Ireland

Eurail Pass Information

If you would like to travel in Ireland, you can choose one of the following Eurail Products:

Eurail Global Pass (valid in 18 countries including Ireland)
Eurail Select Pass valid in 3, 4 or 5 countries (you need to select Ireland)
Eurail National Pass (available as the Eurail Ireland Pass)

General information

Railway Company: IE (Iarnród Éirann)
Capital: Dublin
Language: English
Population: 3.9 million

Train information: www.irishrail.ie
Tourist information: www.tourismireland.com

Railway information

Irish Rail provides a modern, comfortabel and frequent rail service to most parts of Ireland.

Iarnród Éirann, the Irish Transport Company, operate the following Intercity (long distance) trains: 

• From Dublin Heuston to Cork, Tralee, Limerick, Galway, Westport, Ballina and Waterford
• From Dublin Connolly to Sligo, Belfast, Wexford, Rosslare Europort   

Other InterCity Routes are:

• Cork to Tralee
• Cork to Limerick
• Limerick to Rosslare Europort

These InterCity trains also call at other stations on route (see InterCity timetables / map)

Enterprise Service (jointly operated with Northern Ireland Railways) operates on the Dublin/Belfast route

Suburban Services

In the Greater Dublin area the following suburban services operate:

• DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) is an electrified service (34 miles) along the East Coast operating from: Howth / Malahide (North) to Greystones (South) serving 3 stations in Dublin city centre, namely: Connolly, Tara Street and Pearse.
• ARROW: Dublin, Heuston to Kildare
• Other Suburban Services:
  Dublin Connolly (also from Tara Street and Pearse) to Arklow, Co Wicklow.
  Dublin Pearse to Drogheda and Dundalk Co Louth (also from Tara Street and Connolly)
  Dublin Connolly to Maynooth Co Kildare
  Dublin Heuston to Kildare
  Cork to Cobh