#Rail&Sail – Irish Rail have amendment the Rosslare Europort-Dublin railway service so to provide 'greater connectivity' for ferry passengers, albeit the new schedule was only introduced for this year of The Gathering, writes Jehan Ashmore.
The National Transport Authority approved the amended rail timetable which started this month and remains valid until 2 September.
The changes are to improve certain connection times between ferries arriving in the Wexford port and passengers making onward rail journeys to the capital and beyond.
Special Gathering travel tickets have been introduced by Irish Rail and Bus Éireann to give ticket holders unlimited travel across both companies' extensive networks for either three days or seven days.
Below are the changes made to the Rosslare Europort-Dublin (Connolly Station) service schedule.
- The 17:55 Rosslare Europort to Connolly will be deferred until 19:15 Monday to Saturday.
- The 17:36 Connolly to Wexford service will depart at usual time but there will be an extended journey time between Enniscorthy and Wexford with an arrival time of 20:25 into Wexford Monday to Friday.
- On Sundays the 17.40 Rosslare Europort to Connolly will be deferred to 19:00.
Rosslare Europort is unique in that the harbour is operated by the state owned transport company and from where three ferry operators run routes to Wales and France, including the seasonal-only Roscoff route which resumed recently.
