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Originally Posted by comcor
Regarding the idea of not stopping between Thurles and Dublin on Dublin-Cork trains, it would have to allow for people between Dublin and Thurles to make a quick connection. There always seems to be a decent number of people get on the train to Cork from Port Laoise in particular.
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Thats easy, train to Limerick calls most stations Kildare Thurles, arrives Thurles 10 minutes ahead of the next Cork train, step off, step on. Same in reverse. Thats what it was for a while in 2007/8 and it worked a treat.
The continued mantra of drop the prices and more will travel has no basis in accounting. If you charged everyone 10 euro single to Cork and filled every seat on every train the net taking would be less than current so thats clearly not viable. What is needed is a restructuring of the fares to even out the inconsistencies as they are really pushing passenger away