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Emma Nevin

Dublin public transport ranked worst of European capitals for expensive and complicated system

Dublin's public transport system has ranked last out Europe's capital cities, due to its expensive and complicated ticketing system, a Greenpeace study has found.

Despite the major reductions to public transport fares that were introduced last year, Dublin only managed to score 36 out of 100 points in the study's city ranking, placing it last.

The study noted that Dublin "is the only city analysed which does not have a fixed-price long-term ticket for all means of transport and available for all passengers, unlike all other cities".

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They added that a monthly ticket is "only available for employees, when the employer is joining the 'tax saver programme'" and all other passengers "can only buy monthly subscriptions for buses, trams and trains in Dublin separately".

Greenpeace took Dublin's electronic ticketing system and the cap of €32 for weekly tickets into account, and used this price as the basis for the ranking, in the absence of a monthly ticket. They said that the regular price is the second-highest out of all cities analysed, with London being the only city that is more expensive.

Ireland received 13th place in the country ranking, scoring 21/100 points. The study gave Ireland points for pensioners', people with disabilities and carers receiving free travel card and the VAT rate which is 0%.

Apart from this, Greenpeace said there are "no best practice elements in the ticketing system".

Luxembourg and Luxembourg City finished top of both rankings and were the only country and city to score 100 points in the study. This is due to all public transport being completely free of charge.

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