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Why do bus tickets make no sense on price?.

TrustedApple · 2016-10-31 15:20:42

Today I had to go home to my hometown of cahir from cork for the night. I just can't work out why the cost of a ticket is so high?. I paid 14 euros single as I have a left tommarow. But the thing I don't get is the fact it costs the same for a Dublin ticket on the X8 route?. Dublin single 14 euros. Cahir single 14 euros.…

31-10-2016 04:20PM

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TrustedApple

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Today I had to go home to my hometown of cahir from cork for the night. I just can't work out why the cost of a ticket is so high?. I paid 14 euros single as I have a left tommarow.

But the thing I don't get is the fact it costs the same for a Dublin ticket on the X8 route?. Dublin single 14 euros. Cahir single 14 euros. There has to be a error somewhere on this?. As a extra 180km work out the same as a trip to cahir from cork?.

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#2 31-10-2016 04:26PM

wotswattage

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Possibly because there is competition on direct Dublin routes (from trains and private operators) but you don't have as much choice getting to Cahir so they can charge what they want.

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