[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...262842902.html

Train fares North and South

Madam, – I am a regular user of the Enterprise train service between Dublin and Belfast.

It is a cross-community service, involving the same train, regardless of whether tickets are bought in the North or South.

However, at the time of writing, it costs €27.50 for a single ticket from Dublin to Newry, while from Newry to Dublin it costs the equivalent of €20.85.

For a return trip, it costs €39 when the journey begins in Dublin, but the equivalent of €22.30 when you buy the ticket in Newry. When I complained to Iarnród Éireann, I was told it advertises cheap deals on its website.

However, these deals are available for one-day customers only: if, like me, you often need to stay for a day or two, the ticket costs the prices outlined above.

Yet again, the people of the Republic are being clearly ripped off. – Yours, etc,

JAMES O’REILLY,
Dublin.