LEAP CARD - Updated Summary of Cards/Functionality Available - December 2014

LXFlyer · 03-12-2014 2:44pm #1

Once again, I've prepared a summary of products/functionality available on LEAP, which brings together all of the information publicly available. I'm doing this due to reading regular questions on boards.ie, and due to the fact that I think that the level of information available on official sites leaves a lot to be desired in terms of collating the information in one simple location.

If you do spot something that needs updating let me know.

I've updated this thread for the additional functionality that has been added recently, including:

LEAP 90 rebate introduced on Dublin Bus
LEAP now includes period passes on Cork Suburban Rail
LEAP now includes period passes on City Direct Galway City services
Limits on Xpresso and Outer Suburban contribution towards Dublin Bus and multi-operator caps are removed.
LEAP now fully valid on Bus Eireann routes 100X and 101

Future developments will include:

LEAP epurse to be launched on Cork Suburban Rail services to Cobh and Midleton in Q1 2015
Travel rebates to be extended to other operators in Greater Dublin area
LEAP to be accepted on Ashbourne Connect coach service between Ashbourne and Dublin city centre.

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LEAP CARD – Cards Available:

Adult unpersonalised
Adult personalised
Child LEAP card (4-15)
Child LEAP card (16-18) - Personalised
Student travelcard - Personalised
Visitor LEAP Card (See below)
Trainee LEAP Card (See below)
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LEAP CARD – Summary of Ticket Products Available:

Leap can be used in two modes:

Pay-as-you-go epurse (in most cases offering discounts over cash fares)
Period pass offering unlimited travel on one or more modes
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PAY-AS-YOU-GO E-PURSE:

· Dublin Bus (All services) - Daily and weekly (Monday-Sunday) capping applies (see below) – Tag on only - May require to interact with driver.

Note:
One person holding a LEAP card can pay for a companion on Dublin Bus using the epurse. This applies if the cardholder is using a period pass or the epurse for their own travel.

· Irish Rail (Dublin Short Hop Zone only) – Daily and weekly (Monday-Sunday) capping applies (see below) – Tag on and off

Note:
The Irish Rail Short Hop Zone incorporates all stations from Kilcoole to Balbriggan, Howth, M3 Parkway and Maynooth and from Dublin Heuston to Hazelhatch.

· Bus Eireann (Greater Dublin Area) – Tag on only via driver

· Bus Eireann (Greater Cork Area) – Tag on only via driver

· Bus Eireann (Galway City Services) – Tag on only via driver

· City Direct (Galway City Services) – Tag on only via driver

· LUAS (All services) – Daily and weekly (Monday-Sunday) capping applies (see below) – Tag on and off

· Matthews Coaches (Bettystown-Laytown-Dublin service) – Tag on only via driver

· Wexford Bus (All services) – Tag on only via driver - See www.wexfordbus.ie for more fare information

· Swords Express (All services) – Tag on only via driver

· Collins Coaches (Dublin-Ardee-Carrickmacross services) – Tag on only via driver

Dublin Bus, Irish Rail Short Hop, and LUAS pay-as-you-go epurse fares can be found here.

Information on using LEAP in Cork can be found here.

Information on using LEAP in Galway can be found here.

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CAPPING ON PAY-AS-YOU-GO:
An automated daily or weekly (Monday-Sunday) cap will be applied to all e-purse transactions. Different caps will apply to single operators, or where two or more operators are used as below.

Single Operator Capping Levels:

Dublin Bus:
Daily - Adult €6.90 / Student €5.00 / Child €2.50
Weekly (Monday-Sunday) - Adult €27.50 / Student €20.00 / Child €8.20

Note:
For Dublin Bus Nitelink services only €2.60 of the fare contributes towards the cap. Airlink, tours and special events are excluded from the cap.

