Irish Rail travel warning as several trains already sold out ahead of bank holiday rush

Irish Rail has issued an urgent warning to passengers looking to travel this bank holiday weekend.

The public transport service is expected a particularly busy weekend with over 200,000 customers travelling on intercity services thanks to the Bloom Festival and the June bank holiday weekend. A number of intercity trains have already sold out.

Passengers have been urged to pre-book their train tickets as soon as possible so as to not miss out on their weekend plans. Irish Rail said it will operate additional services where possible and maximise capacity to meet the expected demand.

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A number of other services including the DART and Dublin commuter trains will also see high demand. Irish Rail has also warned of a number of schedule changes and works happening this weekend.

These include:

• Thursday to Monday inclusive: additional capacity where possible on Intercity services to/from Heuston for Bloom in the Park. Advance booking essential.
• Friday to Sunday inclusive: Extra DART and Commuter services after St Anne’s Park concerts
• Saturday, June 3:
  • line works through Athlone Station from 16:30hrs onwards:
    • from 16:30 onwards, Dublin Heuston to Galway services will operate with bus transfers between Tullamore and Ballinasloe
    • from 18:00 onwards Dublin Heuston to Westport services will operate with bus transfers between Tullamore and Roscommon
  • Extra services between Cobh and Cork due to cruise ship visit
• Sunday, June 4:
  • minor revisions to Intercity schedules
  • Extra early morning services from Cobh, Midleton and Mallow to Cork for Cork City Marathon
  • Extra 23:40hrs service Heuston to Kildare for Forbidden Fruit
• Bank Holiday Monday, June 5: revisions on all routes, including Sunday service for DART and Commuter

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