Bus Tickets

Chuchoter

I'm 17 and starting to get funny looks when I ask for the €1 child fare, so eventually I'm going to have to start paying (the extortionate) adult fare. I don't get the bus every day, but I get it between 3/4 times every weekend and more if I need to get a connecting bus out again from town, so it works out to be really expensive when you add it all up (around €16 a month if I pay the child fare,€35 if I pay the adult fare excluding train journeys:eek:). How do I work around this? :S

TheChrisD

Buy one of the multitudes of prepaid tickets depending on what type of journeys you make?

Maybe try the Travel 90 pack?

markpb

If you're making connecting journeys, buy a book of ten Travel 90 tickets for €18.50. They allow you make any number of bus trips for €1.85 as long as the last trip starts within 90 minutes of the first.

If you're not making connection journeys or you're using the bus a lot, it's probably worth buying a student ticket. You'll need to buy a student travel card (http://www.studenttravelcard.ie/) before you can use any of them. Here are a list of student tickets.

AlekSmart

How do I work around this? :S

Lads.....I think Crayolastereo is well aware of the legitimate options,having obviously researched the cost of the "Extortionate" adult fares...therefore I rather suspect he is looking for some suggestions as to cosmetically enhancing youthful looks or a means of maintaining a false identity.....

One might suggest watching a rerun of the RTE Prime-Time Investigates programme and learning about the many benefits of a €100 Lifetime Guaranteed,Dept of Social Protection Free Travel Pass,available in licenced premises in selected Dublin areas.... Sorry, only Cash accepted pending agreement with Visa/American Express !!

Moonbeam

student or scholar tickets?

KD345

crayolastereo wrote: »

I'm 17 and starting to get funny looks when I ask for the €1 child fare

The child fare stops at 15.

16 years and over is adult fare. No wonder you're getting funny looks. Be thankful it's not a fine!

AlekSmart

16 years and over is adult fare. No wonder you're getting funny looks.

Ah don`t be like that KD345,sure is`nt he only a young lad....think of it as a rite of passage....next thing he`ll be smoking....then drinking...and finally consorting with painted ladies....after that it`s all downhill,whether he`s on the Bus or not !!!! :eek:

devnull

OP - what is the normal adult fare for your destination?

Cookie_Monster

how come DB take you to be an adult at 16 while the state only recognise you as an adult at 18?

Russell_James

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

how come DB take you to be an adult at 16 while the state only recognise you as an adult at 18?

I have been wondering this for years. Yes at 16 you are not a child anymore, but you are way of being an adult. Your income levels are no where near as much as someone 3 or 4 years your senior, but yet you must pay for it as if you were older.

I know in other cities such as in London, they have an Oyster smart-card for 15-18 year olds. So unlike scholar fares in Dublin/Ireland, you can pay the fare with is correct for you at all times.

SickCert

crayolastereo wrote: »

I'm 17 and starting to get funny looks when I ask for the €1 child fare, so eventually I'm going to have to start paying (the extortionate) adult fare. I don't get the bus every day, but I get it between 3/4 times every weekend and more if I need to get a connecting bus out again from town, so it works out to be really expensive when you add it all up (around €16 a month if I pay the child fare,€35 if I pay the adult fare excluding train journeys:eek:). How do I work around this? :S

Be like the rest ~ buy a child weekly rambler and an adult one.
Only use the adult one when an inspector gets on.

-Chris-

OP, buy the correct ticket for your journey and age. Anything else isn't kosher and should be neither recommended nor condoned here.

BenShermin

SickCert wrote: »

Be like the rest ~ buy a child weekly rambler and an adult one.
Only use the adult one when an inspector gets on.

Not trying to advocate fare evasion here, but how exactly can that work?

You validate your child ticket before departure, that's before you know an inspector gets on. When/if the inspector comes on you can't give him an unvalidated Adult rambler as that would lead to a fine.

-Chris-

BenShermin wrote: »

Not trying to advocate fare evasion here, but how exactly can that work?

Discussion of how/where/why to evade fares will result in a ban. Please drop it.

Chuchoter

It would be 2.20 each way. I'm aware its very bad that I'm not paying the proper fair, but it would cost a fortune if I did once I added it all up, hence looking for the ticket deals! I was just wondering which one people found to get the most use out of. I will investigate the rambler and student tickets.

devnull

Best value for you is Travel 90, 10 journeys at 18.50, works out 1.85 per fare, you can transfer buses as well free of charge within 90 minutes of the first journey.

foggy_lad

Better value would be to get a bike and use it:)

Aard

I know it's OT, but can the travel 90 ticket be used for a return leg within the 90 mins?

KD345

Aard wrote: »

I know it's OT, but can the travel 90 ticket be used for a return leg within the 90 mins?

The Travel 90 can be used on as many journeys as possible within 90 minutes. This can include a return journey on the route you use.

foggy_lad

How does that travel90work exactly? You can get bus A then within 90minute board bus B for your second journey? Or is it travel as much as you like in the 90minute from first validating the ticket?

markpb

foggy_lad wrote: »

How does that travel90work exactly? You can get bus A then within 90minute board bus B for your second journey? Or is it travel as much as you like in the 90minute from first validating the ticket?

b.

You validate the ticket on first use, say 9am. You can keep validating it until 10.30am but you can't board any new buses after then. If you're already on a bus at 10.30, you can stay on for the length of your journey.