[coylemj]

Looked at the IR website just now, there is a prominent box showing a hand holding an IR SMartcard with a banner 'Smartcard, Register, Top up or buy a smartcard'.

If you click the link on Smartcard there is a full explanation of their own card but not a sausage anywhere on their home page about the Leap Card.

As I understand it, the IR Smartcard can only be used within the 'short hop' zone so there is no possible journey where you can use the IR Smartcard but not the Leap card. Clearly IR have their heads in the sand and are trying to pretend the Leap card doesn't exist.

Surely after blowing €55 million, some minister should be knocking heads together?

[foggy_lad]

Originally Posted by coylemj

Looked at the IR website just now, there is a prominent box showing a hand holding an IR SMartcard with a banner 'Smartcard, Register, Top up or buy a smartcard'.

If you click the link on Smartcard there is a full explanation of their own card but not a sausage anywhere on their home page about the Leap Card.

As I understand it, the IR Smartcard can only be used within the 'short hop' zone so there is no possible journey where you can use the IR Smartcard but not the Leap card. Clearly IR have their heads in the sand and are trying to pretend the Leap card doesn't exist.

Surely after blowing €55 million, some minister should be knocking heads together?

They are not alone! Dublin Bus insist on you going into their HQ on o'connell street for a refund no matter what the amount, even though they must also pay for your journey there and back with a couple of travel90 tickets!

I had thought that IE were phasing out their own smart card and issuing people with leap cards instead but this looks unlikely if they are still selling it on the front page of their website?

[sitstill]

Speaking of IR and Leap, does anyone know when we will be able to top-up our Leap cards on the IR ticket machines??!

[goingnowhere]

Irish Rails smart card is considerably better than Leap in many ways until Leap catches up the Irish Rail smart card will remain

Irish Rail is doing auto renewal of monthly tickets on smart card which is miles ahead of leaps current abilities

[sitstill]

Originally Posted by coylemj

Looked at the IR website just now, there is a prominent box showing a hand holding an IR SMartcard with a banner 'Smartcard, Register, Top up or buy a smartcard'.

When you click on the link to buy a smartcard, it refers you to the Leap website.

[markpb]

Originally Posted by goingnowhere

Irish Rails smart card is considerably better than Leap in many ways until Leap catches up the Irish Rail smart card will remain

Good to see they wasted lots of money on a card which had a very short lifespan.

[AngryLips]

Originally Posted by goingnowhere

Irish Rails smart card is considerably better than Leap in many ways until Leap catches up the Irish Rail smart card will remain

Irish Rail is doing auto renewal of monthly tickets on smart card which is miles ahead of leaps current abilities

But Leap card is considerably better in the sense that you can use it on Luas and Dublin Bus also.

[Victor]

Originally Posted by sitstill

Speaking of IR and Leap, does anyone know when we will be able to top-up our Leap cards on the IR ticket machines??!

The current expectation is June 2012.

[sitstill]

Originally Posted by Victor

The current expectation is June 2012.

Why does it keep getting pushed back, I thought it was originally going to be Feb?

[foggy_lad]

Originally Posted by sitstill

Why does it keep getting pushed back, I thought it was originally going to be Feb?

The Irish Rail machines and software are not compatible with the leap software?

[number10a]

Not wanting to throw this entirely off topic, but does anyone know when the Leap cards are going to start working outside of Dublin, specifically Cork. The buses here have the tapping points just inside the door already. Ireland is such a small country that we really should just have one transport payment system for the whole place anyway.

[Carawaystick]

Obviously it is completely impossible for Irish rail to get leap terminals installed in their ticketing offices, it's much handier to direct people out to the rain and top up at the tram station in Connolly....

The nta are like poor high jumpers, setting the bar low and still knocking it down.

[Dravokivich]

Originally Posted by goingnowhere

Irish Rails smart card is considerably better than Leap in many ways until Leap catches up the Irish Rail smart card will remain

Irish Rail is doing auto renewal of monthly tickets on smart card which is miles ahead of leaps current abilities

It's not a matter of catching up, its phasing in in stages. Once full functionality is across to the Leap Card the Irish Rail Card is going to be taken out. Same with Luas.

Originally Posted by number10a

Not wanting to throw this entirely off topic, but does anyone know when the Leap cards are going to start working outside of Dublin, specifically Cork. The buses here have the tapping points just inside the door already. Ireland is such a small country that we really should just have one transport payment system for the whole place anyway.

Matthews did a pilot as far as I recall, but that was generally for commutter towns around Dublin heading into Dublin.

[dowlingm]

Originally Posted by Carawaystick

The nta are like poor high jumpers, setting the bar low and still knocking it down.

To be fair, the NTA's consultants told them the event was limbo dancing. Still crap at it though

[ppthree]

Just seen a Leap card sticker on a ticket machine in Connolly.