Intercity Sale Extended to Weekends

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=402 EXTENDED Great Web Prices - Intercity Sale Now On by Corporate & eMarketing

irishrail.ie is delighted to announce it has EXTENDED its off peak promotional single fares to Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays - only on irishrail.ie:

Dublin Heuston - Cork from €20 each way*
Dublin Heuston - Tralee from €20 each way*
Dublin Heuston - Ennis from €15 each way*
Dublin Heuston - Limerick from €15 each way*
Dublin Heuston - Galway from €15 each way*
Dublin Heuston - Westport from €15 each way*
Dublin Heuston - Kilkenny from €10 each way*
Dublin Heuston - Waterford from €10 each way*

Only on Irishrail.ie

*These fares are available on the following trains only on irishrail.ie - some exclusions apply (these fares are not available from booking office or telesales):

Monday to Saturday:
Dublin to Cork 09.00/ 10.00/ 12.00/ 13.00(1)/ 19.00/ 20.00/ 21.00
Cork to Dublin 10.30/ 12.30/ 13.30/ 14.30(1)/ 18.30/ 19.30/ 20.30

Dublin to Waterford 07.30/ 09.30
Waterford to Dublin 13.15/ 15.00/ 18.25

Limerick to Dublin 05.35/ 12.35/ 13.55(1)/ 14.15(1)/ 19.50
Dublin to Limerick 09.25/ 11.25/ 20.00/ 21.00

Dublin to Tralee 09.00/ 13.00(1)/ 20.00
Tralee to Dublin 09.15/ 11.15/ 13.15/ 17.15/ 19.15

Dublin to Galway 07.10/ 09.10/ 11.10(2)/ 19.15(1)
Galway to Dublin 10.50/ 13.10(1)/ 15.05(1)

Dublin to Westport 08.20/ 12.40(2)
Westport to Dublin 13.10(1)/ 18.05

Sunday:
Dublin to Cork 12.00/ 21.00
Cork to Dublin 10.30

Waterford to Dublin 09.25

Limerick to Dublin 08.35/ 12.35
Dublin to Limerick 11.25/ 13.25/ 19.25/ 21.35

Dublin to Galway 08.40/ 20.40
Galway to Dublin 08.25

Dublin to Westport 08.40
Westport to Dublin 07.45

(1) Promotional fare is excluded from this service on Fridays – normal web fare applies

(2) Promotional fare is excluded from this service on Fridays and Saturdays – normal web fare applies

Exclusion dates (normal web single fares apply):
27th of October
8th of November
15th of November
19th of November
22nd of November

Terms & Conditions:
Normal Terms & Conditions apply regarding cancellations & refunds.

These fares are standard class fares only and are not available in conjunction with premier class travel.

They are train specific.

Any passenger who attempts to travel on a promotional single fare on a non discounted service may be charged the difference between the normal web fare and the discounted single fare as a supplement.

Bookings can only be made up to 30 minutes prior to a service departure time.

These fares are subject to availability, on selected services and are only available on irishrail.ie for a limited time only. Some exclusion dates apply. Terms and conditions apply.

Book Now http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/timetables.asp

[Mark Gleeson]

Its slowly getting there as a proper across the board system.

Inclusion of Fridays, Saturdays and Sunday marks a big step. The whole goal behind the discounts to get people who are traveling at 4,5,6,7pm to travel earlier or later on lightly loaded services thus releasing some capacity at peak hours

There is a 46.50 fare available day return Cork Dublin on the 9:30am service as well most days

[Thomas Ralph]

Any passenger who attempts to travel on a promotional single fare on a non discounted service may be charged the difference between the normal web fare and the discounted single fare as a supplement.
That's an interesting development.

[Mark Gleeson]

That's an interesting development.

It just hasn't been stated clearly before

[Jferb]

Any passenger who attempts to travel on a promotional single fare on a non discounted service may be charged the difference between the normal web fare and the discounted single fare as a supplement.

But, if I'm reading it right, it would then suggest that no surcharge applies if one travels on another promotional service on the same day instead of the one booked?!

[Jferb]

irishrail.ie is delighted to announce it has EXTENDED its off peak promotional single fares to Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays...

...except on the Dublin-Tralee route!

By the way, how come the Sligo route is still excluded from the online-booking system??

[Mark Gleeson]

No stations equipped to handle the issuing of reserved tickets

[Jferb]

Hallelujah! Er, kind of. It seems it's now possible to buy tickets to 'Dublin City Centre' and get the discount, e.g. system quotes €21.30 for Tralee to Dublin City Centre off-peak.

However, it's still not happening in the opposite direction! :confused:

Although, at the same time, when traveling off-peak why bother cos the Luas smart-card is still 5c cheaper (€1.25 single instead of the €1.30 add-on)! That don't make sense to me but I guess that's IE. . . :rolleyes:

[Mark Gleeson]

The problem with the add on are known to Irish Rail, it appears they are working on it.

Smart card is all well and good, but it doesn't work on the bus and there is a purchase cost which makes it impractical for for infrequent users

[Jferb]

What I'd really like is to be able to buy my Intercity web-fares to/from Clontarf Road, but I guess that'd be expecting way too much. . .

[comcor]

I'm surprised the 19:00 Cork-Dublin on a Friday is included. That's usually a quite busy service.