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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cork-Dublin, Cork Commuter and occasionally DART and Dublin-Wexford
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![]() It's €8.20 single and €15 return. By way of comparison, Skerries-Dublin, which is a similar distance, is €3.70/€6.90. Cobh-Cork is around a third of the price, but two-thirds of the distance.
Are these prices actually supposed to encourage commuting on the line or are customers just an inconvenience when running a railway? |
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Greenwich, London
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![]() Well, prices are controlled by the government, and there's a price cap on travel in the short hop zone (the area bounded by Balbriggan, Kilcoole, Hazelhatch and Celbridge, and Maynooth). So a single ticket from Kilcoole to Balbriggan, at an extreme, is €3.80.
Same situation applies in Cork/Cobh line. Cork/Mallow, however, is an Intercity double-track journey, which is the most expensive fare category. |
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Location: Limerick
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Greenwich, London
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![]() Yes, true. The Cork/Cobh line uses the same fare points as Dublin suburban (e.g. Cork/Little Island is €1.40 single, €2.50 return same as class B fare here) but is more expensive over all.
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