LUAS:
Daily - Adult €6.40 / Student €5.00 / Child €2.50
Weekly (Monday-Sunday) - Adult €23.50 / Student €18.00 / Child €8.20

Irish Rail (Short Hop Zone):
Daily - Adult €9.20 / Student €6.90 / Child €3.10
Weekly (Monday-Sunday) - Adult €35.50 / Student €27.00 / Child €12.00

The capping day rolls over at 04:30.

Multi-Operator Capping Levels:
The following caps apply where two or more operators are used.

Dublin Bus / LUAS / Irish Rail (Short Hop Zone):
Daily - Adult €10.00 / Student €7.50 / Child €3.50
Weekly (Monday-Sunday) - Adult €40.00 / Student €30.00 / Child €14.00

If you use one transport provider regularly and another irregularly during the day or week, the main transport operator’s cap will apply and other operator’s fares added separately until the multi-operator cap is reached.

The capping day rolls over at 04:30.

Note:
For Dublin Bus Nitelink services only €2.60 of the fare contributes towards the cap. Airlink, tours and special events are excluded from the cap.

More information on capping is available here.

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LEAP 90 DISCOUNT

If you take two or more journeys on Dublin Bus within 90 minutes of starting the first trip, using the LEAP pay-as-you-go epurse, then a discount (as listed below) will automatically apply to the second and any subsequent trips taken within 90 minutes of the first.

Discount Levels – Adult/Student €1 / Child €0.75 / City Centre Fare €0.60

Note that the discount does not apply to Airlink or Tour services.

It is intended to extend this rebate to other operators in 2015.

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TOPPING UP LEAP CARD E-PURSE

The LEAP card e-purse can be topped up a number of different ways:

At one of over 400 Payzone LEAP card agents around Dublin, Cork and Galway.
At any LUAS ticket machine
At any Irish Rail ticket machine in the Short Hop Zone
Online at www.leapcard.ie - Note that this option requires you to subsequently visit your nominated "load location" to physically load the top-up amount onto the card. Note that online topups cannot be applied to your LEAP card via Dublin Bus or indeed other bus operator onboard ticket machines due to their memory constraints.
Via Auto top-up - this is the easiest way of topping up the card. It automatically tops up your Leap Card with funds from your bank account, whenever your Travel Credit balance falls below €10. You can choose to Auto Top-Up by €30.00, €40.00 or €50.00. Note that this requires your card to be registered on the LEAP website and a direct debit to be set up.
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SINGLE OPERATOR PERIOD PASSES:
The following unlimited travel period passes / tickets can be loaded onto a LEAP card, either online (requires you to then visit a payzone outlet) or at a payzone outlet directly:

Dublin Bus:

Rambler 5 Day Adult - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side

Rambler 30 Day Adult - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side

Rambler 5 Day Student – requires Student LEAP Card - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side

Rambler 30 Day Student – requires Student LEAP Card - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side

Rambler 1 Day Family - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side

Freedom 3 Day Pass (including Airlink and Hop on-Hop off City Tour) - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side

Airlink Return Ticket - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side

Hop on-Hop off City Tour ticket

Annual Bus Only Travelwide Ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side

Note that where you have more than one product loaded onto the card, you can ask the driver to select which product you wish to use by putting the card on his ticket machine. If you have two versions of the same product (e.g. 2 x 30 Day Rambler tickets), the righthand validator will automatically select the older product.

Irish Rail Short Hop Zone:

Annual Rail Only (Short Hop Zone) (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on/tag off

Irish Rail Cork to Cobh & Midleton:

Adult/Student Weekly unlimited travel tickets
Adult/Child/Student Monthly unlimited travel tickets

These are available from Payzone agents in Cork

Bus Eireann Greater Dublin Area:

Daily (24 hours) Greater Dublin Area zonal unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for 24 hours from date/time of first activation - available for any one of 5 different zones

Weekly (7 day) Greater Dublin Area zonal unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for 7 consecutive days from date/time of first activation - available for any one of 5 different zones

There are 5 coloured zones surrounding Dublin (Red, Green, Blue, Yellow and Orange) that extend cumulatively out as far as Newry, Monaghan, Cavan, Granard, Longford, Tullamore, Portlaoise and Gorey.

