Riddle me this.
I was going on a train at the weekend and the nice, shiny Iarnród Eireann screen told me:
So, let me get this straight.
If I come back today you’ll charge me €27, if I come home tomorrow (as I did) you’ll charge me €41.
Why?
I’m coming back on one of your trains one way or the other, taking up one space.
Seriously, please, someone explain this one to me…
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That always bugs me. Makes no sense at all. Crazy train people.
Are you honestly looking for some kind of reasonable explanation for something Irish Rail have done? Honestly?
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The monthly return sounds like it covers you to do as many return journeys as you want in a month (like a weekly bus ticket) so how come it’s only just over twice the price….that’s like a weekly bus ticket being 8 quid when it’s 20 odd quid!?!
Monthly return only covers you for one return.
It gets even more complicated on Fridays. They don’t let you buy a daily return. You can only buy a one-way ticket (which costs the same as a daily return), or if you are returning you have to buy a monthly return.
Therefore you end up paying €41 for a journey on a Friday, that normally costs €27 every other day!!!
Rick you have to find a blind friend and all your train problems are solved. We get free travel on all trains and buses in Ireland using a companion pass so if someone else comes they get completely free too.
Feck Irish rail!
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