3% increase in rail fares gets the green light

RAIL fares are to increase from March 1 after the National Transport Authority announced yesterday that it has sanctioned Iarnród Éireann to increase DART, commuter and some intercity fares by an average of 3%.

The rail company had sought but was refused an average fare increase of 5%.

The NTA said any fare increase for DART and inner commuter services would be limited to no greater than 5% although the average rise is 3.2%, while allowing for figures to be rounded up to the nearest 5 cent.