A chara, – I read Ray Murphy’s exasperated complaint about the archaic ticket practices of Iarnród Éireann and shook my head in disbelief (Letters, April 22nd).
Train and local bus companies here in Spain offer comfortable and relatively cheap transport, but the purchase of tickets is also very simple. One can pay before boarding or one can buy the ticket online, download or print a paper copy or load the ticket, with QR code, onto any smartphone.
The process of boarding itself is thus smooth and carefree. – Is mise,
TERRY WALSH,
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Murcia,
Spain.