Irish Rail to resume catering services on Cork to Dublin routes

Iarnród Éireann has confirmed that it will resume on-board catering services from early April, on the Cork to Dublin route.

Carriage Food Services, which is a sister company of CCSL (N.), who currently provide catering services on board the Dublin to Belfast Enterprise service under a separate contract, will provide a trolley service on selected routes on the Cork to Dublin line from early April.

Irish Rail says catering services will be reintroduced to all Cork-Dublin routes within the coming weeks.

The company says that it will also proceed with a full procurement process for catering services across the Intercity network, progress a pilot for catering vending machines on selected trains, and work to identify further opportunities to enhance station retail and catering facilities.

An Iarnród Éireann spokesperson said: “We have been as keen as our customers to see on-board catering resume, and are delighted to be in a position to do so with this interim provision.

“We also believe that the success of the interim service will ensure that some of the inflated costs being quoted for full catering provision across our Intercity network will be reduced through the full procurement process.”