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Originally Posted by shweeney
Irish Rails solution to falling passenger numbers and revenue is to raise prices, reduce frequency and make the service less comfortable - I'd like to know which business school they attended.
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this is very true and a point i have been making recently. should this trend continue, the logical result will be one passenger left paying several hundred million for his/her ticket.
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Originally Posted by Inniskeen
people are less than impressed to find virtually empty 8-car 8600s rattling around on late evening services when Irish Rail are spinning that four-car trains are necessary at peak periods as a cost saving measure. What cost are bing avoided ? If energy costs are being targeted then 8-car trains should only appear on workings directly associated with the peak period with sets being reduced to two or four-car units at the earliest opportunity thereafter.
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maybe they have the nightsaver meter installed.