Irish Rail ticket validity

[MK Tom]

I've entered Galway-Cork into irishrail.ie and it's given me route options via Limerick, via Portarlington and via Dublin, all at the same price. Does that mean if I walked up at Galway and bought a single to Cork, I could take any one of those routes for €35.00? Or are those journey-specific advance fares?

Many thanks.

 

[1E05]

Given the length of journey I'm inclined to say they're advance tickets but lets wait and see what an expert says...

 

[MK Tom]

I should add this is only for Tuesday.

 

[IR-Mark4/ICR]

It will cost you 56 euro on the day, the website shouldn't be showing those fares as they can't be booked. It will be 56 euro

 

[MK Tom]

It will cost you 56 euro on the day, the website shouldn't be showing those fares as they can't be booked. It will be 56 euro

Already been and done it now! It cost 37.

 

[IR-Mark4/ICR]

Already been and done it now! It cost 37.

I need to see why that happened, u got that at a ticket office for that price?

It's very strange as it should of cost 56,

 

[Eire Sprinter]

MK Tom, hope you had a pleasant visit.

A possible explanation is that it's a promotional fare.

In my experience promotional fares on CIÉ services (both rail and bus) are not always well advertised/ known about. Sometimes they don't seem to be advertised at all.

 

[reb0118]

In my experience promotional fares on CIÉ services (both rail and bus) are not always well advertised/ known about. Sometimes they don't seem to be advertised at all.

Yes, my friend got an advance ticket in Ireland once. It could not be bought in advance only from the booking office on the day.