Rail Sail (again)?

[reb0118]

I know it is possible to purchase railsail tickets to Irish stations from the TVMs and ontrain avantix machines but how do you get a reservation for the ferry? It is my belief that the ticket is not valid without a ferry reservation.

 

[wintonian]

Only from Scotrail TVM’s for routes via Stranraer are these available I believe.

I think you can phone Stena up and they will give you a reference number - I think I have read that here somewhere.

 

[RJ]

I know it is possible to purchase railsail tickets to Irish stations from the TVMs and ontrain avantix machines but how do you get a reservation for the ferry? It is my belief that the ticket is not valid without a ferry reservation.

They can be done at a ticket office. Ferries are listed in the system just like trains so reservations are booked in more or less the same way and are printed on the same tickets.

 

[wintonian]

But doesn’t that defeat the object of buying the ticket from the TVM?

 

[island]

Yes, yes it does. Unfortunately the ferry part of the ticket requires a mandatory reservation.