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Flying to the USA with Flyglobespan wasnt as bad as I had feared (considering some had been stranded in New York) and I got a pretty good deal on the ticket. This was even when factoring in a return to Dublin train ticket to Ballyhaunis Station (the closest train station to Knock) in Mayo.
The kick in the teeth for anyone who doesnt know Mayo very well or who is from Dublin who is planning to use Knock is there is no cheap and straightforward way to get to the actual airport once you arrive at either a train or bus station in Mayo.
It boggles my mind that an international airport isnt linked by bus to its closest train station. Once you get off the train at either Ballyhaunis or Claremorris stations there is a feeling of being in the middle of nowhere and taxi drivers will offer their fares starting at 45 euro. I haggled the taximan down to 25 euro as I was literally prepared to miss my flight rather than pay that sum and he finally gave in when he found someone to share the taxi with me. The ease at which he could change his fare makes me wonder how much of this is declared for tax and are these taxi drivers legit?
I want to ask anyone from the Knock area what is in their opinion the best way to get to the airport from the train or Bus Eireann transport links (for someone who has left his car at home) ?
Even the airport staff came up with convoluted connections where I d have to link up with 3 or 4 buses to get back to Dublin by going first perhaps into Charlestown and transferring there.
Can someone offer the benefit of their own experience ? Theres no point thinking you can save 100 euro on a flight only for it to be taken back by a return train ticket and then by 2 expensive taxi journeys. The taxi fares I was quoted cost more than it would cost me to get to Dublin airport in a taxi and for which there is in any case a cheap bus option available day and night. Seriously!
The kick in the teeth for anyone who doesnt know Mayo very well or who is from Dublin who is planning to use Knock is there is no cheap and straightforward way to get to the actual airport once you arrive at either a train or bus station in Mayo.
It boggles my mind that an international airport isnt linked by bus to its closest train station. Once you get off the train at either Ballyhaunis or Claremorris stations there is a feeling of being in the middle of nowhere and taxi drivers will offer their fares starting at 45 euro. I haggled the taximan down to 25 euro as I was literally prepared to miss my flight rather than pay that sum and he finally gave in when he found someone to share the taxi with me. The ease at which he could change his fare makes me wonder how much of this is declared for tax and are these taxi drivers legit?
I want to ask anyone from the Knock area what is in their opinion the best way to get to the airport from the train or Bus Eireann transport links (for someone who has left his car at home) ?
Even the airport staff came up with convoluted connections where I d have to link up with 3 or 4 buses to get back to Dublin by going first perhaps into Charlestown and transferring there.
Can someone offer the benefit of their own experience ? Theres no point thinking you can save 100 euro on a flight only for it to be taken back by a return train ticket and then by 2 expensive taxi journeys. The taxi fares I was quoted cost more than it would cost me to get to Dublin airport in a taxi and for which there is in any case a cheap bus option available day and night. Seriously!