refreshing all the time.


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    banshee_bones
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    yeah that 10e is only on selected times. biggest sickener is the 48e ONE WAY and return at the weekends. sorry id like a seat on the train, i don't want to purchase the entire train!


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    inisboffin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,390 ✭✭✭inisboffin


    And the latest craic is that if you reserve a seat (which can help if you can't be there for the train early) it seems to mean diddily, or at least causes mayhem (sometimes also funny!). The seat number on your ticket rarely matches the name on the digital reserved sign over the seat.
    This divides people into those who a) go for the seat they actually chose (I'd be one of those) and the number on the ticket. or b) those who go hunting for their name and try and oust the people already there as 'it is their name, their seat'.

    It's really quite tribal the divide! :rolleyes:

    Often times, NO reserved notes are on there at all, but there is the ominous announcement not to 'take pre-reserved seats' (for all the psychics on the train).

    Then it is down to how Irish you are/how much you want the seat with the middle aged woman sitting in it, who looks really comfy. Gah.


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