Can anyone explain Weekender fares?

Mark Gleeson · 21-03-2007, 09:01

Promotional fares are a good thing and while they can be somewhat unfair in terms of availability many people rely on them as it is the only way to get a decent bit of value out of Irish Rail, again industry standard practice

If we where to kick up a fuss about it, it could be bye bye and we are worse off than where we started

There are reasonable grounds at the moment to charge more per mile on the Limerick and Cork service than Westport and Galway we have to accept that the difference in service level is incredible and it really is on the ground, I know I was on the Galway line last night, late, no heating (it was below 5 degress yesterday) and no PA.

What we don't have to accept is the strange cases where the cost per mile of two stations on the same line with the same service is 10, 20, 30 or even 40% different. The DoT sanctioned price rise only further expands this gap based on experience

We can't understand why the purchase of two tickets for a very large number of journeys can in fact work out cheaper that a single direct ticket

We can't understand why on numerous combinations the student/weekender/faircard fare is in fact more than the adult fare

Those the real problems we face, the fare system must be seen to be fair at the moment the fares for certain trips come out of hat.

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21-03-2007, 09:01	#11
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Promotional fares are a good thing and while they can be somewhat unfair in terms of availability many people rely on them as it is the only way to get a decent bit of value out of Irish Rail, again industry standard practice If we where to kick up a fuss about it, it could be bye bye and we are worse off than where we started There are reasonable grounds at the moment to charge more per mile on the Limerick and Cork service than Westport and Galway we have to accept that the difference in service level is incredible and it really is on the ground, I know I was on the Galway line last night, late, no heating (it was below 5 degress yesterday) and no PA. What we don't have to accept is the strange cases where the cost per mile of two stations on the same line with the same service is 10, 20, 30 or even 40% different. The DoT sanctioned price rise only further expands this gap based on experience We can't understand why the purchase of two tickets for a very large number of journeys can in fact work out cheaper that a single direct ticket We can't understand why on numerous combinations the student/weekender/faircard fare is in fact more than the adult fare Those the real problems we face, the fare system must be seen to be fair at the moment the fares for certain trips come out of hat.