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Unread 23-09-2013, 07:19   #21
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I travel from Edgeworthstown where there has been two empty TVM cabinets for a year. At the moment the station is open on very restricted hours.
I travel reguarly from Cooloney and its the same there, two empty TVM cabinets. Granted there is little to no chance of fare evasion as the services are always well managed by IR staff. But for the convience of buying and collecting online tickets booked it would be helpful even if there was one machine in operation
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Unread 23-09-2013, 07:21   #22
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One station in Dublin only lacks a TVM, mainly due to the risk that it will be burned, robbed or stolen.

In a roundabout way this actually has been a huge asset in fare evasion prosecutions, "I got on at Broombridge....", Irish Rail, "no you didn't as we had staff there this morning, and have the CCTV to prove you were not there."
Fully agree and appreciate that.
However, Ashtown missing TVM on Dublin City bound platform
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Unread 23-09-2013, 09:02   #23
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Pretty sure Ashtown city bound has a machine hidden under the footbridge
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Unread 23-09-2013, 10:50   #24
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Pretty sure Ashtown city bound has a machine hidden under the footbridge
The problem is for people who live north of the line having to cross the railway twice.
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Ashtown has machines on both sides and access on both sides
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Unread 24-09-2013, 06:59   #26
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Just a leap card machine under the footbridge - city bound.

Two TVMs have appeared in Cooloney, well done IR
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Two TVMs have appeared in Cooloney, well done IR


Hmm, two TVMs in Collooney (and none in Carrick-on-Shannon)!? Am I missing something, is there a busy commuter service from Collooney into Sligo? Or is it in preparation for re-opening the long-lamented lines to Enniskillen and Claremorris?
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Unread 24-09-2013, 12:09   #28
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The €14.99 one-way fare x 2 (return) booked online seven+ days in advance comes to €29.98 + €2 transaction = €31.98 (using a debit card and leaving out the €1 for a credit card charge). The ticket bought on the day at the station came to €30.50. So no discounts for same day return tickets.
Also if you book online you are forced to commit to a particular train for each segment of the journey.
If you rock up to the station on the day you have the freedom to use any service that day and it is cheaper too.
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Unread 24-09-2013, 12:29   #29
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Yep, Haddockman.

It's difficult to imagine that it's not intentional, but that the logic cannot be explained because it might be controversial. If there has to be a person at a station ticket office then there can be little benefit to selling cheaper tickets in advance online. Perhaps the deployment of TVMs in certain circumstances may depend on staff retirements?
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Unread 24-09-2013, 12:49   #30
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Also if you book online you are forced to commit to a particular train for each segment of the journey.
If you rock up to the station on the day you have the freedom to use any service that day and it is cheaper too.
This one bugs me greatly. I would like to be offered the choice of a flexible ticket (for the return portion, but why not even for the full journey) online, even if it means I will be paying more.

Often if travelling to Dublin for work, I know I will be on the 6am train ex Cork. I don't know for certain what time I will finish up or whether I will end up socializing with people from the Dublin office, so I could be on any one of the 5pm, 6pm, 7pm or 9pm trains down.

What all this means is that I end up buying my ticket in the station at 5:50am. It doesn't encourage online booking.

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This one bugs me greatly. I would like to be offered the choice of a flexible ticket (for the return portion, but why not even for the full journey) online, even if it means I will be paying more.

Often if travelling to Dublin for work, I know I will be on the 6am train ex Cork. I don't know for certain what time I will finish up or whether I will end up socializing with people from the Dublin office, so I could be on any one of the 5pm, 6pm, 7pm or 9pm trains down.

What all this means is that I end up buying my ticket in the station at 5:50am. It doesn't encourage online booking.
The cost of changing a train is very rarely enforced.
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Unread 24-09-2013, 21:49   #32
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Also if you book online you are forced to commit to a particular train for each segment of the journey.
If you rock up to the station on the day you have the freedom to use any service that day and it is cheaper too.
Surely that's not on!!
What's the encouragement or advantage of prepaying online, sending money directly to the bank account of IR
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Two TVMs have appeared in Cooloney, well done IR


Hmm, two TVMs in Collooney (and none in Carrick-on-Shannon)!? Am I missing something, is there a busy commuter service from Collooney into Sligo? Or is it in preparation for re-opening the long-lamented lines to Enniskillen and Claremorris?
I'll add a photo link to show these very shiny and clean machines off!!

I can also confirm, the claremorris and enniskillen lines have not reopened....
Nor is there busy commuter services - though there is the odd 29k commuter floating around the line...

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Unread 26-09-2013, 06:24   #34
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Obviously something going on with the Sligo line. Two machines have just appeared in Edgeworthstown as well. Oddly enough, you can only buy Sligo line tickets on them - you can't even buy a through ticket to Dun Laoghaire for example. Maybe this is normal, I've never used a TVM in Ireland apart from the Luas.
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Unread 26-09-2013, 07:19   #35
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Not being able to buy through tickets is normal enough at a TVM. From Cork, I can't buy a ticket to a DART station. From Cobh and Midleton you can't buy a ticket to Dublin.
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you can only buy Sligo line tickets on them
All Irish Rail TVMs are set up such that you can only buy a ticket on the same line.
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Unread 26-09-2013, 18:28   #37
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All Irish Rail TVMs are set up such that you can only buy a ticket on the same line.
That doesn't mean it's right!
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Unread 26-09-2013, 20:04   #38
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It kind of makes it a bit pointless as when they inevitably curtail the hours of the station even further this just makes it a pain for customers and Irish Rail. There there will be a much more complicated transaction involved to add the difference onto the fare.
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Unread 28-09-2013, 08:09   #39
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Cheaper to buy a ticket on the day from the machine, rather than booking online - good job IR ;-)

4 car set of a 29K 1800 ex Sligo Friday evening miracously made up a twenty minute delay to arrive just a minute late into maynooth. It was a flyer though the usual ten minute stop in edgeworthstown (22K to Longford) was avoided so this helped to bring the delay back in line.

Bumpy enough now in places....

What's the max speed of a 29K?
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What's the max speed of a 29K?
75 mph / 120 km/h
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