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  • #32
    yer man!
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    CTYIgirl wrote: »
    Six euro doesn't seem worth it though, you're paying that for a 14 minute round trip. I'd save the 50c, AND be able to get the bus from the village with the bus. I do hope I'm wrong, but I don't know...

    Nah you're right, i'm not using that service until it dips below €5 return. I'll get the healy bus or city link from the village both €5 return or cheaper.


  • #33
    LXFlyer
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    Rashers72 wrote: »
    Just read an other post, fares down to €6 return, from €8ish. So we start with a high price, I assume that price attracts low numbers, and are then forced to reduce prices to show it was not a waste of money? I really do wonder about who sets fares in Irish Rail- they don't seem to have any sense of market realities ( and like I mentioned previously, I think some fares are underpriced).
    On a positive I do think things will change in this regard, with new management focussed on improving usage.

    The NTA set the fares - not Irish Rail.


  • #34
    Rashers72
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    lxflyer wrote: »
    The NTA set the fares - not Irish Rail.
    Do they not set an upper fare, but Irish Rail can discount if they feel appropriate?


  • #35
    LXFlyer
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    Rashers72 wrote: »
    Do they not set an upper fare, but Irish Rail can discount if they feel appropriate?

    The NTA set the basic standard fares, which Irish Rail can discount - but these too currently have to be approved by the NTA.

    The original fare is the lowest Intercity fare in the country - zone A.

    To be honest - it probably needs a suburban fare matrix.


  • #36
    munchkin_utd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,958 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    lxflyer wrote: »
    <snip>
    To be honest - it probably needs a suburban fare matrix.
    indeed,
    PLUS a weekly ticket that combines bus and rail for no extra cost
    PLUS a station at Renmore strand to serve GMIT/ Mervue estates
    PLUS a shuttle bus (or extension/ reroute of an existing service) between Renmore and where the majority of jobs in Galway is (which by default means its probably the largest concentration of jobs on the western seaboard)

    EDIT: the above would already be in place if Ireland had similar transport policies to the rest of Europe OR if the folks in Ireland would actually vote for a politician for any other reason that they met them at a funeral/ they sorted a last minute passport.


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