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Originally Posted by Via Cortober
Thanks, all.
Has the company withdrawn all discounted fares for tickets bought online or are they only available on particular services, at particular times, when booked far enough in advance? Or is it just on the Sligo intercity service that no discounts are available?
Every off-peak empty seat is money lost. They should find a way to sell unused capacity at a discount, built around an integrated, real-time 100% reserved seat system (that could cope with multiple passengers using the same seat for sequential segments of an intercity route). Then the ticket offices - using real time booking - could even sell a limited number of standing-room only tickets at an ultra-low price. Maybe this is Iarnród Utopia rather than Iarnród Éireann!
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The discounts are still there.
Once you book at least 7 days in advance you can avail of the €14.99 each way fare on the Sligo route.
Within 1-6 days the fare rises to €21.99 each way, and €32.99 on the day of travel.
The only exception to this are the following trains that cannot be booked online as they are operated by commuter trains:
13:05 ex-Connolly and 18:00 from Sligo on Fridays
09:05 ex-Connolly and 13:00 from Sligo on Sundays
Some of the peak trains will have higher fares (such as Friday evenings from Dublin).
Full information is here:
http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_offers.j...118&n=144&ci=4