I want to take the train from Belfast to Galway and can see the options when I go to Irish rail, but since the trip originates in Northern Ireland, I can't book the trip on the Irish Rail site. They tell me to go to the Translink website. Once there, I can't figure out how to actually buy a ticket to Dublin. They show an itinerary, which involves taking the train to Connolly train station, then walking to a local tram, taking the tram, then walking again to get to Heuston station. Seems like a lot of extra hassle, but I'm willing, but then I can't figure out where on the site to actually book there tickets? Anyone else experience this? Is there another way to book the whole journey ?
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Rick Steves' Europe
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Not a very intuitive site to navigate, but you can buy the ticket departing Belfast at https://secure.translink.co.uk/Buy-Online/Desktop/Enterprise-Web-Fare-Ticket/Step-1/ and then the ticket departing Dublin at http://www.irishrail.ie/.