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Best place to book a seat on Irish Rail?

  • 25-06-2017 06:35PM
    #1
    jeanjolie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 484 ✭✭


    I'm travelling to Galway in 1 and a half weeks and would I'm taking the rail. Last time, I had some incident with reserved seats bought at the station not being 'reserved' so this time I've decided to book online.

    I see there are 5 coaches to sit in. I'm not sure exactly where it would be most preferable to sit. Would you give guys give any advice?


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  • #2
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,055 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    jeanjolie wrote: »
    I'm travelling to Galway in 1 and a half weeks and would I'm taking the rail. Last time, I had some incident with reserved seats bought at the station not being 'reserved' so this time I've decided to book online.

    I see there are 5 coaches to sit in. I'm not sure exactly where it would be most preferable to sit. Would you give guys give any advice?

    You cant reserve a seat at a station only by booking online or over the phone. No real difference in any of the carriages, when booking online it will assign you a seat in a certain carriage.


  • #3
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,904 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    What is important to you?

    You should be able to choose between:
    * Forward / rear facing seats.
    * Paired seat or groups of 4 seats around a table.
    * At least one carriage should have a wheelchair accessible toilet, the other will have a toilet with baby changing table.
    * At least one carriage should have space for bicycles.

    There should be a dining car.

    The read of the train in Dublin (nearest the entrance to the platform) will be the rear of the train in Galway. I don't know the current layout of Galway station, you may need to exit the platform at the front of the train.


  • #4
    LXFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,634 ✭✭✭✭LXFlyer


    Most trains between Dublin and Galway have a catering trolley rather than a buffet counter.

    There certainly isn't a "dining car"!!


  • #5
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,055 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    Just pick any seat and move to a different one if it doesn't suit and if it's not busy.


  • #6
    XPS_Zero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 910 ✭✭✭XPS_Zero


    Does anyone know why coach D on the Enterprise is the only one in standard class you can reserve now?


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  • #7
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,055 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    XPS_Zero wrote: »
    Does anyone know why coach D on the Enterprise is the only one in standard class you can reserve now?

    It frees up the other coaches for non bookings.


  • #8
    XPS_Zero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 910 ✭✭✭XPS_Zero


    Hilly Bill wrote: »
    It frees up the other coaches for non bookings.

    I get the logic of having a bookings only coach, I'm just confused as to why they've TERMINATED booking ability for all the other coaches in standard, it's not that big a problem I just wonder what the logic was.


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