Cheapest€18.49
- Irish Rail IR743606:291h 5m07:34Waterford railway stationLimerick railway station
Door to door 1h 49mCO2 4.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Waterford to Limerick train
Trains from Waterford to Limerick start at €18.49 and take 1h 49m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Waterford to Limerick on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Waterford to Limerick starts at €18.49 and takes 1h 49m door to door, run by 1 operator over 129 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 49mDoor to door
- 1h 5mMoving
- €18.49 to €42.14From
- 06:29 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 4.3 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€18.49 to €42.14 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €38.84Fri18
- about €42.14Sat19
- about €28.39Sun20
- about €30.59Mon21
- about €22.34Tue22
- about €32.24Wed23
- about €33.34Thu24
- about €26.74Fri25
- about €25.09Sat26
- about €23.99Sun27
- about €18.49Mon28
- about €20.69Tue29
- about €19.59Wed30
- about €25.09Thu1
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Irish Rail | €18.49 | 1h 42m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Limerick. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Limerick for the night the train gets in
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When to book Waterford to Limerick
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.2990 days
- €16.2960 days
- €16.8445 days
- €21.7930 days
- €24.5421 days
- €25.0914 days
- €33.347 days
- €28.393 days
- €38.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €16.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 138 percent. The most expensive point is €38.84, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €23.99Sun
- €19.59Mon
- €20.69Tue
- €20.14Wed
- €25.09Thu
- €26.74Fri
- €25.09Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Waterford
Rail
- Waterford railway station
- Waterford Manor railway station
- Waterford South railway station
Limerick
Rail
- Limerick railway station
- Adare railway station
- Croom Railway Station
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 129 km against 112 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Tallaght, Dublin, Cork, South Dublin. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Waterford at 06:29 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Waterford to Limerick
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Waterford to Limerick take?
The Train from Waterford to Limerick takes 1h 49m door to door, of which 1h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 129 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Waterford to Limerick cost?
The Train from Waterford to Limerick starts at €18.49 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €50.94. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Waterford to Limerick?
1 operators run the Train from Waterford to Limerick: Irish Rail. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Waterford to Limerick use?
The Train from Waterford to Limerick leaves from Waterford railway station and arrives at Limerick railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Train from Waterford to Limerick?
Fares for the Train from Waterford to Limerick bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €16.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 138 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Waterford to Limerick produce?
The Train from Waterford to Limerick produces about 4.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 129 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Waterford to Limerick?
Operators on the Train from Waterford to Limerick publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 49m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Waterford to Limerick on September 17, 2026: 129 km of route against 112 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €18.49, and 1h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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