Very organized station and train staff. I was impressed at the lunch and snacks menu. A lady came around taking everyone's orders. Just light cold snacks and refreshments for our trip but that's ok. Comfortable seating and we were able to reserve a table for four. A nice fast way to travel through Ireland. My first trip on a train in Ireland! read more

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Most of my travels in Ireland were with the rental car but for the first couple of days in Dublin, it was Iarnród Éireann which in English is Irish Rail. The train operator for the Republic of Ireland with its main hub in Dublin but spokes leading out to much of the Republic. I did not take any of the long distance trains, just commuter hops on the line between Connolly Station and Maynooth (Maigh Nuad in Gaelic). Most of the time, the trains were on time. Smooth running, clean, efficient, with wifi on board. Never completely crowded except the rush hour schedule which is understandable. I did once almost miss a train because it's nearly time to depart but the track is empty. I learned from one of the staff in Connolly Station that the app might indicate one track number (in this case, Track 4) but the displays in the station show a different track number (Track 7). And it's the ones in the station that you should believe. Thankfully, I rushed over to Track 7 and boarded with a minute to spare. [Review 1813 of 2024 - 74 in Republic of Ireland - 22835 overall] read more

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The Scarlet Vetter says.....I came to Dublin from the US for a business trip, but had an odd day down, so I decided to take a day trip to Belfast to see the Titanic Museum. I also decided to bravely take the train. It was a great decision! I booked online and it was relatively painless. The first class ticket was pretty affordable so I booked that. Connelly Train Station in Dublin is far less intimidating than Grand Central Station in New York City. I easily found the track and got on the train timely. The first class experience was very nice because you had a table to place things on and they also had a table side food service with breakfast options, coffee and tea. The train was extremely comfortable, well lit and well ventilated, with reasonable bathrooms. We got to Dublin in about two hours. One note of interest-- I almost had a heart attack when my cellphone carrier sent me a message while I was on the train heading towards Belfast, that I was entering the United Kingdom. I had not thought about the fact that northern Ireland was essentially in another country and I had not brought my passport. As it turned out, it was not needed.....thankfully. My return trip was equally uneventful and pleasant. I would recommend this mode of travel for anyone looking to do a day trip, or to move between cities while in Ireland. read more

Trains from Heuston to Portlaoise end at 10.10pm. This is useless to anyone going to any concert or event in Dublin hoping to travel by train. If you have a child with you, you must wait another 2hrs to get a bus instead. Wait where? Trains to and from Heston daily for commuters to work are way over crowded. This too needs to be addressed and the cost is way more expensive than for those going from Kildare. read more

This is not a high-speed train, but with plenty of amenities onboard, you might not mind. The wife and I booked our tickets online, which allowed us to pick our seats. Roundtrip fare from Dublin to Galway and back was €33.98 per person, which seemed reasonable. Tickets can of course also be bought at the train station. Because we pre-booked, an LCD over our seats showed our names. Very high tech. Almost all seats on the train have a table in front of them, with 4 seats to a table. There are power outlets (Ireland/UK plug) at the table and free WiFi throughout the train. Lots of leg room, too. It was really awesome to see this rail company prioritize utility to the customer rather than trying to cram a record number of seats into a train car to maximize profits. There are restrooms on each train car, and a ticker at the end of the car shows whether the restroom is occupied, as well as the distance to the next stop. Restrooms have 120V and 230V outlets for your shaving needs. An attendant with a snack and drink cart even came down the train aisle a couple times. We had a smooth and comfortable ride both ways. If only the US had such a great train system, maybe more people would actually ride! read more

My brother who is disabled had to go from Mullingar to Dublin for a medical appointment. The customer service and assistance starting in Mullingar was 5 *****, from start to finish. The staff in Mullingar go above and beyond all the time. They had arranged help st Connolly Station to assist my brother get The Luas. I am so thankful for this service . Great job everyone! read more