Child 24 hour/7 day tickets are available in the Red and Green zones only, while Student 24 hour tickets are available in the Red, Green and Blue zones only.

Daily and weekly tickets can be purchased on the bus from the driver and from Payzone agents.

Monthly and Annual Tickets (requires personalised LEAP card) - Available for each of the Red, Green, Blue, Yellow and Orange zones. Also available via Taxsaver scheme, from your employer. Details at www.taxsaver.ie

For more information on Bus Eireann zonal tickets in the Dublin Area see here.

Bus Eireann Cork City/Suburban tickets:

Daily (24 hours) Cork City/Suburban zonal unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for 24 hours from date/time of first activation - available for any one of 2 different zones

Weekly (7 day) Cork City/Suburban zonal unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for 7 consecutive days from date/time of first activation - available for any one of 2 different zones

Monthly and Annual Cork City/Suburban zonal unlimited travel tickets (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on only via driver and valid for a calendar month - available for any one of 2 different zones. Also available via Taxsaver scheme, from your employer. Details at www.taxsaver.ie

There are 2 coloured zones surrounding Cork, the Red Zone for Cork City services 201 to 219 (excluding suburban portion of 215), and the Green Zone which additionally includes Suburban services as far as Carrigtwohill to the East, Ballincollig to the west, Crosshaven to the south, and Cloghroe to the north, covering all of routes 215, 220, 220A, 221, 223, 226, 226A and routes 260 and 261 as far as Carrigtwohill.

Child and Student options exist for all zones and periods, except that there is no monthly child option for both the red and green zones.

Daily and weekly tickets can be purchased on the bus from the driver and from Payzone agents.

For more information on using LEAP in Cork, please see here.

Bus Eireann Galway City tickets:

Daily (24 hours) Galway City unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for 24 hours from date/time of first activation - available for adult LEAP cards only

Weekly (7 day) Galway City unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for 7 consecutive days from date/time of first activation - available for adult, child and student LEAP cards

Monthly Galway City unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for a calendar month - available for adult, child and student LEAP cards

LEAP period passes are valid on all Bus Eireann Galway City service (routes 401-410).

Daily and weekly tickets can be purchased on the bus from the driver and from Payzone agents.

For more information on using LEAP on Bus Eireann in Galway, please see here.

City Direct Galway City tickets:

Weekly (7 days) unlimited travel ticket – Tag on only via driver and valid for 7 consecutive days from date/time of first activation – available for adult, child and student LEAP cards

Monthly unlimited travel ticket – Tag on only via driver and valid for a calendar month – available for adult LEAP cards only

For more information on using LEAP on City Direct in Galway please see here.

LUAS:

Annual LUAS all zone tickets (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on/tag off

Monthly LUAS all zone tickets (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on/tag off

Wexford Bus:

Wexford-Dublin Airport Route:
Weekly/10 Journey Ticket Adult/Student - Tag on only via driver

Wexford Local Services:
1 Day/Weekly Ticket Adult/Child - Tag on only via driver

Note that adult 1 day/weekly tickets on Wexford local services require a personalised LEAP card.

