Train prices

marvin2k

Im sure this might have been mentioned here before , but can anyone justify why a return from limerick to dublin costs just short of 60 euro (never mind further afield ).Ive lived in a lot of different countries and have payed the equivalent of 30 euro to travel twice that distance .I have seen tourists at the train stations wince when they are told how much to pay for their tickets .

whippet

I've just checked online there and I could book a seat for monday morning Dub - Limerick for €29, that seems reasonable enough to me.

Have you ever had the misfortune of traveling intercity in the UK ? you'll know all about high prices there !!!

spurious

Better than that - Day return Dublin to Portarlington, bought online with their much vaunted cheapest prices - €24.50

I get to Portarlington to see that if you're doing a Day return Portarlington to Dublin, then it's only €10.00 for a day return.

What sort of a cod is that?

mikemac

Day return Dublin to Nenagh 40 euro
Day return Nenagh to Dublin 25 euro

Trampas

and the london underground will cost you £4 to go a few stops.

Kalashnikov_Kid

whippet wrote: »

I've just checked online there and I could book a seat for monday morning Dub - Limerick for €29, that seems reasonable enough to me.

Have you ever had the misfortune of traveling intercity in the UK ? you'll know all about high prices there !!!

QFT

Cardiff - London (under 3 hours) - 'cheapest' ticket is £60!

And London itself is an absolute joke! - Waterloo - Godalming (about 30 miles) - in or around £15

KeyLimePie

Trains piss me off When I was young it was only 4 euro mala-cork, then it went up to five, however when they stopped believing that i was a child it went up to 10.10 but then then went up to 11.30.....and you only get 20 cent off if you're a student

Also another thing i don't get
mala to cork - 11.30
cork to mala 16

g5fd6ow0hseima

spurious wrote: »

What sort of a cod is that?

They're keeping the Dubs away from us

drunkmonkey

One way Dublin to Tralee was €98 on the last bank holiday weekend, unbelievable, and the greens would prefer if I left my car at home.

kingshankly

we have some of the cheapest train fares in europe.was in the uk recently and a train from london to liverpool cost 140 sterling single.a journey that took 2 hours and 5 minutes

Davidth88

98 quid from Tralee seems expensive was that first class or something ?

I paid 38 ( online offer only ) from Killarney at the weekend. Seemed pretty reasonable value to me.

However the 60 ( odd ) quid they wanted if you paid at the booking office was a crazy price , if you don't have a credit card or means to pay online you are punished badly for sure.

Miaireland

I paid €70+ for a return ticket from Cork to Dublin in June. Drove the next time.

Blue_Wolf

My sister was in school uniform, asked for student ticket. The one behind the desk said you need ID,so she would have to pay double the price 20euro for student, 40euro for adult. She walked off and as she got to the gate the woman shouted after her and said fine i will give you a ticket. Only because they were assh*les screwing a child over.

10000maniacs

What do we expect.
We are paying railway monopoly Iarnrod Eireann workers Celtic-Tiger inflated wages for doing what is effectively manual semi-skilled work, while the company itself is highly inefficient and overly subsidised.
Get rid of the unions.:cool:

kumate_champ07

Trampas wrote: »

and the london underground will cost you £4 to go a few stops.

for 4 pund you can use the underground all day


stanstead to liverpool station in london is 23pound return I think. 40min journey each way, bit of a rip off. I only fly there when I get flights for 20euro or less total price

kumate_champ07

10000maniacs wrote: »

What do we expect.
We are paying railway monopoly Iarnrod Eireann workers Celtic-Tiger inflated wages for doing what is effectively manual semi-skilled work, while the company itself is highly inefficient and overly subsidised.
Get rid of the unions.:cool:

rip off train ticket prices, where does their money go? obviously not on bridge maintenance

jahalpin

kingshankly wrote: »

we have some of the cheapest train fares in europe.was in the uk recently and a train from london to liverpool cost 140 sterling single.a journey that took 2 hours and 5 minutes

That must have been first class walk up fare. You can get a train from Euston to Liverpool for £11 if you book in advance from www.virgintrains.co.uk

jahalpin

Blue_Wolf wrote: »

My sister was in school uniform, asked for student ticket. The one behind the desk said you need ID,so she would have to pay double the price 20euro for student, 40euro for adult. She walked off and as she got to the gate the woman shouted after her and said fine i will give you a ticket. Only because they were assh*les screwing a child over.

The student tickets are for people in full-time third level education with a Student Travelcard only. You can buy a 16-26 railcard which gets you reduced fares if you are between 16 and 26

kingshankly

jahalpin wrote: »

That must have been first class walk up fare. You can get a train from Euston to Liverpool for £11 if you book in advance from www.virgintrains.co.uk

The price was walk up and standard class compare it to a walk up Dublin Belfast fare it is extremley dear

baldbear

I'm heading to Limerick on Friday from Dublin and coming back on Sunday and the price is €58!!! Pure rip off. I'll be taking my car now, feck the enviornment!!!!:P

Euro_Kraut

10000maniacs wrote: »

What do we expect.
We are paying railway monopoly Iarnrod Eireann workers Celtic-Tiger inflated wages for doing what is effectively manual semi-skilled work, while the company itself is highly inefficient and overly subsidised.
Get rid of the unions.:cool:

I agree that the prices are high.

However other European countries with Unionized staff and rail monopolies are still better value and more efficient. Meanwhile the private and less unionized British trains are very expensive.

Passivisation does not solve everything.

paddy cork

nice to milan 15 euro 5 hours
milan to paris 25 euro 7/8 hours
1 day ticket in milan trams metro busus(including linate) 3 euro:)

pawrick

been using the trains between Athlone and Dublin for 10 years at least twice a month and Cork also as I stopped driving while living in Dublin.

Prices just keep increasing for the trains making it more and more practicle to drive instead given the convenience and the time journeys can take via train. Driving I know is quicker from Athlone to Dublin then the train (which has inproved but not enough to compete with the car).

They wonder why passenger numbers are falling year on year - maybe if they lowered the prices people would use the trains instead?

There are also crazy differences in prices aimed to screw anyone who doesnt book on line or even I've noticed in Dublin the charge extra for getting a return ticket on fridays (10 i think extra) compared to buying in athlone!!!! haven't had time to re read/make sense of this post dinner ready!