Here the taxpayer would be subsidising massively those with a bus,tram or train outside their door.
We have gotten fare reductions tbf, nowhere near as extreme as that, but helpful. My usual train journey is down like 25%.
All the trains are free in Donegal
The reductions we have in Ireland are really good now imo. I can travel via bus Éireann from one county to another for €3. And I can drive to Dublin and get a train into town for €1. It’s a step in the right direction imo
This is a summer offer to be fair, I hope it stays around for longer though
So a few things to clear up here.
This is a scheme by the German government to reduce the use of private cars during the summer. It’s limited to local transport only, so the likes of Dublin Bus, Dart etc. Transport between different cities still costs it’s normal price.
It’s a brilliant scheme, allows you to use local public transport everywhere but Irish Rail wouldn’t be offering their services using this scheme with the exception of the Dart.
Edit: Turns out I’m wrong, Regional trains are included, just not the express trains.
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My personal favorite IE failure is that they don’t even update the little adverts in the train carriages. They often advertise products services that are out of business. I’m sure they aren’t getting much for the advertising, but it’s still a sign of how inefficient they are in cost reduction.
We had a relative visit from the US many years ago. He said to my grandmother ‘wow the village has grown so much since I was last here’…. My grandmother said ‘oh yes we even have a bus into town now’…. He replied ‘wow, when does it go?’…. She said ‘Friday’ . True fucking story. Only as I’m older i realise how isolated we are. For reference town was 15 mins drive away.
Priced a trip to both cork and dublin zoo from limerick last week and it came to between 149 to 233 depending on the time for 2 adults and 3 kids. Might i add that is just the train ticket.
Can confirm, got my 9€ ticket in Munich yesterday. Just walk into any transport
I still to this day cannot comprehend how living in Waterford, if I want to get the train to Cork, I have to go to Tipperary and back
Meanwhile my cork monthly ticket for the train is €105. This after the 25% reduction
So many major cities I know have trams in Ireland the tram system here in Dublin is a joke
I got a train from London to Manchester the other week for work and it was £340 return
I wish I didn’t have to puke out 32 a week on a bus that often gets late or sometimes just doesn’t appear tbh
I mean, if CIE as a single entity still existed I believe we would have better public transport in the entire country, but the state subventions are no longer allowed I thought?
So why does Germany get to have a state transport provider…
I went to see an event in Dublin in April in the 3arena and the ticket for that cost me €57. I also got a return ticket from Cork to Dublin and it was €70. My train ticket cost more.
€7.70 for a bus from limerick to Shannon. 19km
This offer in Germany is a limited time deal to encourage local tourism though. It’s not expected to last beyond this summer afaik. I’m in Germany at the moment and have one of these passes, it is a brilliant offer and a great idea to get people over and native Germans out and about more!
Ireland has taken the direction of being car dependent. Cars are incentivised over public transport. If you want to live in Ireland long term you have to purchase a car otherwise deal with the inadequacy of public transport.
It’s not an equal system as many people can’t drive for various reasons and it is why our cities and towns can’t grow without traffic becoming a major issue.
FYI: that ticket only works for regional trains, no high-speed or inter-regional trains. It’s a great offer and I’m greatful for it, but travelling takes unbelievably more time that way. Across the country it takes more than one day, with the need to take another train every 50-100km.
And although the Deutsche Bahn is somewhat publicly owned, it still operates as a joint-stock-company. So its also a little bit privatised. Sadly.
Greetings from Germany to beautiful, beautiful Éire!
The context that I don’t see mentioned is Germany have slashed train prices so people use the cars less so it’ll reduce their consumption of Russian oil and gas and they’ll have greater reserves for winter. Its to do with the Ukraine war. The silver lining of that war is its turbo boosting the EUs transition to green energy, which is great.
This isn’t the normal price of public transport in Germany. It’s a promotion from the German government to influence the people to use public transport because the price of fuel has risen and is still rising. It’s also just for the slower methods of public transport in Germany and for just June, July and August.
(I agree, public transport in Ireland is mostly shit, but this is a bad comparison, as German public transport is usually expensive and not always very reliable)
Welcome to Ireland where the cost of trail ticket actually forces you to drive when you can.
I paid almost €90 for a train ticket in. Germany last year. There was no bus option. Not all flowers and roses
Oh yeah Germany…
Free Autobahn (there are no tolls for less than 7,5ton vehicles);
NO speed limit in Autobahn;
One of the lowest road accidents per vehicle in the road of the world;
Public transport is good, clean, punctual and dirt cheap;
There are cycle lanes everywhere;
Public parks everywhere;
Crime rate is very very low;
Good welfare system;
University is quite affordable (can even be free if you are above average student);
The list is endless…
But people walk around with sandals & white socks I can’t take it so I prefer to pay 140€ a month for the rail pass…
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Probably have more economy of scale in Germany.
