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Are bikes allowed on the train from Dublin to Galway City?

  • 05-06-2017 5:34pm
    #1
    danwaffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭


    My friend and I want to do a week long cycling trip of connemara. The plan is to cycle from Galway City to connemara and then do a bit of exploring. Does anyone know if you're able to bring bikes onto the train? They wouldn't be fold up bikes and they would have bags strapped to them.


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  • #2
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Yes, allowed on intercity. According to the site you have to book in advance (not sure how enforced that is)
    http://www.irishrail.ie/travel-information/bicycle-information#bicyclesonintercitytrains


  • #3
    danwaffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭danwaffles


    Thanks, appreciate the snappy reply


  • #4
    hytrogen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 952 ✭✭✭hytrogen


    Prebooking is key.
    I tried going to Westport with mine for a weekend and the stupid website wouldn't let me book it on, I went to Heuston station to get a real persons response as the website was just a minefield of confusion. Basically the chick in the ticket booth said "it's a work in progress, next 6 - 8 months" (...years..). Basically because someone had booked the seat beside the bike booth on the same train I wanted to go on the bike booth wasn't available.
    To be honest it's an absolute disgrace still and such a hindrance to our tourism that the greenway brigade and IR management have bizzarely in common.
    On the bus it's at driver disgression usually, some companies will charge a fare too but small like E5? And if the bus isn't too busy etc.


  • #5
    Nomis21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,409 ✭✭✭Nomis21


    Taken my bike hundreds of times on that route. Never booked it on in advance. Never any problem.


  • #6
    AngryLips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,790 ✭✭✭AngryLips


    hytrogen wrote: »
    Prebooking is key.
    I tried going to Westport with mine for a weekend and the stupid website wouldn't let me book it on, I went to Heuston station to get a real persons response as the website was just a minefield of confusion. Basically the chick in the ticket booth said "it's a work in progress, next 6 - 8 months" (...years..). Basically because someone had booked the seat beside the bike booth on the same train I wanted to go on the bike booth wasn't available.
    To be honest it's an absolute disgrace still and such a hindrance to our tourism that the greenway brigade and IR management have bizzarely in common.
    On the bus it's at driver disgression usually, some companies will charge a fare too but small like E5? And if the bus isn't too busy etc.

    Was this experience on the old or new site?


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  • #7
    hytrogen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 952 ✭✭✭hytrogen


    AngryLips wrote:
    Was this experience on the old or new site?

    Just checked the site to see if it's different, so probably the last version since it now says my "browser is out of date" and is a hellofalot more orange than I remember lol, it was in March/April time.


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