How to use Luas

Victor

From next Sunday you will need a ticket, which you can buy tickets at stops or in selected newsagents.

Your ticket must be validated at the stop, not on the tram.

There are no ticket barriers.

Single and return journeys are a bit more expensive compared to bus and DART. However, 7-day tickets are the equivalent of 4 return tickets and 30-day tickets equal to four 7-day tickets.

Month and Annual tickets are only available through the Tax Saver scheme.

Bus / Luas ticket are available, but Train / Luas tickets aren't available yet.

Student and child discounts are available.

Some ticket types will need special photo ID.

Upgrading your Annual Bus Travelwide to a Bus/Luas Travel

www.luas.ie
www.rpa.ie

Ro

Will there be an annual Rail/Bus/Ticket? At €850 I think you should be able to take the Luas anyway with an annual Bus/Rail ticket.

Victor

Originally posted by Ro
Will there be an annual Rail/Bus/Ticket? At €850 I think you should be able to take the Luas anyway with an annual Bus/Rail ticket.

I think there will be one eventually, expecially when Luas starts operating to Connolly and connect with the DART.

Annual Luas all zone ticket €640 (cheaper annual tickets are available for limited zones).

Annual Bus/Luas ticket - €850

Annual (Bus only) Travelwide €675*

Annual (Bus/Rail only) Travelwide €675

Annual Suburban Rail & Dart €750**

All Services Rates 2003: ***
Iarnród Éireann €2,150
Iarnród Éireann & Bus Éireann €2,400
All CIE Services €2,850
Point to Point tickets are available from €840-2,150.

*Unlimited travel on all Dublin Bus services within the total bus network, except Ferry service and tours.
**Unlimited travel on all DART, Arrow and Suburban Rail services between Maynooth, Balbriggan, Kilcoole and Hazelhatch.
***Available on a calendar year basis only (ie January 2003-December 2003) Reduced scale applies until July

Space Cube 40

Your ticket must be validated at the stop?

Tickets bought in the machines are pre-validated and then tickets bought from the retail outlets have to be validated. Now I know there are no validaters on the tram but I have not seen any on the stops. How are the un validated tickets validated?Does the machine validate tickets?

Michael Collins

With the Bus & LUAS tickets they have to be validated on the bus before you can use them on the LUAS. I'm going to look like a big eejit just getting on a bus, putting my ticket in the validator and getting off.

Andrew Duffy

Not quite. If you buy a Bus & Tram ticket from a Dublin Bus ticket agent, you will have to validate it on a bus first. If you buy a Bus & Tram (or should it be Tram & Bus?) ticket from a Connex ticket agent, it can be used on the tram without validating it on a bus. I think it can also be used on a bus first. The idea is to encourage traders to become Connex ticket agents, possibly in addition to being Dublin Bus agents.

Capt'n Midnight

Originally posted by Victor
Annual (Bus/Rail only) Travelwide €675

Annual Suburban Rail & Dart €750** [/size]

How come the Bus+Rail is €75 cheaper than Rail ??

Is there a Bus Eireann only annual ticket ?
And is there an option to "top up" existing annual tickets to include Luas ?

Victor

Originally posted by Capt'n Midnight
How come the Bus+Rail is €75 cheaper than Rail ??

Bus+Rail doesn't cover outer suburban rail stations (Travelwide isSwords-Lucan-Shankill or something similar).

Originally posted by Capt'n Midnight
Is there a Bus Eireann only annual ticket ?

I think you can get annual tickets between specific points. I'm not sure if you can get a country-wide one.

Originally posted by Capt'n Midnight
And is there an option to "top up" existing annual tickets to include Luas ?

Link from above. Upgrading your Annual Bus Travelwide to a Bus/Luas Travel

Tommy Vercetti

That all sounds MAD complicated. Bless those poor tourists who are so used to simplicity

Would I be right in guessing that a significant number of people aren't entirely honest when it comes to ticket purchasing/validating or do they have lots of inspector type people around?

Victor

Note the 25% is on the Heuston-Connolly ticket only.

http://www.thepost.ie/web/DocumentView/did-93581674-pageUrl--2FThe-Newspaper-2FSundays-Paper-2FNews.asp

Commuters face 25% rise in rail ticket prices
11/07/04 00:00
By Laura Noonan

Dublin commuters will have to pay 25 per cent more for monthly and annual feeder tickets from Dublin's railway stations to the city centre when the Luas Red line opens in September.

In a letter to customers, seen by The Sunday Business Post, Iarnrod Eireann said it had reached agreement with the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) to increase ticket prices.

In early September, monthly feeder tickets will cost €17.50, up from €14.

Annual feeder tickets will rise in price to €175 from €140.The tickets will be valid on the Luas Red line from Tallaght to Connolly station, as well as on the number 90 and 91 Dublin Bus routes between Heuston station, Connolly station and the city centre.

In the letter, Iarnrod Eireann described the increase as ``a slight adjustment''. Barry Kenny, a spokesman for Iarnrod Eireann, said the increased choice available to commuters justified the increase. ``We're not making any money out of this,'' he said.

``The Luas has its own fare structure. We negotiated this new fare with the RPA to ensure a competitive price for the customer.''

Iarnrod Eireann disclosed the planned increases in a letter sent to customers who buy monthly and annual tax saver commuter tickets.

In the same letter, the company said that monthly and annual Intercity rail fares were going up by an average of 5 per cent from July 5. Kenny said that these rises were necessary annual increases. ``We review our promotional fares annually,'' he said. ``They still represent excellent value for money.

``We are facing rising costs, particularly fuel and insurance, and we have to cover these costs if we are to continue to provide a quality service.''

Dancing duck

Well I know what transport system I won't be using.

silverside

Indeed. Who would want to get the 90 bus anymore? Unless of course all the Luases are crammed.

Victor

Originally posted by silverside
Indeed. Who would want to get the 90 bus anymore? Unless of course all the Luases are crammed.

People leaving from Tara Street can use the 90 and people going to Stephen's Green can use the 91.

Frank Grimes

Originally posted by Victor
Month and Annual tickets are only available through the Tax Saver scheme.

Damn, I had assumed the monthly one would be available from a newsagents etc. like the other tickets.
When the LUAS starts running out my way next month I'm going to be getting it plus my regular 2nd bus to work, so that's going to set me back an extra €7/month having to buy 4 * 7 day tickets (I can't get the monthly ones through work)

maxheadroom

You can still get 30 day tickets, just not "monthly" ones.

Frank Grimes

Originally posted by maxheadroom
You can still get 30 day tickets, just not "monthly" ones.

Thanks, I assumed they were one in the same, the cost is same etc. on the site.
I just hope it's worth the extra compared to the €15 euro ramblers I get at the moment
Although the thoughts of not having to sit on a bus on the Naas road during rush hour traffic again on my way home are getting more appealing by the day.