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Originally Posted by ACustomer
I think you will find notices on the Waterford line timetable to the effect that alcohol is forbidden on Up Sunday afternoon and evening trains.
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They say that, but they have no legal authority to prevent the consumption of alcohol on any train. However:
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Originally Posted by CIÉ bylaws
16. No person in a state of intoxication shall enter or remain upon the railway or in any vehicle and no person who is in an unfit or improper condition to travel by passenger train or whose dress or clothing is in a condition liable to soil or injure the linings or cushions of any carriage, or the dress or clothing of any passenger, shall enter or remain in any lift or vehicle.
Provided that no person shall be prevented from entering or remaining in or on any lift or vehicle under the provisions of this Bye-Law on the ground of the condition of his or her dress or clothing when he or she so enters or remains in or on the lift or vehicle with the permission of an authorised person or when the vehicle is specially provided or set apart for workmen.
17. No person shall at any time while upon the railway or in any vehicle use any threatening, abusive, obscene, or offensive language or behave in a riotous, disorderly, indecent or offensive manner, or write, draw or affix any abusive, obscene or offensive word, representation, or character upon, or wilfully soil or defile, the railway or any lift or vehicle, or molest or wilfully interfere with the comfort or convenience of any passenger or person in or upon the railway or in any vehicle.
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You'll note that these rules apply to all trains, rather than just some random subset of trains. The penalty is a fine (which appears to be €12.70) and the person can be kicked off the train if they fail to desist or quit their behaviour when requested to do so by an authorized person (read any CIÉ staff member or agent). As ever, the problem is not a lack of rules, it's a lack of enforcement of existing rules.