RPU

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just an observation but any mention of RPU causes a lot of tension among boardsters !!!!
are the RPU unique to IE or are they also on the buses

AlekSmart

No the Revenue Protection Unit is not a unique element to Railway Travel.

The actual Revenue Protection Unit in Dublin Bus ceased to exist some years back for reasons which were never explained.

However,the duties of the RPU were subsumed into the Central area Inspectors group which began operating on a "Blitz" principle.

This entails a travelling group of Inspectors targetting a given area or set of routes with no specific pattern followed.

With the commencement of the academic year one can expect an upsurge in RPU activity in order to provide guidance and advice to thousands of young highly motivated and provenly smart students....many of whom were out in force along the N11 Stillorgan Road last night :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

murphym7

I have not got a bus nr a train in years - this weekend will be my first in ages.

Who are these RPU characters? Is it just a new fancy term for a ticket inspector?

call the police

there is another thread this morning about luas fines.
do Dublin bus RPU cause the same controversies or have they more discretion
btw, what about the national buses, whats the situation there, is it every man for himself

call the police

murphym7 wrote: »

I have not got a bus nr a train in years - this weekend will be my first in ages.

Who are these RPU characters? Is it just a new fancy term for a ticket inspector?

from reading this forum, it looks like they've taken over the world as we know it

KC61

The RPU are exactly that - inspectors. They do not sell tickets. They only check tickets and issue standard fares to people with the incorrect tickets or incorrect/no ID.

Standard fares:
LUAS: EUR 45
Iarnrod Eireann: Up to EUR 150.
Dublin Bus: EUR 50.00

The reality is that there has been quite a bit of fare evasion and the companies are now all taking a zero tolerance approach to it. They are no longer showing lenience where they may have done in the past, as the problem has just got too big.

call the police

KC61 wrote: »

The reality is that there has been quite a bit of fare evasion and the companies are now all taking a zero tolerance approach to it. They are no longer showing lenience where they may have done in the past, as the problem has just got too big.

you're spot on,
the impression i get from the amount of posts on this issue is, people who were used to shaving a bit off the fare are now getting caught and fined, they all feel like victims,
all of them are checking signs, t&c's etc. to try and get away with the fine now as well, or hoping a board member can help them with an excuse.

Cookie_Monster

AlekSmart wrote: »

With the commencement of the academic year one can expect an upsurge in RPU activity in order to provide guidance and advice to thousands of young highly motivated and provenly smart students....many of whom were out in force along the N11 Stillorgan Road last night :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

and so they should be.
why the rolleyes, if students can't get it right, they'll hardly get it right when they grow up either.

KC61

There are people who made genuine mistakes being caught, but the vast majority are people who have paid the incorrect fare because they thought they could get away with it.

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Cookie_Monster wrote: »

and so they should be.
why the rolleyes, if students can't get it right, they'll hardly get it right when they grow up either.

I assume it's a reference to the nightly antics of students on n11 buses.


Re RPU - I've encountered them many a time on the 46a, once on an expresso, but never on a crumlin road route.. Odd that

foggy_lad

KC61 wrote: »

The reality is that there has been quite a bit of fare evasion and the companies are now all taking a zero tolerance approach to it. They are no longer showing lenience where they may have done in the past, as the problem has just got too big.

this is also the case with private operators, on a jj kavanaghs coach recently to carlow the driver stopped in kilcullen at the normal stop but there was nobody getting up to get off. he called "kilcullen" a few times then stood up and said he would have to chack tickets as he had sold a ticket to kilcullen and that person was not getting off.

he got halfway down the bus to a person that was going about 5miles past kilcullen but had in his own words been paying only as far as kilcullen for at least 7 years! he had to pay the extra 6 euros to the next stop and i am sure he asked for and paid for the correct ticket after that!

if you buy a ticket for one place it does not allow travel past that stop even if only half a mile!

AlekSmart

Why the rolleyes, if students can't get it right, they'll hardly get it right when they grow up either.

You answered your own Question Foggy_Lad,and in the context of a country which is supposedly demending on a new generation of highly motivated,intelligent,achievers to rescue it I`m made somewhat despondent by what I experience...:(

foggy_lad

AlekSmart wrote: »

You answered your own Question Foggy_LadCookie_Monster,and in the context of a country which is supposedly demending on a new generation of highly motivated,intelligent,achievers to rescue it I`m made somewhat despondent by what I experience...:(

while i do somewhat like cookies i would not consider myself to be a monster in my cookie eating habits:D