There be 418 seats in total on a CDE set, 48 first, 30 in the buffet and 340 elsewhere, those 340 are the ones we are interested in. The 42 first class seats on the 17:00 Cork Dublin today are all booked which goes to show its good revenue earning space, the 60 plus first seats on the 7:35 and 16:50 to Belfast all gone as well
You won't get a discount for suburban services as demand is unpredictable a hot day on a Sunday can be enough to require special trains run.
Fundamental capacity problem is daily demand, if you can run a extra train on Friday why not every day. We are luckly that that Sunday is the main day for big events.
The ticket pricing strategy I outlined is already in use
There are unrestricted tickets
There are mid week discounted tickets
There are special fares on extra services which are lower than normal
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