Booking Online - Manage my Booking FAQ
If you are having trouble amending your booking, please ensure you are entering the booking reference number when logging in to 'Manage My Booking'.
Your booking reference number is 8 digits, generally beginning with 6, while your Ticket Collection Number contained in your email confirmation is 11 digits and used to collect your ticket from Ticket Vending Machines in stations. Example booking number: '65678978'.
Please also ensure the email address provided is the one used when making the booking.
If you are still encountering difficulty please contact us.If you have completed a booking online by getting a reservation number at the end of the booking process then you should receive a confirmation email from us within 60 minutes.
If you did not receive an email within that time period then you should check your 'Spam' or 'Junk' folders as your mailbox provider may have placed the email in one of these folders.
Go to Manage My Booking to resend the booking confirmation.
Alternatively, you can check your booking history in your Iarnród Éireann account;
- Click on 'My Account'
- Enter your 'e-mail address' and 'password', click on 'Login'
- From the menu of the left (desktop or Tablet) or the hamburger menu (on mobile) select the 'Booking History' option. You will see all of your previous bookings. Note the booking number for collection
- Select 'Logout'
Customers please note that if you set up an account with an incorrect email address then the confirmation email will be sent to the incorrect email address.
Please go to our cancellation or amendments section for details.
Bookings made prior to the 24th April cannot be viewed online. Please Contact Us to retrieve your previous bookings.
If you entered all your card details on the payments page and have also gone through the 3D secure area, and the final confirmation page has failed to appear with your reservation number then you can check has your booking gone through by completing the following steps;
- Click on "My Account"
- Enter your "E-mail Address" and "Password", click on "Log In"
- Click on "My Reservations". This will list all of the transactions made using the email address
- If the booking was completed then it will be the first reservation on the list
- If there are no new reservations then we suggest attempting your booking again because if you were successful then it would appear in your account immediately
We offer a wide range of ticketing options which provide different levels of flexibility. With a 'Flexible Fare' amendments or cancellations can be made online up to 90 minutes before departure if ticket has not been printed.
If customers are unsure of their return travel plans we would advise customers to make two separate bookings as return tickets include both legs of travel on the one ticket.
For more information on our ticketing options, please see our Tickets Explained section.
Seat facing reservations are available on certain direct services on the Cork/Dublin route and all Belfast/Dublin services because of the types of train operating these routes.
When you are reserving a seat on either route
- Select "Manual Seat Selection"
- Where direction of travel is available this will be shown as "Direction of Travel" on top of the coach on display for seat selection
- Where a train is operating that we cannot guarantee direction of travel, we will not show any indication
Unfortunately, on other routes and services, operated by our new fleet of Intercity Railcars we are unable to commit or present to you the direction the seat is facing as these new trains can change direction in a few locations around our network.
If you purchase a Low Fare or Semi Flexible ticket for the wrong date we will only cancel it for you for free if you advise us within 30 minutes* of the booking being purchased and provide proof of a new booking** being made for the same journey but for a different date(s).
1) Make a new booking for the correct date(s) for the same journey. Without a new booking number applications will be denied.
2) Contact our Call Centre by phone
3) Please have the old and the new booking details ready so we can process your application.
If this happens outside of call centre opening hours customers must:
1) Make a new booking for the correct date(s) for the same journey. Without a new booking number applications will be denied.
2) Contact us through our web form*** requesting
- A refund for a booking mistake.
- Reference the old booking number.
- Reference the new booking number. Without a new booking number applications will be denied.
3) During the next few days, a staff member will investigate the refund claim and advise you of the outcome.
**The timestamp of the new booking must be after the incorrect booking. Bookings made prior to the incorrect booking will not be entertained.
***Iarnród Éireann will not be accountable for any claims of emails sent or not being received. The web form is recorded twice and our records are final.
Fully Flex bookings can be cancelled via the “My Booking” section up to 90 minutes before departure if the ticket has not been printed.
Otherwise normal terms and conditions strictly apply.
- Click on "My Account"
- Enter your "e-mail address" and "password", click on "Login"
- From the menu of the left (desktop/ Tablet) or the hamburger menu (on mobile) select the "Booking History" option. You will see all of your previous bookings
- Select "Logout".