Dublin-Cork options

AngryLips

Hey all, I always thought that the Irish Rail website only allows you to book tickets up to a month in advance. Am looking to book return tickets to Cork for one of the days between Christmas and NY. Thought I'd check out the IR website and, low and behold, I was able to make a booking even though it's in excess of 28 days. Does anyone know when this changed? Also, I'm seeing most services on Dec 28th as being sold out. That doesn't sound right, the whole train can't be booked out? The only available times don't really suit. I guess the alternative is to book with Aircoach, does anyone know if their Dublin-Cork services are on the same roomy busses they use for city-centre to airport? The thing that's always put me off the bus, especially for such a long journey, is how cramped the seating is. Any advice on options would be much appreciated.

munchkin_utd

it was mentioned on the George hook show there a while back (Barry Kenny Irish Rail spokesperson) that the window for booking was to be widened to a couple of months, and if I remember right again to 3 months but thats as long as they were planning to extend it to as beyond that folks dont really plan journeys en masse so its more hassle (should timetables get altered in the meantime) than its worth.

AngryLips

That's brilliant that they've done that. The amount of times I've wanted to book a ticket online and found that I'm just slightly outside the 28 day window ...it's a complete PITA.

Does the fact that tickets are sold out just mean they're sold out for the reserved seating carriage?

AngryLips

...this is weird, I've just checked their site again and, all of a sudden, there are no services that are sold out

bk

aircoach.ie and gobe.ie are two other options. Coach bus, 3 hours to Cork from €9

Hilly Bill

€9 to Cork on the bus? cant go wrong there.

Judgement Day

bk wrote: »

aircoach.ie and gobe.ie are two other options. Coach bus, 3 hours to Cork from €9

Sounds terrifying, do they supply sick bags and blindfolds?

bk

Judgement Day wrote: »

Sounds terrifying, do they supply sick bags and blindfolds?

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If you can't handle the competition keep out of the kitchen!

Losty Dublin

Judgement Day wrote: »

Sounds terrifying, do they supply sick bags and blindfolds?

Do you be allowed on with school tour type egg and onion sangishes?

foggy_lad

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Do you be allowed on with school tour type egg and onion sangishes?

We had mashed up egg with salad cream cos mayonnaise was only for rich posh people and sometimes for a treat if the banana boat had arrived we got mashed up banana sandwitches

steamengine

foggy_lad wrote: »

We had mashed up egg with salad cream cos mayonnaise was only for rich posh people and sometimes for a treat if the banana boat had arrived we got mashed up banana sandwitches

:eek: God (and First Class) between us and all harm !!!

Hilly Bill

foggy_lad wrote: »

We had mashed up egg with salad cream cos mayonnaise was only for rich posh people and sometimes for a treat if the banana boat had arrived we got mashed up banana sandwitches

You got Salad cream and bananas? You lucky lucky ....... , i only got pararie sandwiches .

AngryLips

So long as there's a trolley service I'm happy

Judgement Day

AngryLips wrote: »

So long as there's a trolley service I'm happy

You mean you buy stuff off the trolley??? :eek:

Losty Dublin

Judgement Day wrote: »

You mean you buy stuff off the trolley??? :eek:

He might well nick them off of it