Ireland Rail Rover

[Alex Smith]

Good evening. I am looking to travel on Ireland's rails hopefully looking to cover as much new track as possible.

What would be the best rail rover to purchase for 5/7 days?

Thanks

 

[Hornet]

Good evening. I am looking to travel on Ireland's rails hopefully looking to cover as much new track as possible.

What would be the best rail rover to purchase for 5/7 days?

Thanks

Iarnrod Eireann:-

Explorer Tourist Ticket

Who is eligible for this ticket?

• Adults
• Children

What are the conditions of travel?
Irish Explorer Rail Only offers customers 5 days unlimited travel out of 15 consecutive days on all Iarnród Éireann services in the Republic of Ireland for only €160*.

*Prices shown are standard class fares. Child fares are 50 percent of the adult fare shown.

Where can I buy this ticket?

• Online: No
• Ticket Machines: No
• Ticket Offices: Yes

Trekker 4 Day Ticket

Who is eligible for this ticket?

• Adults

What are the conditions of travel?
Four consecutive days of unlimited travel on all Iarnród Éireann services in the Republic of Ireland from the date of issue on the ticket.

Price €110.

Where can I buy this ticket?

• Online: No
• Ticket Machines: No
• Ticket Offices: Yes

http://www.irishrail.ie/fares-and-tickets/tickets-explained

NIR:-

iLink Zone 4 Travelcard

http://www.translink.co.uk/Fares/Translink-Products/iLink/

Sunday Day Tracker Ticket

http://www.translink.co.uk/Find-The-Right-Ticket/tickets/sunday-day-tracker/

 

[Flying Snail]

Interrail one country pass for Ireland includes both Irish Rail and NIR.

3 days out of 1 month €121
4 days out of 1 month €146
6 days out of 1 month €190
8 days out of 1 month €229

£ prices may be better or worse.

https://www.interrail.eu/en/interrail-passes/one-country-pass/ireland

 

[randyrippley]

years ago the best ticket was an all-routes coach/bus/train one which gave you something like any five days out of seven.......
it was useful if you wanted to travel up/down the west coast and not just to/from Dublin
IF it still exists it may be the better option

 

[gazthomas]

Still great value

 

[Flying Snail]

years ago the best ticket was an all-routes coach/bus/train one which gave you something like any five days out of seven.......
it was useful if you wanted to travel up/down the west coast and not just to/from Dublin
IF it still exists it may be the better option

There were a few different multi-modal tickets, the most complete was the Emerald Card which covered all Irish Rail, Bus Eireann, Dublin Bus, Northern Ireland Railways, Ulsterbus and Belfast Citybus. 20 years ago it cost around IR£100 for 8 out of 15 days.

Sadly these were discontinued at some point around 10 years ago.

As you say, even for someone who is only interested in Rail travel the mainly radial nature of the network means using some bus routes to avoid constantly doubling back to Dublin is useful.

 

[Hornet]

Still great value

Not as good value as this.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/e...xtra_social_welfare_benefits/free_travel.html