Dublin bus fare increases

Niall Keane

20c extra on xpress, I am 32 and my wife and I have always used public transport, not a day did I drive, this hike means an extra 80c a day, €184 a year. In a recession where prices and salaries are falling? From tomorrow on point of principle, I will pay the €200 parking levy and drive.
I travel from Dublin 17 to Dublin 2. I will post again in a month re. the difference in cost / time.
Currently 45mins - 1 Hour each way, €10 a day for us both by express bus 27X. (work colose to each other.)

babyhack

Looking at the 30 day rambler

For me is €1.80 a trip into work thats €3.60 a day
30 days = €108

30 day rambler = €100
a total saving of €8

apart from the fact I will not have to worry about looking for change its not really a big saving

May get on and give it a go, but is it non-consecutive days for sure
ie will i get 6 5 day weeks out of it

BH

Chris-2008

student bus travel tickets have gone from 16 in 2007 to 20 euro in 2009, does that mean its going to cost us 24 euro for a bus ticket in my final year? its beyond a joke at this stage, in 10 years time its going to cost 5 euro each way into town! scary taught... it has to stop somewere.

RiverWilde

Ah well at least ye can qualify for student travel on Dub Bus. I'm an OU Student and as soon as ISIC recognised us as proper students ... I have a valid ISIC card ... Dub Bus etc immediately got rid of their travel save stamp etc etc ... the best I can do is Bus Eireann.

Riv

Steo46

They should reduce all fares to €1 and increase the frequency. This would encourage more people to use the buses. Less cars on the road = faster journey times. Everybody would be happy.

swingking

professore wrote: »

Where the hell are the Green party ???

Probably kissing FF ass

bp1989

I think the simplest solution is to just boycott the buses altogether if you can. I for one will be walking that 20 minute walk into college from now on:pac:

Sleipnir

Steo46 wrote: »

They should reduce all fares to €1 and increase the frequency. This would encourage more people to use the buses. Less cars on the road = faster journey times. Everybody would be happy.

A loss-making company introduces lots more services for far less money and you think that's a good idea? :rolleyes:

Running a public transport infrastucture has far less to do with making people happy than you think.

“Owww look at me Marge, I'm making people Happy! I'm the magical man, from Happy Land, who lives in a gumdrop house on Lolly Pop Lane!!!!...... By the way I was being sarcastic...”

WoollyRedHat

Sure. We should have an alternative then. Why should they expect we pay higher fares, fares which increase every year, when the service is hardly being improved.

We haven't been in a bloodly recession for a decade you know. Changes could have been made years ago. But as you say, business comes first, passengers second.
And at the end of the day, that's the problem.

Corruptedmorals

Ugh, I was hoping the 30day bus/luas student wouldn't rise further than €80. I think I'll still save €50 exactly a month so not too shabby.

LiamD

Looks like Dublin Bus read Boards!

Student 30 Day Rambler €75.00
(Available from Monday 9th March)

Valid for unlimited travel for 30 non consecutive days
Valid on Dublin Bus scheduled services including Xpresso (excluding Airlink, Nitelink, Tours, Special Events and Private Contract services)
Student Travelcard required

http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Fares--Tickets/Tickets/Student-Tickets/

Well done Dublin Bus, I'll be switching to this ticket from now on.

Red Sleeping Beauty

€75 :eek:
For a month ?

A monthly bus pass in Glasgow with First will set you back £37/€41
And that's for a standard bus pass for a normal person, not a student!!!

raindog.promo

Sleipnir wrote: »

A loss-making company introduces lots more services for far less money and you think that's a good idea? :rolleyes:

Have you a source or somewhere that provides the figures to support this point?

Not being cheeky, genuinely interested as I often wonder at the price increase / lack of service improvement and can only imagine where the money is going.