Swords Express:

10 Journey Ticket - Tag on only via driver

Collins Coaches:

10 Journey Ticket - Tag on only via driver

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MULTI-OPERATOR PERIOD PASSES:

Dublin Bus/Irish Rail (Short Hop Zone):

Annual Dublin Bus/Irish Rail Short Hop ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on only on Dublin Bus, tag on/tag off on Irish Rail

Dublin Bus/LUAS:

Annual Dublin Bus/LUAS ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on only on Dublin Bus, tag on/tag off on LUAS

Monthly Dublin Bus/LUAS ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on only on Dublin Bus, tag on/tag off on LUAS - Only available via Taxsaver scheme, from your employer. Details at www.taxsaver.ie

Irish Rail (Short Hop Zone)/LUAS:

Annual Irish Rail Short Hop/LUAS ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on/tag off on Irish Rail and LUAS

Monthly Irish Rail Short Hop/LUAS ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on/tag off on Irish Rail and LUAS - Only available via Taxsaver scheme, from your employer. Details at www.taxsaver.ie

Dublin Bus/Irish Rail (Short Hop Zone)/LUAS

Annual Dublin Bus/Irish Rail Short Hop/LUAS ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on only on Dublin Bus, tag on/tag off on Irish Rail and LUAS

Monthly Dublin Bus/Irish Rail Short Hop/LUAS ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on only on Dublin Bus, tag on/tag off on Irish Rail and LUAS - Only available via Taxsaver scheme, from your employer. Details at www.taxsaver.ie

Visitor LEAP Card (only available to purchase at Dublin Airport) - Valid for 3 days (including Airlink 747) - Tag on only on Dublin Bus, tag on/tag off on Irish Rail and LUAS

Trainee LEAP Card (only available through foreign language schools to registered students) - Valid for 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks - Tag on only on Dublin Bus, tag on/tag off on Irish Rail and LUAS

LeinsterDub · 03-12-2014 4:04pm

Discount Levels – Adult/Student €1 / Child €0.75 / City Centre Fare €0.60

What does City Centre Fare €0.60 mean ? If I get a bus to O'Connell St and a other to Mount St it's free? Isn't the City Centre Fare 55 cent?

http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Fares--Tickets/Leapcard/ seems to suggest 55 cent and its free

LXFlyer · 03-12-2014 4:27pm

LeinsterDub wrote: »

What does City Centre Fare €0.60 mean ? If I get a bus to O'Connell St and a other to Mount St it's free? Isn't the City Centre Fare 55 cent?

http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Fares--Tickets/Leapcard/ seems to suggest 55 cent and its free

The fares have changed effective 1st December:
http://dublinbus.ie/en/Fares--Tickets/Fare-Information/Fares/

The City Centre fare is now €0.60.

Unfortunately they don't seem to have updated all of the other pages yet.

What the discount means is that if you take a city centre fare, then the full €0.60 will be refunded to you.

LeinsterDub · 03-12-2014 4:40pm

lxflyer wrote: »

The fares have changed effective 1st December:
http://dublinbus.ie/en/Fares--Tickets/Fare-Information/Fares/

The City Centre fare is now €0.60.

Unfortunately they don't seem to have updated all of the other pages yet.

What the discount means is that if you take a city centre fare, then the full €0.60 will be refunded to you.

So a bus from Mount St to O'Connell and return within 90 minutes would be 60 cent?

LXFlyer · 03-12-2014 4:45pm

LeinsterDub wrote: »

So a bus from Mount St to O'Connell and return within 90 minutes would be 60 cent?

Mount Street is outside the city centre fare zone.
See the valid area on this map:
http://dublinbus.ie/PageFiles/2512/city_centre_fares.pdf

The city centre fare is valid only to stop 409 on Merrion Square North, and from stop 493 on Merrion Square North.

So, a return trip from stop 493 to the city centre and back to stop 409 will cost €0.60 if the return trip is made within 90 minutes.

To/from Mount Street would be €1.50 + €1.50 less €1.00 = €2.00

LeinsterDub · 03-12-2014 4:48pm

lxflyer wrote: »

Mount Street is outside the city centre fare zone.
See the valid area on this map:
http://dublinbus.ie/PageFiles/2512/city_centre_fares.pdf

The city centre fare is valid only to stop 409 on Merrion Square North, and from stop 493 on Merrion Square North.

So, a return trip from stop 493 to the city centre and back to stop 409 will cost €0.60 if the return trip is made within 90 minutes.

