Sir, – Since 2007 the cost of an annual Dart ticket has increased by more than 44 per cent – almost five times the rate of inflation. During the same period the frequency of trains during rush hour has decreased by circa 40 per cent, while the number of carriages on off-peak trains has also been drastically cut back. It’s become a third-world service.
Evidently no one in Irish Rail has studied Junior Cert economics, as the company appears to believe increasing fares will stimulate extra demand. And then we wonder why Ireland is not competitive! – Yours, etc,
JOHN HEAVEY,
Whites Villas,
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Dalkey, Co Dublin.