Elderly taking shelter from rising costs on trains, group claims

Pensioners are being forced to pass the day travelling from one end of the country to the other by train because they can’t afford to turn on heating at home, according to advocacy groups.

The “day trippers”, as they have been dubbed, are using their free pass on return trips from Cork and Kerry to Dublin, returning home late in the evening to cut back on the cost of running their homes.

Others make a similar trip, leaving from Dublin and travelling to the South before returning to the capital.