Iarnród Éireann is the type of trains that you get when you're going down the country. The last time that I was on an Iarnród Éireann train was when a few of us took a trip to sunny Galway (though it wasn't sunny when we went because it was January). We're all young suburbanites, so we assumed that the train would be like the Dart: you turn up a couple of minutes before it's due, jump on and away you go. So even though we got to the train station more than half an hour before the train was due to depart, we didn't bother getting on to the train until five minutes before it left. We didn't even conceive that it might be in the station before this. I should point out at this point that this was a Friday afternoon and all the culchies were returning home, and that the train had been there some time before departure, all of the seats gradually being occupied. The girls who we were nominally travelling with had turned up ages earlier, and had a nice little booth for themselves. In the end, we had to stand in a passageway. This left us fairly pissed off, as the reason that we were getting the train rather than the much cheaper bus was the fact that you could drink, and we weren't relishing the prospect of standing and drinking our cans in a shitty corridor all the way to Galway. As luck would have it, there was another group of lads in the same predicament as ourselves, some of whom had went to school with one of the lads. So the fifteen or so us had a grand time sessioning in this little passage, and we met up with them later that night. So yes, the fact that you can drink really adds that element of fun to travelling by train, but fifty f*cking euro return to Galway?? They're having a bleedin' laugh. read more

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While making plans for our visit to Ireland, after making our airline reservations the next inevitable question was "How would we get around?" As we wouldn't presumably be spending our entire time within Dublin, it was a question that needed to be answered. Given that I had never driven on the left side of the road before combined with the insight that the major cities in this country aren't exactly known for their wide streets, we looked into other options. Busses seem plentiful, but didn't strike us as something appropriate for a vacation. That left trains - and I was pleasantly surprised as to how affordable the routes seemed to be. We needed access from Dublin to Galway, then to Cork, then back to Dublin. My wife and I took a taxi from our hotel to Heuston Station for our 9:20 AM ride. Given our level of paranoia about being timely, we arrived at 8:15. I think we could've arrived at 9:10 and not had any problem - the process was that simple. Just enter our access code into a kiosk, retrieve our tickets, then wait. Heuston Station, while maybe not being clean enough to lick the floor, was certainly a comfortable place to wait, what with plentiful seats, a variety of culinary options (coffee, biscuits and the like), and of course reasonable toilets. Yes, there could have been more signs indicating train times, but it's really not that difficult to turn our heads. When our train was announced, we simply inserted our tickets into the turnstile, and ventured forward. A real concern had been our luggage - we each had a backpack and a suitcase. Would there be adequate storage, or would we find ourselves hanging onto our bags with bated breath? We needn't have bothered worrying - even in coach class (which is all there is from Dublin to Galway), room was plentiful. Given we'd purchased our tickets in advance, we even saw our names in the digital lights above our seats! While we really weren't hungry or thirsty, the train does offer various food services (although they took way too long to offer anything on the Dublin-Galway run). Not too many stops, and those that do exist go by very quickly. We arrived in Galway refreshed, and ready to proceed with our day. The only level of complexity we really experienced was on the Galway-Cork run, where one has to transfer in both Limerick and Limerick Junction. But that was a small price to pay. I'd strongly encourage Irish Rail for any intra-city travel in the wonderful Republic of Ireland. read more

I have spent most of my adult life complaining about Iarnrod Eireann - or Irish Rail as it's known in English. It's the country's train service and it's long had a pretty bad reputation. For years we had to travel on trains that were only fit for cows, with lateness part and parcel of the journey. I must admit though that in the past while it's been improving a lot. These days a lot of the trains have been modernised and more often than not they are actually on time! Since Irish Rail started to embrace the internet things are better too. While before it felt like daylight robbery buying a ticket, now you can book online and it's much, much cheaper. You get an allocated seat too so no more fears of having to stand between carriages. So yes, it's got a way to go yet, but Iarnrod Eireann is getting there. read more

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Iranrod Eireann also known as Irish Rail. It's not the fastest rail system in Europe, but it's pretty comprehensive. You can use it to get all over Ireland. My husband and I did on a recent trip. We based ourselves out of Dublin and used the train to get to Cork and Galway. There are a variety of fare plans and ticket types to suit your needs. You can choose among regular single tickets and day saver tickets (which do have travel restrictions). There are a couple of classes available including Priemier Class which has electronically adjustable seats and power points for phones, i-pods, and laptops. The seats have ports so that you can listen to a variety of programs. You can also have meals served to you at your seat. My husband and I sampled this and it was worth it. Standard class, which is what we used, is also pretty good too. There are data ports available, and on the new equipment, electronic seat reservation displays. No matter which class you choose, reservations are suggested. Oh yes, my husband the railfan loved the trains, including http://www.irishrail.ie/fleet_information/intercity_fleet.asp read more

