[Article] Pay and Display on the way

Standing Passenger · 14-06-2009, 11:12

Not sure if there another thread on which I should post this but....Carparks at rail stations seem to discourage overnight parking. From my perspective it seems one can only purchase a single days parking or an €8 weekly ticket. Having purchased a day return ticket recently for a trip from Kildare to Galway I found I needed to stay overnight but remembering I'd have no ticket on the car on Day 2 feared being clamped so cut short my visit. I know I could have phoned a friend to put a new ticket on but it just was not that simple at the time. In any event are these carparks monitored for safety during overnight parking. Parking should be an optional extra in the cost of the rail ticket as is the case with LUAS. As an aside its a pity that the overall experience of railtravel is becoming less friendly and slightly aggressive ie. instructions in carparks to "PARK FACING FENCE" - new arrangements at Heuston where all passengers are herded in front of the departure screens waiting for the magic platform number to appear with ten minutes to go and then the herd racing towards the train - while in a recent instance the actual train was standing on the platform for the previous 30 minutes.

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14-06-2009, 11:12	#7
Standing Passenger New to the board Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: galway Posts: 11	Not sure if there another thread on which I should post this but....Carparks at rail stations seem to discourage overnight parking. From my perspective it seems one can only purchase a single days parking or an €8 weekly ticket. Having purchased a day return ticket recently for a trip from Kildare to Galway I found I needed to stay overnight but remembering I'd have no ticket on the car on Day 2 feared being clamped so cut short my visit. I know I could have phoned a friend to put a new ticket on but it just was not that simple at the time. In any event are these carparks monitored for safety during overnight parking. Parking should be an optional extra in the cost of the rail ticket as is the case with LUAS. As an aside its a pity that the overall experience of railtravel is becoming less friendly and slightly aggressive ie. instructions in carparks to "PARK FACING FENCE" - new arrangements at Heuston where all passengers are herded in front of the departure screens waiting for the magic platform number to appear with ten minutes to go and then the herd racing towards the train - while in a recent instance the actual train was standing on the platform for the previous 30 minutes.