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Student Paying €25 Return x5 Days Of College A Week

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So i was wondering as a friend of mine was paying a ridiculous €125 a week to travel up and down a week as theres no accommodation here up in cork. Shes a student and lives approx 60km from her college, she gets the student bus ticket every morning but says its only a discount of a few €€'s from the adult return price.

As for as the student leap card, she can't make much savings as she doesn't live in the green zone nor the red zone which is an added expense for her, as she does'nt live in the city/ suburbs only down west!

Would appreciate all suggestions as she spends an hefty amount of €125 a week!

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jaykay74

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

So i was wondering as a friend of mine was paying a ridiculous €125 a week to travel up and down a week as theres no accommodation here up in cork. Shes a student and lives approx 60km from her college, she gets the student bus ticket every morning but says its only a discount of a few €€'s from the adult return price.

As for as the student leap card, she can't make much savings as she doesn't live in the green zone nor the red zone which is an added expense for her, as she does'nt live in the city/ suburbs only down west!

Would appreciate all suggestions as she spends an hefty amount of €125 a week!

If she is living at home isn't she saving overall anyway even with the travel costs ? Not that it sounds fun...

The One Doctor

Your friend is either lying or lazy.

9de5q7tsr8u2im

She genuinely is paying that and works her ass off to earn that amount but she'll be driving soon..

mansize

Where is she travelling from? Do they do a 10 journey ticket?

RustyNut

Get a moped.

mansize

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

She genuinely is paying that and works her ass off to earn that amount but she'll be driving soon..

Watch the costs soar!

mansize

Also transport, cork or UCC/CIT forums more likely to get better answers

kneemos

How do you go up to Cork?
Does she live offshore?

jamesbere

kneemos wrote: »

How do you go up to Cork?
Does she live offshore?

Kinsale

messrs

Is there not a weekly student ticket she can buy?

wp_rathead

Usually there are 10 Journey tickets you can get for week no?

whatismyname

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

So i was wondering as a friend of mine was paying a ridiculous €125 a week to travel up and down a week as theres no accommodation here up in cork. Shes a student and lives approx 60km from her college, she gets the student bus ticket every morning but says its only a discount of a few €€'s from the adult return price.

As for as the student leap card, she can't make much savings as she doesn't live in the green zone nor the red zone which is an added expense for her, as she does'nt live in the city/ suburbs only down west!

Would appreciate all suggestions as she spends an hefty amount of €125 a week!

Probably depends where she is coming from, and maybe I'm missing it, but you don't seem to have provided this?

JumpShivers

I looked up Bus Eireann and from Kinsale to Cork, it should cost about €47 for a student, 10 journeys.

whatismyname

JumpShivers wrote: »

I looked up Bus Eireann and from Kinsale to Cork, it should cost about €47 for a student, 10 journeys.

Pretty sure the Kinsale reference was a joke by another poster. After all, Kinsale to Cork is not €25 return.

JumpShivers

whatismyname wrote: »

Pretty sure the Kinsale reference was a joke by another poster. After all, Kinsale to Cork is not €25 return.

I realised that when I looked at the thread again. :P

endacl

jamesbere wrote: »

Kinsale

Sure she's probably loaded so. Could she not just sail the aul' boat around an live on that?

Pedro K

Motorbike might be an option. I live 30km from college and commute on a 500cc bike each day. Costs me about 17 quid a week.

whatismyname

I find it hard to believe there's not a cheaper option on public transport (but can't know without knowing where she's coming from), but https://www.carsharing.ie/ might me worth checking out if not.

snubbleste

Well it's 60km down west from Cork

A Rogue Hobo

I spend about â‚¬80.50 a week going from Fermoy to CIT on public transport so depending on where she's coming from I'd believe it. Bus Eireann's regional services are a rip off and rarely reliable either. Their city bus is actually quite good though!

munchkin_utd

snubbleste wrote: »

Well it's 60km down west from Cork

but still
Clonakilty for example is €20.42 for a day return online, so a little more in cash from the driver.
A 10 journey ticket on the other hand is only €64.60

munchkin_utd

A Rogue Hobo wrote: »

I spend about â‚¬80.50 a week going from Fermoy to CIT on public transport so depending on where she's coming from I'd believe it. Bus Eireann's regional services are a rip off and rarely reliable either. Their city bus is actually quite good though!

a 10 journey Fermoy-cork is 57.00, but thanks anyhow for keeping the irish transport system well funded by voluntarily paying more

granturismo

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

She genuinely is paying that and works her ass off to earn that amount but she'll be driving soon..

A student 10 journey ticket from Dungarvan to Cork (75Km) is €70.50. Check it out on the Bus Eireann fare checker. Maybe she can save some of her ass.

Without knowing where she is travelling up or down from, or where in Cork she is travelling to, no one can give you decent advice. Genuinely.

A Rogue Hobo

munchkin_utd wrote:

a 10 journey Fermoy-cork is 57.00, but thanks anyhow for keeping the irish transport system well funded by voluntarily paying more

You're also forgetting about the second bus you'd have to get from cork city to CIT, I can't always afford the 10 journey ticket as with food and bills I don't always have that much money on me in one go. With the ten journey ticket you'd save roughly 8 Euro a week on that.

Thanks for jumping to numerous conclusions and voluntarily making yourself look like a smartarse though!

9de5q7tsr8u2im

A Rogue Hobo wrote: »

You're also forgetting about the second bus you'd have to get from cork city to CIT, I can't always afford the 10 journey ticket as with food and bills I don't always have that much money on me in one go. With the ten journey ticket you'd save roughly 8 Euro a week on that.

Thanks for jumping to numerous conclusions and voluntarily making yourself look like a smartarse though!

Yeah when she gets dropped of in the city, she has to get a bus to CIT, and pay €2.10 when she finish's her day she pays another €2.10 to get the bus into the city for the bus home...
Even if she tops up her student leap card for the €2.10 journeys in and out a day she'd only save about €0.80 a day :eek:

snubbleste

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

Yeah when she gets dropped of in the city, she has to get a bus to CIT, and pay €2.10 when she finish's her day she pays another €2.10 to get the bus into the city for the bus home...
Even if she tops up her student leap card for the €2.10 journeys in and out a day she'd only save about €0.80 a day :eek:

Yeah, but outline clearly the origin?

9de5q7tsr8u2im

snubbleste wrote: »

Yeah, but outline clearly the origin?

Bantry, and she goes to UCC

snubbleste

Bantry is more than 60km from UCC
~80km
And surely the bus would go past UCC inbound & outbound

and even then a return is €13 and a 10 journey is €63

whatismyname

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

Bantry, and she goes to UCC

€62.70 for a ten journey student ticket from Bantry to Cork, which appears to stop at UCC (Western Road).

Timetable at http://www.buseireann.ie/timetables/1425903022-236.pdf

Fares can be checked at homepage of Bus Eireann site.

freshpopcorn

I used spend a lot of money in buses when going to C.I.T. I used generally get the bus in Mitchelstown/Fermoy at around 7:10 in the morning and returning in the evening.
The only way I found to make a saving was either to walk to C.I.T in the morning or walk back into the city in the afternoon.