Iarnrod Eireann, Ireland's national railway service, offers swift and generally punctual service for commuters and travellers. The trains are clean and comfortable and reach into the outer reaches of rural Ireland. My main gripe with Iarnrod Eireann is that travelling by train is just darn expensive. It's so expensive that some people have actually been led to believe that FLYING between Cork and Dublin is a good idea. Yes, FLYING! This kind of madness is borne from an adult single rail ticket to Cork costing €66. In fairness, Iarnrod Eireann are now offering special €10 deals for certain destinations. If they want to keep Irish people railing through a recession, they'll have to keep the discount prices coming. Oh yeh, I believe trains are one of the only places where you can legally purchase alcohol in Ireland on Good Friday. Keep that in mind when you're planning your Easter break... read more

I was in Ireland for two weeks in September 2015. I took the train from Millstreet to Cobh and returned the same day. I had a great experience. I had rented a car but it was easier to take the train. I did have to switch trains in Mallow and Cork. The staff in the stations were very helpful. I did download the "app" onto my phone. It was very easy to use and quick. The train I was on had free WiFi and the signal was decent. The trains were clean. read more

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Oh wow... I'm a convert! Never, ever again will you see me taking a bus to get myself to Galway. Not while you get book yourself a plush perch on the Iarnrod Eireann for a tenner, anyway. Amazing. First class travel, in style and with a food and drink cart service, reserved seating and a toilet, Iarnrod Eireann trumps a dodgy, dawdling bus service any day. Like the others, I too have purchased expensive rail tickets in the past (ouch! 60 euro - never again!) But when they're offering single tickets to Galway, Cork, Sligo, Belfast etc. for 10 euro, you'd be mad not to go by train. read more

I travel by rail a lot. But why is it that when I reserve seats they are rarely booked. What's the point ! It's so annoying.

I double checked to make sure this is the train we took from Pearse Street Station to Malahide and back. Less than 5 euro each and the train was on time both ways, clean, and free of the negative behaviour you see sometimes on this sort of short train ride. We enjoyed the ride. read more

I travel by rail quiet a lot . I am sadened to hear that there is going to be cut back on some destinations As a pensioner myself I have free travel Well why not put a fixed price of €2.50 for a journey I don't think any pensioner would mind paying a small fee read more

Iarnrod Eireann is Ireland's national train company and it covers 87 InterCity Stations with services divided into standard and superstandard classes. read more

So, according to this http://www.irishrail.ie/media/13_mlw-cobh-midleton_25052015.pdf there's a train leaving Cobh at half 8 on a Sunday. This is complete lies as we're were down in Cobh for the regatta and going to get the train home again. It is now 10pm and there is no sign of a train and apparently it's been cancelled with no notice to the passengers. We bought 3 adult returns as well as a family return which we will be looking to get a refund for as they were not used. We are relying on family members to give us a lift home and are very left down by the service. read more

Very poor service, the people who operate it don't think from passengers' perspective at all

I've needed to use the train a lot in the last 12 months. There's always a problem, usually with lateness. The cost is ridiculously overpriced. €54 for a return trip to Dublin? If I lived near an airport I'd rather fly even though I'm terrified of planes. A delay of 5 hours last year meant I missed my friends wedding. The final straw was I booked a ticket for Sunday and needed to change it to Monday but it will cost me a lot to change it. I thought it might be easy to change since it is 5/6 days away and neither train is booked out but of course they try and pry another bit of money from me. From now on I'll get the bus. read more

As a regular costumer they have to be one of the most useless and disorganised transport company's in world. Expect to be late and have rude staff, also they tend to overcrowd and oversell their trains so don't be surprised if you have to sit on the floor. For example this evening I took a train to Portloaise, 3 of the trains carriage's broke down people couldn't get off the train due to the doors malfunctioning with no intercom announcements through-out the journey we had no clue why the trains were stopped in the middle of no where until a rude attendant came along and said to move up two carriages. Wondering why he said so we moved up the carriages, only later to be told by another to rush off the train and run up to the top carriage because the doors don't work ! A girl asked one of the attendants what time will she arrive in Dublin and the employ responded by pointing at me saying they had to stop at Portloaise for one girl as if it could possible be my fault for wanting to get off at a scheduled stop . In the end I made it to my destination an hour late! read more