Please book / travel early
 

With a combination of the usual homeward rush before Christmas and the weather disrupting travel, the online ticket allocations on irishrail.ie have been sold out on a large number of train services over the next few days, especially on Thursday 23 December. While the online allocation may be sold out, tickets will normally be available at the booking office, although without the accompanying reservation. With aircraft, cars and buses subject to more disruption than trains, expect things to be a little busier than usual.

So, if you can please book as soon as possible and try to travel at a time that gives you some time if things go wrong. While Irish Rail have said they will make sure that people get to their destinations, some delays can be expected.

Please note that there are many alternations to timetables over the next two weeks, including the closure of the DART from Dun Laoghaire to Bray from 25 December - 3 January. There are no services on 25-26 December. Details can be found here: http://www.railusers.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=13121

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