To/from Mount Street would be €1.50 + €1.50 less €1.00 = €2.00

I meant those stops. Thanks

zanardi · 04-12-2014 8:32pm

Has anyone tried starting with the city centre fare for 60 cents, then getting the one euro discount for say a 2.05 fare?

Might be interesting.

LXFlyer · 04-12-2014 8:53pm

zanardi wrote: »

Has anyone tried starting with the city centre fare for 60 cents, then getting the one euro discount for say a 2.05 fare?

Might be interesting.

No - you will only get the €0.60 refunded.

lucernarian · 04-12-2014 9:49pm

Just so you all know, since I posted in the October updates thread, leap card credit can now be used on routes 100x and 101 to buy single tickets. There is no longer any exception listed for the leapcard page for Bus Eireann in the Greater Dublin area. I've also been emailing the NTA about the subject and they confirmed the same

LXFlyer · 04-12-2014 9:53pm

lucernarian wrote: »

Just so you all know, since I posted in the October updates thread the leap card can now be used on routes 100x and 101. There is no longer any exception listed for the leapcard page for Bus Eireann in the Greater Dublin area. I've also been emailing the NTA about the subject and they confirmed the same

Thanks for that - I'll update the main section!

Unfortunately - someone should tell Bus Eireann!!
http://buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=375

*Please note, Travel Credit cannot be used to purchase Adult single fares on Route 100x DAP- Drogheda-Dundalk and Route 101 DAP – Balbriggan – Drogheda.

is still on their website!

LeinsterDub · 05-12-2014 2:31pm

lxflyer wrote: »

is still on their website!

That's why we have you lx as DB and BE can't be bothered keeping their customers informed

bg07 · 05-12-2014 2:44pm

LeinsterDub wrote: »

That's why we have you lx as DB and BE can't be bothered keeping their customers informed

Or the NTA; the leapcard website is far worse than the BE, DB or IE ones. Despite being the youngest of the 4 websites its looks and functions are the most dated. And the information on it is patchy and difficult to find to say the least.

thelad95 · 11-12-2014 4:50pm

What is the new maximum fare on the leap card. Is it €2.60?

LXFlyer · 11-12-2014 4:57pm

thelad95 wrote: »

What is the new maximum fare on the leap card. Is it €2.60?

Well that depends upon which operator you are using, and what sort of trip you are taking!

LEAP fares are listed here.

Carawaystick · 11-12-2014 5:03pm

I presume the 90 min discount doesn't apply to nightlink fares?

5star02707 · 11-12-2014 5:04pm

thelad95 wrote: »

What is the new maximum fare on the leap card. Is it €2.60?

Normal Dublin bus route -Max is 2.60

Xpresso - 2.85

Nitelink - 5

^ All prices are for Adult / Student leap

kc56 · 19-12-2014 1:02pm

Irish Rail Point-to-Point Annual (and Monthly) Taxsaver tickets are now on personalised Leap Cards.

Carawaystick · 19-12-2014 1:50pm

If you board a bus near the destination terminus does the right hand validator deduct the correct fare? or the usual right hand fare?

schemingbohemia · 19-12-2014 1:51pm

Carawaystick wrote: »

If you board a bus near the destination terminus does the right hand validator deduct the correct fare? or the usual right hand fare?

It will deduct the maximum fare, unfortunately they're not enabled to automatically reduce the fare the closer you get to the terminus.

Carawaystick · 19-12-2014 1:53pm

I guessed as much.
It's awful feicing slow using leapcard with the driver....
We'll be waiting a fair few months updates from lxflyer before this improves I suspect

BabyBirch · 22-12-2014 9:18am

kc56 wrote: »

Irish Rail Point-to-Point Annual (and Monthly) Taxsaver tickets are now on personalised Leap Cards.

