I've always operated under the assumption that I need to buy a ticket for the extra distance. Occasionally I have need to travel to Longford on my Edgeworthstown pass, so I just buy a (outrageously expensive) ticket from Edgeworthstown to Longford.
Going a bit off-topic, it's something that's always struck me a bit unfair about the way point-to-point tickets work in Dublin - particularly if you live just past the edge of the short hop zone. A P2P to Kilcock is something like 200 euro dearer than a Short Hop that covers you for Maynooth. So far so good, fair enough. Yet with the Maynooth ticket, you can go to any station within the short hop zone. Furthermore, you can add Dublin bus to the Maynooth ticket for about 300 euro extra, yet this option doesn't seem to be available to the guy living 5 miles further down the line in Kilcock.
Personally, it doesn't really bother me as somebody who uses a P2P from much further out, but it seems to be a bit of an anomaly. Is there an official reason why a P2P customer can't add a Dublin Bus ticket for the 300 euro extra it costs a short hop customer?
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