Having just taken the train yesterday to a bewildering number of options with kids, and travel cards, and split tickets, and off-peak/on-peak. Thank fuck something is getting fixed!

Great for those commuters too. No excuse to take the car now!

  • jobbies@lemmy.zip
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    4 months ago

    This makes a massive difference to my bank balance. No joke. Its like a wee pay rise.

  • Ben Matthews@sopuli.xyz
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    4 months ago

    Good. Across the rest of europe, peak-specific fares are rare (although some passes exclude morning peak). However the capacity-investment problem remains - it’s hard for the railway to make extra track and trains only needed for peak hours. So govt should also encourage employers to propose more flexible hours.

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    4 months ago

    This is absolutely brilliant. Struggling to see what the catch is. Since we got 2 euros fares here in Dublin we are all crammed into the tram/train/bus like sardines. But a wee bit of discomfort for a cheaper journey? I’ll take it