Does Irish Rail have toilets?

Put your luggage only in the areas provided and do not block the aisles, seats, bike racks or wheelchair spaces. Leave toilets as clean as you find them. Please do not smoke or use E-cigarettes. Trains and enclosed platforms are a smoke free environment.



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Trust us: You need a phone charger. And you're going to love the fact that every seat has an outlet for charging!

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Unless you're taking the Auto Train, plan to arrive 30 minutes before your scheduled departure. If you need assistance with baggage and/or ticketing, we recommend you arrive 60 minutes early.

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There is generally at least one toilet every four carriages.

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Amtrak locomotives have facilities that cannot be accessed by passengers. Sleeping car bedrooms have individual bathrooms that are for their occupants only. The Dining car has a bathroom on the lower level for crew only.

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Some train drivers are changing sanitary towels in bushes by the side of the track – that's outrageous in a first world country in 2021. Others urinate or defecate into carrier bags and bottles.

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Train travel is one of the best ways to travel, especially in Europe. So it makes sense that visitors to Ireland may assume it's a great way to get around as well. However, this isn't always the case. Train travel in Ireland isn't very extensive and it actually one of the most expensive ways to get around the country.

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The Commissioner of Railway Safety had issued instructions in 2014 to shut down charging points at night. There is always a risk of fire accidents, even mild in proportion, due to over charging of mobiles and electronic devices, which is more probable at night as passengers plug in and sleep at night.

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Your mobile phone must be able to display the ticket on your phone screen. If your phone battery has died, you will be unable to retrieve your mobile ticket. Therefore, you will have to purchase a new ticket for the journey you wish to make.

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As long as you don't make any noise, it's ok except around the priority seats (to not affect pacemakers). As for talking on the phone, it's not a rude or polite kind of matter. It's officially prohibited by the transportation companies and they announce it all the time in their cars sometimes also in English.

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On-board catering resumes on the Cork to Dublin route from the 24th April. A limited service will operate initially with more services being added over the following weeks. From the 15th May a full trolley service will be in place on all Dublin to Cork and Cork to Dublin services.

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