Nenagh Guardian-Passenger numbers doubled.
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Cut the fare another 10 euro (i.e. free) and it will double again! Or more!
Loads are up but if yields are flat and will remain so if the special fares are withdrawn that's only so much use. |
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am trying not to be churlish about it but my doubts are unassuaged by asserted performance unaccompanied by hard numbers
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5:05am numbers are up to 10-15 every morning , its working well still has a good bit to go , but its a start , online booking is proving very popular :rolleyes: |
All well and good claiming numbers have doubled, no verifiable evidence of this to start and anytime we know someone aboard they report single digit counts.
Total number of seats booked for tomorrow, ZERO The problem is the discounted fares have not paid for themselves so the financial case is worse not better. We can't disclose what we have been shown but we know other promotions have resulted in significant revenue increases as well as passengers, promotions which didn't work get shutdown quickly. |
@mark - thats only one service and nearly everyone , buys their that morning in a booking office or on board also - commuters do not have seats booked ...
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But if you want to claim people are traveling under the discount the evidence says they are not.
If there are commuters, they would have weekly/monthly/tickets. Based on our guys on the train we have seen 1. Lots of once off travel (not unusual, makes up a significant portion of business on all routes) 2. Trainspotters out to photograph the madness of the 05:05 before it vanishes 3. Intermittent business travel, 1,2,3 days a week (the RUI guy) Business seems to be Birdhill and Roscrea, Nenagh very much the lowest traffic generator... |
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you do the good work of the NRP a disservice saying stuff like that, not that they are helping themselves much with that presser. The headline is about numbers being doubled. The article doesnt actually cite any numbers, and i know for a fact that they counted every single person on the train in a week period at the end of july. Also, if the numbers ahve doubled, and the services have doubled, but everyone is using a discount, then the losses are the same if not greater??? anyway, i hope, as i have always hoped that this service survives and is a success. that is not helped by being unrealistic in connection with potential numbers. the demographic who will use it outside of local useage is not massive, but it must be maximised. |
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