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luasifer · 01-10-2006, 17:28

Mark,

I am correct about the 15 euro. I have gotten return tickets to Lansdowne Road, Pearse, Grand Canal Dock many times in the past and this is the price. I presume this is because these are classed as city centre stations.

I have also inversely gotten single tickets from Grand Canal Dock to Newbridge and it has cost 12 euro which is the correct fare from Newbridge to the city centre.

Also a family member of mine commutes to Clontarf Road and the day return price is 15 euro, in fact it is the same for Killester and Harmonstown. How IE find it difficult to integrate and have a consistent fare structure on such a small system is beyond me.

Coming back to Derek's point. Am I right in saying that Enterprise passengers get a free Dart transfer to Tara Street and Pearse??

If this is the case then surely Heuston passengers should be accomodated in a similar way.

If we look at Paris for example, which to me has one of the finest transport systems in the world. If you get an RER ticket to Paris from one of the suburbs you are entitled to travel to any station in zone 1, which actually includes nearly the whole metro system.

Our ticket and fare structure is so outdated it is embarrassing. It is also unfair to some areas by being unfairly expensive and too cheap to others

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luasifer Regular Poster Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 37	Mark, I am correct about the 15 euro. I have gotten return tickets to Lansdowne Road, Pearse, Grand Canal Dock many times in the past and this is the price. I presume this is because these are classed as city centre stations. I have also inversely gotten single tickets from Grand Canal Dock to Newbridge and it has cost 12 euro which is the correct fare from Newbridge to the city centre. Also a family member of mine commutes to Clontarf Road and the day return price is 15 euro, in fact it is the same for Killester and Harmonstown. How IE find it difficult to integrate and have a consistent fare structure on such a small system is beyond me. Coming back to Derek's point. Am I right in saying that Enterprise passengers get a free Dart transfer to Tara Street and Pearse?? If this is the case then surely Heuston passengers should be accomodated in a similar way. If we look at Paris for example, which to me has one of the finest transport systems in the world. If you get an RER ticket to Paris from one of the suburbs you are entitled to travel to any station in zone 1, which actually includes nearly the whole metro system. Our ticket and fare structure is so outdated it is embarrassing. It is also unfair to some areas by being unfairly expensive and too cheap to others Last edited by PaulM : 02-10-2006 at 10:46.