Xpresso busses HUGE fare hike

Corruptedmorals

:eek:http://www.dublinbus.ie/news_centre/latest_news.asp?action=view&news_id=743

Only on a few routes, but it happens to include mine. Hurray for prepaid tickets etc, but they're going to rise too. Whatever about 10cent increases..but a euro. Ridiculous.

Heart

Why not buy a Travel 90 handypack, 10 tickets for about 18 quid, 1.80 per ticket???

H

KC61

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

:eek:http://www.dublinbus.ie/news_centre/latest_news.asp?action=view&news_id=743

Only on a few routes, but it happens to include mine. Hurray for prepaid tickets etc, but they're going to rise too. Whatever about 10cent increases..but a euro. Ridiculous.

Why pay cash on the Xpresso?

A pack of 10 Travel 90 tickets (available from ticket agents) costs only EUR 17, which is a cost of EUR 1.70 per ticket, and is valid on all Xpresso services. It can also be used on subsequent trips if you board the next bus within 90 minutes of starting your first journey.

That is a saving of EUR 0.60 or EUR 1.60 on each trip (based on the new fares) which to my mind is a no-brainer.

AlekSmart

This could be viewed as the first step in a Carrot and Stick approach to accelerating the run-down of cash fare transactions....and not before bloody time !

The very concept of the Expresso services is being compromised daily by the preponderance of cash transactions and resultant change ticket foo fah which in turn wipes out the supposed benefit of the EXPRESS concept.

Get comfortable with the notion of paying 100% MORE for a cash transaction than the person behind you using a pre-paid...It`s up to the customer which option they WANT to choose...It`s nothing to do with brains or the lack of them,just down to lethargy and the awfulness of having to take responsibility.... :rolleyes:

dazberry

AlekSmart wrote: »

This could be viewed as the first step in a Carrot and Stick approach to accelerating the run-down of cash fare transactions....and not before bloody time !

DB have flirted with this in the past - but prepaid tickets always seem to find a way of catching up .

Now I'm likely reading too much into this but with Travel 90s now covering the 8-13 and 14-23 stages, and with what looks like a simplification of Xpresso stages - seems like some form of consolidation of fair structures is going on - maybe with view to smart cards????

D.

trellheim

cough oyster cough

skinnybop

Yes have to agree with this. the express buses have not been very "express" for a long time. too many people using them for short hop etc. prepaid tickets are certainly the way to go.

Polar101

Well, there's really no point in paying cash on Xpressos. The cash fare is just there to discourage the people who'll only travel a short distance, anyway. I wish DB would come up with a way to make people understand it's supposed to be an "express" (kind of, at least) service. That way the €1.05'ers wouldn't have to get on, told by the driver they'll have to pay €2, look shocked, tell the driver it's always been €1.05 before, and get off again. Maybe they should use different route numbers, so the Xpressos wouldn't look like "regular" buses.

skinnybop

Polar101 wrote: »

Well, there's really no point in paying cash on Xpressos. The cash fare is just there to discourage the people who'll only travel a short distance, anyway. I wish DB would come up with a way to make people understand it's supposed to be an "express" (kind of, at least) service. That way the €1.05'ers wouldn't have to get on, told by the driver they'll have to pay €2, look shocked, tell the driver it's always been €1.05 before, and get off again. Maybe they should use different route numbers, so the Xpressos wouldn't look like "regular" buses.

Absolutely! Irish people really dont help themselves when it comes to the transport system. if people actually checked to see what bus they should be getting and what fare they need then it will all run a bit smoother. I was years getting on to Dublin bus about the 145 and 84 buses. i was sick of people using them for short hops on very well serviced routes and those of us travelling further couldnt even get on the buses.

MiniD

The Xpresso routes can be a bit hit and miss. Some routes can feel like the regular bus. For example, the Lucan/Maynooth Xpressos serve all stops between Heuston Station and Waterloo Road. For any passenger with a prepaid ticket looking to travel to the city centre from Waterloo Road and Baggot Street, they may as well get the Xpresso as it stops at their stop anyway. They are entitled to do this too, as they are simply traveling within one zone.

There are other routes where the driver can be unsure of which stops serve that route. It can be annoying to board an Xpresso bus, only for it to stop at every stop.

Amazingly, Dublin Bus still apply the Minimum Fare to certain routes, to protect the longer distance traveler. Unfortunately with prepaid tickets this no longer has the desired effect.

Corruptedmorals

Nah, I use the student ticket, but it's still ridiculous! Besides, every time there's an increase in cash fares, tickets go up too. And the 66X is an absolute joke..€1.30 more than the 66 because it skips Chapelizod? And if you're really lucky you might be on one that skips Lucan. They should all skip Lucan, ughhhh.