Rail Users Ireland Forum - View Single Post - "exact fare only" but there's no way of knowing what it is

Colm Donoghue · 02-08-2006, 17:50

On a thread on boards.ie someone complained about IE not accepting a 50 note for a train ticket.

Mark G said if people had the exact fare, it would shorten queues.

Now I imagine one way of finding out the fare would be to look up IE or CIE's website. I mean there must be a record of all the fares IE can charge. I'm guessing it's in some machine readable format cos the ticket machines are, well, machines.

So looking up the irish rail website - No price list
Looking up Iarnrod Eireann's website( not the same thing) a link to a Fare Enquiry page.
This has a list of 18 destinations, all from Dublin. If you want to know other ticket prices, you can ring somebody or fill in an email form.

What are the people answering the phone or reading the email enquiry going to read to find out the prices that cannot be put on the web?

I call bullsh1t.
The same page in the Iarnroid Eireann website has a link to Dart and Suburban prepaid fares. however when I click on the link, I get:
"Forbidden
You are not permitted to access the remote system.
more bovine fecal matter.

If this is an error, then you should contact your local firewall administrator. "

Another issue is the non acceptance of credit/debit cards at train/tram stations where large banknotes is a problem.

Park and ride carparks for Luas take visa for two euro charges. IE or rpa/veoila won't take visa stating it's too small an amount but if you spend more money we'll take it.
again I call bullsh1t: the most you can spend in a luas park and ride is 4 euro,
I doubt the carpark is loosing money per transaction.

02-08-2006, 17:50	#1
Colm Donoghue Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 873	"exact fare only" but there's no way of knowing what it is On a thread on boards.ie someone complained about IE not accepting a 50 note for a train ticket. Mark G said if people had the exact fare, it would shorten queues. Now I imagine one way of finding out the fare would be to look up IE or CIE's website. I mean there must be a record of all the fares IE can charge. I'm guessing it's in some machine readable format cos the ticket machines are, well, machines. So looking up the irish rail website - No price list Looking up Iarnrod Eireann's website( not the same thing) a link to a Fare Enquiry page. This has a list of 18 destinations, all from Dublin. If you want to know other ticket prices, you can ring somebody or fill in an email form. What are the people answering the phone or reading the email enquiry going to read to find out the prices that cannot be put on the web? I call bullsh1t. The same page in the Iarnroid Eireann website has a link to Dart and Suburban prepaid fares. however when I click on the link, I get: "Forbidden You are not permitted to access the remote system. more bovine fecal matter. If this is an error, then you should contact your local firewall administrator. " Another issue is the non acceptance of credit/debit cards at train/tram stations where large banknotes is a problem. Park and ride carparks for Luas take visa for two euro charges. IE or rpa/veoila won't take visa stating it's too small an amount but if you spend more money we'll take it. again I call bullsh1t: the most you can spend in a luas park and ride is 4 euro, I doubt the carpark is loosing money per transaction.