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Can you bring a bike on Iarnrod Eireann trains?

  • 22-08-2011 09:12PM
    #1
    billyhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,558 ✭✭✭✭


    Does anyone know and would there be a charge. I was thinking of getting a 4 day rambler ticket and taking my bike with me for a trip around Ireland


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  • #2
    Judgement Day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,549 ✭✭✭✭Judgement Day


    billyhead wrote: »
    Does anyone know and would there be a charge. I was thinking of getting a 4 day rambler ticket and taking my bike with me for a trip around Ireland

    http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/bicycle_information.asp


  • #3
    cancercowboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 195 ✭✭cancercowboy


    I'd print that out and bring it with you to be on the safe side.


  • #4
    LXFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,628 ✭✭✭✭LXFlyer


    You need to buy tickets for your bike for all Intercity journeys - only Commuter services are free.

    Be aware that on some Intercity trains there are only 3 spaces for bikes, and some trains 6 spaces and it's first come first served.

    Dublin/Cork and Dublin/Belfast trains should have no restrictions (other than the 0800 and 0900 Dublin/Cork and 1130/1230 ex-Cork on Mondays to Thursdays).


  • #5
    Genghis
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    Interesting ... I have been carrying bikes on commuter services over the last 5-6 years, maybe 1-2 times a month. I have been asked on a number of occassions to produce a ticket for my bike at Heuston. More so before the automated gates were introduced (no human internvention).

    Usually the guy would nod me on with a 'make sure you get one next time' but on 2-3 occassions I've had to buy a ticket, I think it cost around €6.

    (However, I have probably made 10 journeys for every one I have been asked to produce a ticket for).


  • #6
    LXFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,628 ✭✭✭✭LXFlyer


    Genghis wrote: »
    Interesting ... I have been carrying bikes on commuter services over the last 5-6 years, maybe 1-2 times a month. I have been asked on a number of occassions to produce a ticket for my bike at Heuston. More so before the automated gates were introduced (no human internvention).

    Usually the guy would nod me on with a 'make sure you get one next time' but on 2-3 occassions I've had to buy a ticket, I think it cost around €6.

    (However, I have probably made 10 journeys for every one I have been asked to produce a ticket for).

    The commuter services were only made free of charge in the last year.


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