Do you know how these are supposed to be picked up? I had a personalised Leap with Annual Bus and Rail taxsaver last year but the Accounts department still haven't told me how/when I get my 2015 ticket

beauf · 22-12-2014 10:06am

BabyBirch wrote: »

Do you know how these are supposed to be picked up? I had a personalised Leap with Annual Bus and Rail taxsaver last year but the Accounts department still haven't told me how/when I get my 2015 ticket

Last time I was told you need to go into a Leap Card agent shop and get them to check the balance. I don't know if the date you do this is critical.

Though I was also told I could use an Irish Rail validator if its after the renewal date.

Mines rail only but I assume (perhaps incorrectly) because yours is also rail it will work the same way.

BabyBirch · 22-12-2014 10:28am

beauf wrote: »

Last time I was told you need to go into a Leap Card agent shop and get them to check the balance. I don't know if the date you do this is critical.

Though I was also told I could use an Irish Rail validator if its after the renewal date.

Mines rail only but I assume (perhaps incorrectly) because yours is also rail it will work the same way.

Cool thanks, I'll check with Accounts but they really don't have a clue unfortunately

beauf · 22-12-2014 10:35am

BabyBirch wrote: »

Cool thanks, I'll check with Accounts but they really don't have a clue unfortunately

Neither did mine. In fairness the language that leap cards use is a bit cryptic. Never mind how they record the transactions on your account.

I emailed them directly to ask about the updates. I got that bit about the validitor from their reply. The thing in the shop worked for me. But can't be certain of the date. The reported balance on the shop was zero. But it seems to update the card.

beauf · 22-12-2014 10:37am

Carawaystick wrote: »

I guessed as much.
It's awful feicing slow using leapcard with the driver....
We'll be waiting a fair few months updates from lxflyer before this improves I suspect

Afaik buses don't have a live link. They only update back at base Maybe there is more to it than that.

Dravokivich · 22-12-2014 11:13am

beauf wrote: »

Afaik buses don't have a live link. They only update back at base Maybe there is more to it than that.

They don't need a live link, just don't have enough memory to hold a list of all the potential topups pending collection. Also, when the Payzone device said zero balance for you, it's because it was looking at credit. You should be able to see if the update went through when you put the card into a Ticket Vending Machine.

All Irish Rail taxsavers should be updated through usage, by tagging on/off. Same with most of the Luas ones, however I think the Luas/Dublin Bus combi may need to be collected at Payzone.

Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann ones are Payzone only as far as I'm aware.

Red Silurian · 24-12-2014 10:16pm

****Speculation warning****

There are some new ticket machines after being installed on bus Eireann limerick city routes, I also overheard 2 drivers mention the words "leap card" on the 304 the other day

A sign of things to come?

devnull · 24-12-2014 10:59pm

The *new* ticket machines being installed are the same ones that Dublin Bus have now.

Bus Eireann are using an even older model than Dublin Bus.

Red Silurian · 30-12-2014 12:16am

devnull wrote: »

Bus Eireann are using an even older model than Dublin Bus.

Sounds contradictory but I have it on good word that they are the same ones

devnull wrote: »

The *new* ticket machines being installed are the same ones that Dublin Bus have now.

Carawaystick · 30-12-2014 3:05am

beauf wrote: »

Afaik buses don't have a live link. They only update back at base Maybe there is more to it than that.

I don't think this is it.
The bus should know where it is, I mean how would real time passenger info work without this?
The driver should also update the stage/location of the bus too, so there's 2 systems telling the bus where it is.

twice I put my card on the drivers panel, told the driver the craic, he pressed whatever buttons he needed, and rested his citiog on his lap as if he was done, I moved my card and was called back as there was a card read error.

Even ignoring the card read error, the time until I started to move my card was much longer than a cash transaction would have taken.

Gael23 · 30-12-2014 6:05pm

What is the difference with the validator on the right hand side and the one on the drivers ticket machine?

LEAP CARD - Updated Summary of Cards/Functionality Available - December 2014

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