aodh_rua wrote: » Where did you see this? I don't see anything on their Twitter or website.
cowboyjoe wrote: » I contacted Transport for Ireland and they responded on twitter, but they deleted their response (above) soon after. Obviously someone wasn't meant to reveal d-day to Joe public (sure why would they). Irish rail are keeping schtum; the more the general public harass and contact Irish rail, NTA, Transport for Ireland, local politicians etc (all public bodies/state employees) the sooner they will launch this long overdue service.
IrishZeus wrote: » Tax saver Annual Ticket for the PPT commuter line from Sallins/Naas to Connolly will be on sale from 1st December, according to the office.
ArmaniJeanss wrote: » I don't think should be a 'surcharge' for using the PPT, it cost relative peanuts to re-open so its not as if they need to recoup any investment. I'd expect there won't be a price differential between Newbridge->Heuston and Newbridge->Connolly/Pearse/GCD.
Carawaystick wrote: » I thought there was a move to increase the fares of longer journeys in the Dublin area?
Jamie2k9 wrote: » 13 million and one suspects the major drop in Nass revenue will need to be plugged.
marno21 wrote: » The 13 million here should be fully government funded out of the Capital Plan. Especially considering the benefits from the cost and even more considering how much was thrown at Ennis-Athenry with no problem. If finding 13 million is such an issue how will DART Underground ever get built?
Jamie2k9 wrote: » Nobody is suggesting otherwise but why should you not pay a little extra when you no longer need to change service to get from a to b? To be clear I am not taking a position as I wont use it often but I also would not expect it to be free or no additional fee.
ClovenHoof wrote: » That's great news Jamie 29K. Thanks. We can now expect the obligatory RTE and other news reporters on the first services asking people '"this cost the taxpayers a fortune...but will you actually use the service?" Like they have done non stop since the DART was open. I'll never forget the prophecies of doom for the Luas Green Line first day and how RTE got some halfwit in a Dublin GAA jersey and said "but will you actually use it?" to which he replies 'It'll be handy for getting to the sea side.". Expect more of the same on the 29th
Sam Russell wrote: » First fill the trains before pricing them out of existence.
Jem72 wrote: » The way in which public transport is charged for is a complete mess in Dublin. No you shouldn't have to pay extra when the "network" is re-organised. Very few people want to get from Sallins to Heuston - they want to get from Sallins to a particular address in Docklands to use an example. The cost to them should not be based on the organisation of a transport network that was decided back in the Victorian era and then slowly dismantled over the following 150 years. For actual commuters paying to get to work with actual money, what the journey costs is pretty fundamental to the choice of transport mode yet here we are 10 days before the service opens and nobody knows what it is going to cost.
Jamie2k9 wrote: » Not disagreeing but expecting to pay the same fee to Heuston as GCD is not right. Avoiding the Luas crush loads is worth a little extra!
Thrashssacre wrote: » There leaving it very late too announce it people who buy weekly of monthly bus tickets certainly wont be using the service the first few days it starts.... i can now see this being written about in the media as a ghost service due to the advertising pitch being far too late
Jamie2k9 wrote: » Not really as they will announce it on Monday (7 days notice required) and TBH a lot of annuals will be converting over the next few weeks. I wouldn't expect the media to pick up on low numbers at all. They will likely be doing a launch piece but that's it.
