Late night DART

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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Passenger numbers are crap and to be honest the only reason I used it last year was since the 12:30 service was normal fares while Dublin Bus charged €4

That's hardly an excuse. If every other transport provider (buses, trains, taxis, commuter buses) in the county can make an absolute killing over Christmas, there must be some reason why the Dart can't do the same. I'm going out on a limb here and guessing it might be IR's fault.

Is it because no-one knows which years they run late night trains and which years they don't? Are the trains are infrequent? Do they bother hiring enough staff for the stations and trains?


Blaming passengers for not using a service is a very blinkered way of thinking that a lot of transport companies have. If the service is rubbish, people don't use it. But because people don't use it, they cancel the service and blame the passenger.