Christmas train services.

Jerichoholic

Anyone know if there are trains running from Connolly on Dec 24th and Dec 26th, cheers.

gimli2112

http://www.irishrail.ie/home/


24th anyway. You can check here.

Cookie_Monster

24th is a normal workday, services usually run up until about 9 or so iirc
Not sure about 26th, last year there was nothing according to this: http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/printed_timetable_pdfs/2009/XmasTimetable09.pdf

KC61

No rail services at all on December 26th.

Dublin Bus operate a Sunday timetable and Bus Eireann a limited service timetable.

Jerichoholic

That's cool. Thanks.

Rock Steady Edy

What happens if you book a train that is subsequently removed?

For example, sure as anything when the Christmas Eve trains are released for sale tomorrow, there'll be a 9pm €20 Dublin train to Cork. When they get round to sorting out the actual Christmas timetable, they'll remove the 9pm train, as they do every year. What happens to those that book on the train? Will they automatically be moved to the 7pm train, or have their choice of trains from the day and be charged no more or have an automatic refund?

Losty Dublin

Rock Steady Edy wrote: »

What happens if you book a train that is subsequently removed?

For example, sure as anything when the Christmas Eve trains are released for sale tomorrow, there'll be a 9pm €20 Dublin train to Cork. When they get round to sorting out the actual Christmas timetable, they'll remove the 9pm train, as they do every year. What happens to those that book on the train? Will they automatically be moved to the 7pm train, or have their choice of trains from the day and be charged no more or have an automatic refund?

Chances are that it probably won't let you book on the 9PM train as it doesn't exist; same way a train on the 25th won't either

penexpers

Rock Steady Edy wrote: »

What happens if you book a train that is subsequently removed?

For example, sure as anything when the Christmas Eve trains are released for sale tomorrow, there'll be a 9pm €20 Dublin train to Cork. When they get round to sorting out the actual Christmas timetable, they'll remove the 9pm train, as they do every year. What happens to those that book on the train? Will they automatically be moved to the 7pm train, or have their choice of trains from the day and be charged no more or have an automatic refund?

The online timetable currently shows the last train to Cork on 24th is 7pm.

dowlingm

Having no service at all on the 26th is, in my humble opinion, fail. At least DART should run.

Of course I would say that since there is a Sunday service on the 25th where I live

Irish Rail - 363 days a year! (364 in leap years, less if industrial relations are tetchy)

Losty Dublin

dowlingm wrote: »

Having no service at all on the 26th is, in my humble opinion, fail. At least DART should run.

Of course I would say that since there is a Sunday service on the 25th where I live

Irish Rail - 363 days a year! (364 in leap years, less if industrial relations are tetchy)

Certainly until the 1950's, there were mail trains on Christmas Day to Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway while the GNR ran a skeleton service on the day itself.