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Irish Rail seat reservations

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    #32
    Emme
    Registered Users Posts: 4,055 ✭✭✭Emme


    Stephen15 wrote: »
    I don't mind free travel on short distance buses in cities etc. but I think that on long distance intercity trains they should have to pay a discounted fare. A thing that annoys about IE is that they make no ticketing distinctions between commuter, dart and intercity for example if your travelling between Dublin and Drogheda it should be cheaper to go on a stopping service than a no-stop enterprise or the freeloading dart passengers on the Rosslare train needs to be stopped.

    A lot of people in rural areas use free travel. It's very good for older people who go to hospital and other healthcare appointments by public transport. However it can be annoying when paying commuters have to push past hordes of pensioners with large spiky injurious plants coming from festivals like Bloom just to find a standing spot in a train they pay thousands a year to travel. Or try to negotiate past the large suitcases of pensioners bound for holidays abroad when you haven't had a proper holiday for years because you're so pressed for cash. I hate to say it but there are times I think free travel should be means tested.


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    #33
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    Stephen15 wrote: »
    I don't mind free travel on short distance buses in cities etc. but I think that on long distance intercity trains they should have to pay a discounted fare. A thing that annoys about IE is that they make no ticketing distinctions between commuter, dart and intercity for example if your travelling between Dublin and Drogheda it should be cheaper to go on a stopping service than a no-stop enterprise or the freeloading dart passengers on the Rosslare train needs to be stopped.

    Why?


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    #34
    BuffyBot
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 24,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    This is not a discussion about free travel, so back on topic folks


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    #35
    Carawaystick
    Registered Users Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭Carawaystick


    I can't wait till both passengers on a Limerick - Galway intercity train are put off at Gort for not having reserved a place.

    I also think passengers who can barely fit on a commuter train at rush hour will think it's grand that they have to get their ticket checked every day, by an inspector who can't move through the train with over crowding...


    :rolleyes:


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    #36
    Stephen15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    Limerick to Galway is more of a commuter route than an intercity one and on commuter routes there should no seat reservations but on intercity trains it should be all reservations.


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    #37
    end of the road
    Registered Users Posts: 28,998 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    Stephen15 wrote: »
    Limerick to Galway is more of a commuter route than an intercity one

    it's an intercity route. it probably has some commuter traffic but so do the other intercity and regional routes.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #38
    Stephen15
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    end of the road wrote: »
    it's an intercity route. it probably has some commuter traffic but so do the other intercity and regional routes.

    Sorry when I said commuter I meant regional. IEs defination is wrong if it was in most other European countries it would be classed as regional. A train betweven two small cities is not intercity its interegional. Limerick and Galway are regional hubs aswell as citites.


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