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Unread 25-07-2016, 17:27   #47
Jamie2k9
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Problem with Irish Rail and technology is the long period of "planning" to do x and launching x. When they do get around to launching it, technology has moved on and the cycle just keeps happening over and over again.

It's like E Tickets for barriers, should of been launched 18 months ago yet it will probably be another 18 months before they are.

While London is been discussed, the ticket barriers over there are much less sensitive to paper ticketing and they actually open and close with the flow of people yet over here tickets are constantly rejected a dozen times before you can actually remove and try again, any bend they will not work and so.

The same with Oyaster Cards can read them quickly and not having to tap lots times like over here. Free Travel Cards are another disastor, 10 times worse than using Leap cards at readers along Luas lines. Over here you need to put ticket/card onto machine and wait a couple of seconds after ticket comes out for gates to open.

As the saying goes, buy cheap get cheap and that's exactly what IE and our whole transport system is about.

I ream we can't even get accurate train data but of course IE are testing a new GPS system which won't work because Wi-Fi coverage is rubbish.
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