Newry to Landsdowne Commute

aWotW · 11-06-2016, 16:18

Thanks for the replies.

I've been buying daily return tickets in Newry.
There are no machines or validators.
There is a ticket booth and a separate turnstile where someone checks your ticket.
My ticket has been manually checked on every trip departing Newry.

I tried to buy a weekly ticket from Newry to Landsdowne at the ticket office in Connolly station.

I was hoping with a weekly ticket that I would be able to walk from the platform the Enterprise arrives at in Connolly to the Dart platform without going into the main station and then back through the validator gates.

The staff member tried to issue a ticket but gave up saying the machine would not let them.
I got the impression they would have been able to issue a Newry to Connolly ticket.

I asked in Newry station the price of a weekly ticket to Connolly on 31st May 2016 and it was GBP 76
Assuming I am reading the http://www.irishrail.ie/fares-and-ti...dublin-belfast correctly the equivalent is EUR 79.50

I've found the http://borderpeople.info/ site to very useful.

The Irish Rail smartcard endorsed 'Lansdowne Rd - Newry' sounds like a solution.
I've been looking into Taxsaver at my employer.
My employer has outsourced the administration of buying the tickets to a 3rd party.
The 3rd party only offer the options of
"Newry to Connolly" or "Newry to Booterstown"
I asked if they would give me a price for Newry to Landsdowne and the answer was no.

Mark Gleeson · 11-06-2016, 17:43

The fares are by distance zones, so Newry Booterstown is the one you want, and it is valid for Lansdowne Rd - Newry and any combination between.

The booking office machine should be able to issue the ticket, the fare exists so you have a right to it. In fact you could claim a refund due failure to get the ticket you want

Colm Moore · 12-06-2016, 13:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by aWotW

The staff member tried to issue a ticket but gave up saying the machine would not let them.

The staff member may not know the relevant codes.

If I have it right, the stations codes for the stations are:

100 Dublin (Connolly)
125 Lansdowne Road
126 Sydney Parade
127 Booterstown

Mark Gleeson · 12-06-2016, 21:18

Irish Rail may have removed from the machine everything bar single/return for cross border. The self service ticket machines used to have all the stations in Northern Ireland and all the fares

There is a manual ticket issuing process in this case, the ticket type and destination is selected and the fare entered manually from the whats my fare book

11-06-2016, 17:43	#2
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	The fares are by distance zones, so Newry Booterstown is the one you want, and it is valid for Lansdowne Rd - Newry and any combination between. The booking office machine should be able to issue the ticket, the fare exists so you have a right to it. In fact you could claim a refund due failure to get the ticket you want __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 11-06-2016 at 17:47.

12-06-2016, 21:18	#4
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Irish Rail may have removed from the machine everything bar single/return for cross border. The self service ticket machines used to have all the stations in Northern Ireland and all the fares There is a manual ticket issuing process in this case, the ticket type and destination is selected and the fare entered manually from the whats my fare book __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know

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11-06-2016, 16:18	#1
aWotW New to the board Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 6	Thanks for the replies. I've been buying daily return tickets in Newry. There are no machines or validators. There is a ticket booth and a separate turnstile where someone checks your ticket. My ticket has been manually checked on every trip departing Newry. I tried to buy a weekly ticket from Newry to Landsdowne at the ticket office in Connolly station. I was hoping with a weekly ticket that I would be able to walk from the platform the Enterprise arrives at in Connolly to the Dart platform without going into the main station and then back through the validator gates. The staff member tried to issue a ticket but gave up saying the machine would not let them. I got the impression they would have been able to issue a Newry to Connolly ticket. I asked in Newry station the price of a weekly ticket to Connolly on 31st May 2016 and it was GBP 76 Assuming I am reading the http://www.irishrail.ie/fares-and-ti...dublin-belfast correctly the equivalent is EUR 79.50 I've found the http://borderpeople.info/ site to very useful. The Irish Rail smartcard endorsed 'Lansdowne Rd - Newry' sounds like a solution. I've been looking into Taxsaver at my employer. My employer has outsourced the administration of buying the tickets to a 3rd party. The 3rd party only offer the options of "Newry to Connolly" or "Newry to Booterstown" I asked if they would give me a price for Newry to Landsdowne and the answer was no.