Dublin - Waterford

There's engineering works on that Saturday,it'll be bus transfer to Athy and train from Athy to Waterford. Looks like they haven't loaded it into the booking engine yet, probably be done next week.

There are tickets on sale for that date now on the Irish Rail website.

I've used this service for a couple of years now, midweek return Waterford to Dublin. I always book seats a few days before but sometimes the display isn't working. It's frustrating for people who have to move when the person who booked turns up for their seat. The Waterford to Dublin leg is usually OK, with some empty seats at the start of the journey.

The return trip is always full. I've never seen an empty seat. Apart from the time we got on the Portlaoise train but that's another story.. 😅

I would presume that once hourly services are introduced (projected for 2027 apparently) we’ll get a pre-09:00 arrival from Dublin into all of the core intercity destinations: Waterford, Cork, Galway, Belfast and Limerick

I’d imagine so, but probably not until after the next rolling stock cascade happens following the introduction of DART rolling stock and sufficient drivers being available too.