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Irish Rail Annual Tax Saver Increase

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  • 13-08-2009 4:28pm
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    garrincha62
    Registered Users Posts: 377 ✭✭


    Just had a look at my payslip and saw that the price of an annual tax saver Drogheda-Connolly/Pearse has increased by 25%. Has anyone else discovered the reason for this? :mad:

    Will this make their service 25% more efficient? Or is going towards 25% more orange jackets for lads to stand on the platform and look at sleepers?

    Bastards.
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    mandz
    Registered Users Posts: 526 ✭✭✭mandz


    No I'd say it's to pay for the new big televisions in Connolly and Pearse


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    positron
    Registered Users Posts: 6,283 ✭✭✭positron


    25% increase!! Really?!!! :eek:

    That would be final straw for me. I already have a massive problem with their parking arrangement shenanigans (this), and my annual ticket is expiring next month. I think I will be looking at alternatives. Mathews Coaches or motor bikes!


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    goingnowhere
    Registered Users Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭goingnowhere


    positron wrote: »
    25% increase!! Really?!!! :eek:

    Its €1930 this year, wasn't it €1750 last year ~10%


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    Kingdom
    Registered Users Posts: 998 ✭✭✭Kingdom


    Funny I noticed the same myself the other day but convinced myself I was imagining it!


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,278 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    garrincha62 wrote: »
    Just had a look at my payslip and saw that the price of an annual tax saver Drogheda-Connolly/Pearse has increased by 25%. Has anyone else discovered the reason for this? :mad:

    Will this make their service 25% more efficient? Or is going towards 25% more orange jackets for lads to stand on the platform and look at sleepers?

    Bastards.
    What are the before and after prices?


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    garrincha62
    Registered Users Posts: 377 ✭✭garrincha62


    Victor wrote: »
    What are the before and after prices?

    up by a tenner a week. Hopefully it is just a payroll glitch


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    fh041205
    Registered Users Posts: 992 ✭✭✭fh041205


    Isn't the matthews bus about the same price? I remember being shocked at how expensive it was. I was expecting much cheaper than the train.


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    Fairdues
    Registered Users Posts: 257 ✭✭Fairdues


    25% is a bit much, especially in these times!


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    Fairdues
    Registered Users Posts: 257 ✭✭Fairdues


    After all, we're in a recession and we are supposedly flogging the idea of public transport over private. This makes a mockery of that.


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    dearg lady
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭dearg lady


    How could it go up mid way through the year? The ticket is bought by the company at the start of the year, provided to you, and then you pay for it usually weekly/monthly out of your pay, though there are other options in some companies. I'd get on to payroll for an explanation, Irish rail would't have ought to do with that!


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    fh041205
    Registered Users Posts: 992 ✭✭✭fh041205


    dearg lady wrote: »
    How could it go up mid way through the year? The ticket is bought by the company at the start of the year, provided to you, and then you pay for it usually weekly/monthly out of your pay, though there are other options in some companies. I'd get on to payroll for an explanation, Irish rail would't have ought to do with that!

    Aye but if your ticket was Sep 08-Aug 09 then you would only be renewing it now. Is anybody actually able to confirm how much this has gone up by?


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    garrincha62
    Registered Users Posts: 377 ✭✭garrincha62


    No fear people. I've been on to payroll since my shock last week. It has all been sorted. A glitch/human error on the payroll side. Said worker has no doubt been flogged but as yet there has been no compensation for emotional distress.

    DON'T WORRY, IARNROD EIREANN MAY BE FECKLESS SIMPLETONS BUT THEY HAVE NOT PUT UP PRICES.

    APOLOGIES FOR ANY DISTRESS CAUSED.:rolleyes:


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    dowlingm
    Registered Users Posts: 5,312 ✭✭✭dowlingm


    Don't speak too soon - the increase to pay for a new viaduct is yet to come.


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    garrincha62
    Registered Users Posts: 377 ✭✭garrincha62


    yes, we are all ****ed, how will they refund our tickets. we are doomed!


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    dearg lady
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭dearg lady


    fh041205 wrote: »
    Aye but if your ticket was Sep 08-Aug 09 then you would only be renewing it now. Is anybody actually able to confirm how much this has gone up by?

    Don't think they do sep-aug tickets, and even if they did, you'd have to apply for a new ticket at the agreed price, they couldn't just randomly start charging you extra. Prices are on Irish Rail website, think the last inc was the start of the yea.

    Glad to hear it's sorted anyway garrincha62 :) pity bout the bloody bridge, but I note there's a growing thread on that already....


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    KC61
    Registered Users Posts: 4,316 ✭✭✭KC61


    dearg lady wrote: »
    Don't think they do sep-aug tickets, and even if they did, you'd have to apply for a new ticket at the agreed price, they couldn't just randomly start charging you extra. Prices are on Irish Rail website, think the last inc was the start of the yea.

    Glad to hear it's sorted anyway garrincha62 :) pity bout the bloody bridge, but I note there's a growing thread on that already....

    Annual tickets can start at the beginning of any month of the year.


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    fh041205
    Registered Users Posts: 992 ✭✭✭fh041205


    garrincha62 wrote: »
    how will they refund our tickets.

    Thats actually a really good question. It'll take a few days at least to answer that comprehensively I would imagine.

    dearg lady, as KC61 points out, that ticket would have been bought last Sep (probably) in 2008. Now that its 2009 it would indeed be more expensive.


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