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CityRail: Still charging peak hour prices for a Saturday timetable

CityRail: Still charging peak hour prices for a Saturday timetable

Yep it’s that time of year again. Those weekdays between Christmas and New Year where CityRail run a Saturday timetable (with a few extra morning and afternoon services) but still slug you with a full peak hour fare. I wrote a post about this last year and at the time Barry O’Farrell seemed to think would be logical to charge an off-peak fare for an off-peak service. Mr O’Farrell, now that you’re Premier, is this still the case or are the…

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CityRail: Charging weekday peak prices for a weekend service

CityRail: Charging weekday peak prices for a weekend service

Yes, it’s a normal working weekday so I know CityRail will charge weekday peak hour ticket prices when I board a train before 9am. Like a lot of Sydney I’m only working three days this week so it isn’t worth buying a weekly ticket, I’ll buy a return on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday. However CityRail know it’s a quiet time of year and only run a Saturday timetable (albeit with some extra services in the peak that aren’t normal for…

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