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Originally Posted by CSL
You're paying for a ticket not a seat...
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Thats not really a terribly helpful answer.
No passenger should have to stand on an intercity journey. Its 54 minutes to Mullingar on the 17:05, standing for that duration is not acceptable, especially on a train which isn't designed to cope with signifcant level of standees. Unlike the Uk which monitors standing levels, under 20 minutes being the target IE don't give a damn and just pack people in.
Matters should get a fair bit better this week onwards, there is now a new 6 coach 360 seater train leaving Connolly for Sligo at 16:00, 17:05 and 19:05 five days a week, thats about 450 extra seats. Previously the 16:00 was Fridays only and the 19:05 was a 4 coach train
Seat reservations are coming on the Sligo line in coming weeks, how this is implemented for annual ticket holders has never been explained
Given the 17:05 doesn't call in Maynooth I'm curious as to how you got a seat there
The good Mr Kenny used to be a Maynooth line commuter, he moved to Howth, wonder why?