Intercity Services

Cork-Dublin Intercity Services-Hourly service, brand new fleet

A new hourly clockface timetable service in each direction is being introduced on the Cork-Dublin Route. With the new 117 million CAF Intercity fleet, the service will bring customers greater choice, capacity, quality and comfort than ever before.

Services will depart Dublin Heuston every hour on the hour from 07.00 hrs to 21.00 hrs and will depart Cork Kent at 5.15 hrs and then every hour at half past the hour from 06.30hrs to 20.30hrs.

Sunday services will also see increased frequency on the Cork-Dublin route.

Disabled Access.

Planning your Journey.

Whenever possible please let us know in advance of your travel plans so that arrangements can be made for you to have as comfortable a journey as possible. If it is not possible to contact us, we will do our utmost to provide assistance.

Similar arrangements can also be made at your destination and at an intermediate station if you need to change trains.

We are better able to assist you if you contact us as far in advance as possible, but try to give 24 hours notice of your journey.

When contacting your local station or the accessibility office, please give us the following details:

• Date of travel and departure time of train
• Destination station and any intermediate stations where a change of train is necessary
• Nature of disability
• Means of transport to and from departure and arrival stations e.g. taxi, private car and whether someone is meeting you at your destination.
• Whether you will be travelling alone or with a companion
• Whether assistance will be required at the departure adn arrival stations and if so how staff will be able to identify you.
• Any other details to assist railway staff or which you wish to clarify.

Please give similar details about your return journey, if known, particularly if you are returning the same day or within a few days.

If you need to cancel a journey for which special arrangements have been made, please let us know so that staff can be made available to assist others.

This guide is intended to assist you in planning your journey. Train timetables are available from all stations as well as travel centres in Dublin, Cork and Belfast.

The timetables for intercity, suburban Rail and the DART are also available here: www.irishrail.ie

Stations

Access details for each station is available from www.iarnrodeireann.ie/your_journey/your_stationold.asp

Trains

Trains require a ramp to pemit boarding from the Platform to the carriages. A special portable ramp is used for this purpose. These are currently available at all staffed stations and on board some trains.

At some stations there is a gap between the platform and the carriage. This may create difficulty for the mobility and visually impaired and assistance may be required.

There is a dedicated wheelchair acessible space in the dining car of the old trains. All dining cars in the older fleet have been modified to provide wheelchair access and accomodation. The new carriages have all been designed with accessibility in mind.

In the event of numerous wheelchair users travelling, we need advance notice to facilitate the removal of seats and tables so that the necessary accomodation can be provided.

A small number of services are operated by coaches which are not accessible to wheelchair users so advance notice or enquiry will ensure that customers are not disappointed.

Guide dogs are welcome on all Iarnrod Éireann services.