Here the taxpayer would be subsidising massively those with a bus,tram or train outside their door.
We have gotten fare reductions tbf, nowhere near as extreme as that, but helpful. My usual train journey is down like 25%.
All the trains are free in Donegal
The reductions we have in Ireland are really good now imo. I can travel via bus Éireann from one county to another for €3. And I can drive to Dublin and get a train into town for €1. It’s a step in the right direction imo
This is a summer offer to be fair, I hope it stays around for longer though
So a few things to clear up here.
This is a scheme by the German government to reduce the use of private cars during the summer. It’s limited to local transport only, so the likes of Dublin Bus, Dart etc. Transport between different cities still costs it’s normal price.
It’s a brilliant scheme, allows you to use local public transport everywhere but Irish Rail wouldn’t be offering their services using this scheme with the exception of the Dart.
Edit: Turns out I’m wrong, Regional trains are included, just not the express trains.
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My personal favorite IE failure is that they don’t even update the little adverts in the train carriages. They often advertise products services that are out of business. I’m sure they aren’t getting much for the advertising, but it’s still a sign of how inefficient they are in cost reduction.
We had a relative visit from the US many years ago. He said to my grandmother ‘wow the village has grown so much since I was last here’…. My grandmother said ‘oh yes we even have a bus into town now’…. He replied ‘wow, when does it go?’…. She said ‘Friday’ . True fucking story. Only as I’m older i realise how isolated we are. For reference town was 15 mins drive away.
Priced a trip to both cork and dublin zoo from limerick last week and it came to between 149 to 233 depending on the time for 2 adults and 3 kids. Might i add that is just the train ticket.
Can confirm, got my 9€ ticket in Munich yesterday. Just walk into any transport
I still to this day cannot comprehend how living in Waterford, if I want to get the train to Cork, I have to go to Tipperary and back
Meanwhile my cork monthly ticket for the train is €105. This after the 25% reduction
So many major cities I know have trams in Ireland the tram system here in Dublin is a joke
I got a train from London to Manchester the other week for work and it was £340 return
I wish I didn’t have to puke out 32 a week on a bus that often gets late or sometimes just doesn’t appear tbh
I mean, if CIE as a single entity still existed I believe we would have better public transport in the entire country, but the state subventions are no longer allowed I thought?
So why does Germany get to have a state transport provider…
I went to see an event in Dublin in April in the 3arena and the ticket for that cost me €57. I also got a return ticket from Cork to Dublin and it was €70. My train ticket cost more.
€7.70 for a bus from limerick to Shannon. 19km
This offer in Germany is a limited time deal to encourage local tourism though. It’s not expected to last beyond this summer afaik. I’m in Germany at the moment and have one of these passes, it is a brilliant offer and a great idea to get people over and native Germans out and about more!
Ireland has taken the direction of being car dependent. Cars are incentivised over public transport. If you want to live in Ireland long term you have to purchase a car otherwise deal with the inadequacy of public transport.
It’s not an equal system as many people can’t drive for various reasons and it is why our cities and towns can’t grow without traffic becoming a major issue.
FYI: that ticket only works for regional trains, no high-speed or inter-regional trains. It’s a great offer and I’m greatful for it, but travelling takes unbelievably more time that way. Across the country it takes more than one day, with the need to take another train every 50-100km.
And although the Deutsche Bahn is somewhat publicly owned, it still operates as a joint-stock-company. So its also a little bit privatised. Sadly.
Greetings from Germany to beautiful, beautiful Éire!
The context that I don’t see mentioned is Germany have slashed train prices so people use the cars less so it’ll reduce their consumption of Russian oil and gas and they’ll have greater reserves for winter. Its to do with the Ukraine war. The silver lining of that war is its turbo boosting the EUs transition to green energy, which is great.
This isn’t the normal price of public transport in Germany. It’s a promotion from the German government to influence the people to use public transport because the price of fuel has risen and is still rising. It’s also just for the slower methods of public transport in Germany and for just June, July and August.
(I agree, public transport in Ireland is mostly shit, but this is a bad comparison, as German public transport is usually expensive and not always very reliable)
Welcome to Ireland where the cost of trail ticket actually forces you to drive when you can.
I paid almost €90 for a train ticket in. Germany last year. There was no bus option. Not all flowers and roses
Oh yeah Germany…
Free Autobahn (there are no tolls for less than 7,5ton vehicles);
NO speed limit in Autobahn;
One of the lowest road accidents per vehicle in the road of the world;
Public transport is good, clean, punctual and dirt cheap;
There are cycle lanes everywhere;
Public parks everywhere;
Crime rate is very very low;
Good welfare system;
University is quite affordable (can even be free if you are above average student);
The list is endless…
But people walk around with sandals & white socks I can’t take it so I prefer to pay 140€ a month for the rail pass…