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Irish Rail Prices

  • 15-04-2003 5:43pm
    #1
    reigninblood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭


    Right. My homeplace is Thurles Co. Tipperary. Until recently I lived in Maynooth Co Kildare and commuted to work in Dublin. NOW! If i was to get a return ticket from Maynooth into Grand Canal Dock it cost me €4.50. It is an hourlong journey. If I wanted to go home to Thurles it costs me €33 return. It takes an hour and a half. What in the name of christ is that about! By the way a single to Thurles is €24 and a Single to Maynooth is €2.50. What justification is there in that!? I know they want to keep Maynooth cheap as it is a commuter town but jesus I'd say they get well over a hundred people on that train to Thurles every journey. It could not cost €3000 to get the piece of sh1t to thurles!

    [My signature is too big for these boards]


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  • #2
    embraer170
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,451 ✭✭✭embraer170


    Quite simply the difference between Intercity and commuter rail services. Exactly the same can be found in plenty of other places around the world.

    Jer


  • #3
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Commuter lines never charge full economic fares. See old episodes of Yes Minister (the one where Hacker gets made Transport Supremo) for details and perhaps even a few laughs. Or as embraer said, it's the same in the real world. Silly? Just a little - one group is subsidising the other group.


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