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Originally Posted by on the move
So what does?
Dublin is a major European city. It's not London Paris or Berlin granted, but it is the main hub of activity in this country, and when there are major public events on at night, the city's transport system struggles to cope, because extra services are not made available to meet clear demand at the time.
Even if Dublin wasn't a 24h city, it is still one of the few capital cities in Europe where public transport on 25.12 does not exist in any form. I can't defend that on any grounds, economic or otherwise.
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you seem to be wanting two things here.
how many major public events are there at night? Concerts in the 02/aviva/croke park would be major events, and you would imagine the number crunchers in BAC/Luas/IE have considered this. Outside of these events, and they are not every weekend for example, there would not be anything like the demand.
As for the 25th December, if you want to go into the city centre and wander around the empty streets on your own, off you go. Why the state should provide a bus and rail service for an almost non existant take up is beyond me.