Ticket machines

Lapin

Yesterday - Euston Station London.
I was amongst thousands of people using ticket machines to board my train.

I was on the train within 5 minutes
On a ticket that got me all over London to get to Euston in the first place.

This morning - €5 bus from North Wall to Connolly Station. Another 5 minute walk to get a tram outside Busaras. Tram to Heuston (€2) for a train home. Arrive at Heuston Station to queue (Some people do live outside Dubland) up for a ticket home on our national rail service (€34).

Arrive back in Heuston to be greeted by more untrustworthy ticket machines and staff telling you the tickets you have are no longer valid.

Why can't Transport for Dublin do things right ?

Victor

Are you talking about ticket vending machines or ticket barriers? How many people were travelling?

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You seem not to have researched this.

You could have got a Sail/Rail ticket from almost any UK station to almost any Irish station, including ferry, on a single ticket. http://www.stenaline.ie/ferry/rail-and-sail

Alternatively, you could have got a Eurolines bus from London Victoria coach station to Busaras. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Victoria+Coach+Station,+London,+United+Kingdom&sll=53.34847,-6.2107&sspn=0.013065,0.035963&dirflg=w&ie=UTF8&hq=Victoria+Coach+Station,&hnear=Westminster,+London,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.497389,-0.149217&spn=0.006813,0.017982&z=15&iwloc=A

You say North Wall. How did you get from the ferry terminal to North Wall? http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=Terminal+Rd+S&hl=en&geocode=FaoBLgMdXPmg_w%3BFdD9LQMd9Xeh_w&mra=ltm&dirflg=w&sll=53.34822,-6.230192&sspn=0.006533,0.017982&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14 AFAIK, there is a bus service from Dublin Port to Busaras http://www.irishbuses.com/Ferry.html for €2.50, not €5.00.

If going from North Wall, you should have gone around the corner at go a tram direct from The Point to Heuston.

You could have bought your ticket from Connolly to your final destination. I'm not sure if this includes the Luas add-on. Certainly it can be it you book online. Buying your Irish Rail ticket online is typically cheaper.

Why was your ticket "no longer valid" - did you overstay the validity?

AlekSmart

Lapin wrote: »

This morning - €5 bus from North Wall to Connolly Station. Another 5 minute walk to get a tram outside Busaras. Tram to Heuston (€2) for a train home. Arrive at Heuston Station to queue (Some people do live outside Dubland) up for a ticket home on our national rail service (€34).

Arrive back in Heuston to be greeted by more untrustworthy ticket machines and staff telling you the tickets you have are no longer valid.

Why can't Transport for Dublin do things right ?

Good question Lapin.

Most easily answered by the fact that we don`t have a "Transport for Dublin"

We almost did have,with the Dublin Transport Authority,but at the 11th hour somebody in power had a blonde moment and decided instead that we needed a NATIONAL Transport Authority.....a horse of a VERY different colour.

Current Irish public transport strategy is somewhat vague in so many areas,none more so than "Integrated Ticketing".

Our version of Integrated Ticketing began with the premise that introducing as many stand-alone non-integrated public transport ticketing products as possible would be a good starting point.

We as an electorate have paid some highly qualified and now retired Senior Public Administrators for the accumulated benefits of this highly individualistic and whimsical definition of INTEGRATION.

But,hey..it`s what makes us what we are,a whimsical race,loved and encouraged by the rest of dour ol Protestant inclined Europe....lets bask in that glory instead of constantly carping on about how the rest of the world travels.....:rolleyes: