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Originally Posted by Thomas Ralph
The full fare from Cork to Killarney (or vice-versa) is €26 single and €42 return. A person booking that journey online generally knocks out seats on two separate services (the Cork-Heuston and Mallow-Tralee) that Iarnród Éireann is unlikely to be able to sell for the rest of the leg.
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Not necessarily. Heuston-Cork services can be full leaving Heuston, but very quiet by the time they get to Cork, as so many passengers join at Limerick Junction (everyone from Clare, Limerick, South Tipperary and some from North Cork, Waterford and Kilkenny) and Mallow (everyone from Kerry and many people from North Cork - Charleville is a shadow of its former self in terms of the number of stopping services). Sure, passengers from a base population of 300,000 people join at Cork/Cobh/Midleton, but up to 700,000 join between Mallow and Templemore, admittedly including direct Limerick-Heuston services. Not all at the same time of course.
I've not studied it in detail, but I imagine a seat that is sold for Heuston-Limerick Junction can be re-sold for Limerick Junction-Cork.