Comments on: The Dublin-Waterford Train and people who think they have a right to a seat because they paid for it

By: Phillip

Phillip — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:03:39 +0000

Buying a ticket at the station does not guarantee you a seat on the train.

It is better to buy your ticket online for three reasons:
(1) Tickets purchased online are normally cheaper than buying tickets at the station.
(2) Tickets purchased online are posted to you so no queueing at ticket office, just walk straight to the train when you arrive at the station.
(3) When you purchase your ticket online you’ll have a seat reserved on the train for you. You even get to choose which carriage and which seat you’d like to sit in on the website when buying your ticket.

I’m travelling from Waterford to Dublin at 1:15 on 13th October, and travelling from Dublin to Waterford at 6:25 on 19th October. I bought an online ticket.
I paid €20 for my ticket but would’ve paid €34.50 at the station.
My ticket was posted to me so I’ll walk straight to the train when I arrive at the station, so no need for me queue at the ticket office or use the ticket vending machine.
I have a seat reserved on both trains for me. I chose seat 13 in carriage A for my outward journey, and seat 13 in carriage B for my return journey. My name will be on an electronic display above the window where my seat is reserved.

By: aineliva

aineliva — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:44:56 +0000

Am absolutely gob-smacked reading this. How about withdrawal of Ministers salaries, perks and fat pensions until they get off their collective ar**s and do something for their Employers, the people of Ireland, old and young.

And there was I looking forward to my next trip to Dublin. Perhaps I’d be better off going to France, rude they can be, but they don’t overcharge visitors.

By: Sean R

Sean R — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:50:28 +0000

She should have simply rang the Gards from the train and described what the cunt said and have him booked. Period.

There’s too much of this entitlement shite in this country, from people who push in front of you in M&S (because what you’re looking at on the shelf is sooooo interesting) or push past you (I now block their way as I’m refusing to be invisible also shrinking to 5’4″ now!), or failing to give up seats, be polite when driving, etc. But the State is not any better: look at the crap those four people have had to put up with on the TV the other night… withdrawal of taxis for the disabled. Mary Harney is a monster.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:18:52 +0000

That is just awful, but I’m even more saddened to say I’m not surprised. I know it’s not the same as being disabled or elderly, but being a mam with a buggy and trying to get the buggy and a toddler, yourself and whatever else you might be carrying into the double closed door shops or up steps can be a nightmare. No one ever offers to help lift up the buggy or hold the door. In fact they tend to just watch you struggle instead. Disgraceful. I often wonder how people in chairs do get around it. I even gave out to Bank of Ireland in Ballina. They built a wheelchair ramp, but put no button for the door at the top, which was a pull door. Great engineering there. They said they would log my complaint. That was two years ago. Nothing has changed.

By: Twenty Major

Twenty Major — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:49:18 +0000

Firstly, that bloke who complained needs a good shoeing.

Secondly, I just think it’s unbelievable that they sell more tickets than they have seats. Imagine if airlines did it. Journey times are comparable (leaving long haul aside) but the fuss there’d be if people paid for a ticket and then had to stand all the way from Dublin to Rome or wherever.

If there are 300 seats on a train then there should only ever be 300 passengers. Simple and it would stop crap like that happening.