Half price fares
 

These are only available, end to end so single to Thurles is still quoting 27 euro. YOU CAN'T use a Dublin Cork single to Thurles since it breaks the bye laws

I can't get any of the these tickets at the prices IE quote, nor are the terms and conditions available

Also, as usual you can't book on Dublin - Sligo. So it's not actually across the whole network.

so if you get off the train in thurles on a dublin cork single you are breaking the bye laws??

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Little bit on investigation indicates that the online system will always quote the non discounted fares

Its only when you try to make a booking will you see a discount of half the fare is applied to the total just before your credit card is hit

Not very clear to the public that and it means you can select the student price which is cheaper not knowing that this discount is applied later

If you select Dublin City Centre you will not get the 50% discount

Seems it works to Thurles but its buried so you don't know until the very last moment if you are getting the discount
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UPDATE
 

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/general_news.asp?action=view&news_id=383For Thurles - aren't you allowed to break a journey on an intercity route? Just let your ticket expire! :eek:

There is nothing to stop a passenger leaving the train in Thurles, as all intercity trains call there.

Has there ever been a case of fare evasion based on getting out mid journey?

No but you can't break a journey on a online ticket since its tied to a specific train

The fare structure has so many oddities which means passengers can end up paying more for a shorter journey than someone on the same train making a longer journey

No one has been caught to our knowledge, however there are very few people who are sufficiently knowledgeable to know how to beat the system this way

Fair enough Mark. :)

In my example the passenger only wants go to Thurles. He finds it is cheaper to go to Cork so he buys a ticket to Cork and catches the train. The train arrives into Thurles and our passenger leaves the train. He never goes to Cork.

I wonder would IE have a case to prosecute this passenger?

At the moment that example doesn't work since the fares are always such that that option isn't a goer

The bye laws grant IE the power to recover the full fare for the journey undertaken

not sure wheere this is bringing us but anyway...

A passenger is allowed to break the journey, right?

so if someone buys a discounted ticket to cork and then gets out in thurles and then continues to cork later that day they are fine.

but if they arrive back in thurles station too late and miss the last train to cork and then explain the situation to the station master he would have to charge them the difference

i know its never going to happen but...

You can't break a journey on ticket which has been bought online, since online tickets are strictly valid on the trains stated on the ticket

Break of journey is only allowed on ordinary intercity tickets

Does this only apply to online tickets. I get cheap intercity rail tickets a work, the ones that are the prepaid single contracts. Don't tell anyone though.

Anyway, I always write in Dublin - Cork as I live near Cork. But my father works in Mallow so if he happens to be there as I get close to Mallow, I get off there. Am I breaking the law.


Mark, you live in Blackrock. I had you down for a Northsider. :D

Grrrr.............. take that back!!!

Great piece of design. I saw the post here, decided to book tickets online because of the offer but couldn't see any discount so we took the bus instead. By the time I saw this post, it was inside the 7 day deadline so too late to book. Are IR capable of getting anything right?

A valid question Mark!

Indeed its almost like they didn't want too many to avail of the offer.

The ticket that IÉ sent out to anyone who booked are interesting as well. My ticket (Galway day return) says €31.50, but the piece of paper that it came wrapped in quotes the actual price paid, €15.75.

Aren't you allowed travel any train with an on-line first class ticket (your booked train or any train after that on the same day) ......... arrrghH that doesn't work because the first class ticket wouldn't be discounted. :)

I have often used my online first class to travel on trains other than the booked one both on earlier and later trains. Never had a problem from IE staff.

I remember reading this somewhere on the IÉ website and have been told it by the clerk in Abbey Street. If I find the site again I'll post it.