Irish rail are in the news a fair bit these days, with their price hikes and the roll out of so many new carriages which is supposedly making them the fastest growing network in Ireland (oops, I mean Europe). Well I guess there is a fair bit that we have to do to be on a par with Germany or France and they don’t really need to improve as much as we do. And the other day I was reading via mulley.net about one guys problem getting the Cobh train out of Kent Station. So is anyone happy with public transport in Ireland ?
So I present today’s nugget of fine thinking, the LUAS guys are going to introduce a levy, yes you read right, a levy on travelling at peak times. Should it be cheaper, who wants to pay a premium for having to stand, squashed like a sardine for your journey ? In case you can’t be bothered reading the report….

“The higher fare will operate between 7.45am and 9.30am from Monday to Friday.

The LUAS operators say it is designed to alleviate rush hour congestion by encouraging people to use the service at different times.”

The mind boggles, really it does !