Dublin Bus Scholar Card.

Kynareth

I was going to write a long rant but I somehow don't think it's worth it.

Can anyone enlighten me if you're 'on the inside' as to why there's no discounted Scholar Rambler ticket?
There's a SchoolChild, Student and Adult Rambler ticket, but no Scholar one, are 'Scholar' cardholders able to use the child one or something? As the 'Scholar' card actually only entitles you to one travel ticket. Whereas the child has four.

I'm still in Secondary School but because of my age cannot get a SchoolChild Card. which I find is ridiculous because I should still be paying the SchoolChild fare if I'm going to school. Yes I understand it's summer, but I use the bus quite a lot in Summer and this would be a perfect time for Dublin Bus to even impliment another ticket like a Teenager Ticket or something to that effect for Summer! But that's going off on a tangent.

My point is, can I actually use a Child ticket then? Or is there really no point in even having my Scholar card.

LXFlyer

The scholar ID card is purely for the 10 Journey ticket for going to/from school for 16-18 year olds.

Otherwise it's full adult fares I'm afraid. That's the policy across the CIE group.

Cookie_Monster

Child to 16
Adult form 18

I love how DB (and plenty of others) refuse to acknowledge those in-between exist. You are a child until 18 in nearly every other aspect of life, why not bus travel?

bk

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

I love how DB (and plenty of others) refuse to acknowledge those in-between exist. You are a child until 18 in nearly every other aspect of life, why not bus travel?

Because you aren't necessarily a child anymore after 16.

You can leave school, have sex, get married, start driving, etc. before your 18.

It is a grey area.

Siouxie

My daughter is 16 and just finished 5th year. She studies and does her homework in school everyday until 6pm which means that she cannot use the Scholar ticket as it is only valid until 5pm. Many secondary schoolchildren do activities in school after classes finish at 4pm.

Her fare is normally €1.65 so purchasing the Student Travelcard would make no difference apart from the convenience of not having to find change.

meanmachine3

just to clarify some child fares.
a childs fare covers those under 16. so if you turn 16 today technically you'd have to pay an adults fare. alot of people think it's 16 and under. as i've just pointed out already this is not the case.
only one child under the age of 3 travels free per fare paying adult. so in theory if you have a set of twins under the age of 3 by right one of them must be paid for. now in saying that it's extremely rare that a driver would ask for this. but we do have the right to request that the 2nd and subsequent children be paid for. sorry i've had to high light some things here. but we do get some abuse from passengers regarding the issue of childrens fares.

AlekSmart

Kynareth wrote: »

I was going to write a long rant but I somehow don't think it's worth it.

Your spot-on Kynareth,it is'nt worth it.

Heartless as it may sound,welcome my friend to the real-world.

It's a place we are only beginning to realize actually does exist and that of itself is causing untold grief to many.

However,the "Real World" is largely a place inhabited by what I'll term "The Contributing Classes" of which ,Kynareth,you are now one,who are now dei facto attempting to fund the needs,entitlements and desires of everybody else.

With the numbers of the "Contributing Classes" rapidly and steadily declining as the numbers of the "Entitled Classes" equally rapidly and steadily rise we do not need the IMF or the ECB to teach us how to do sums....:(

Mr Noonan's references to the Free School Transport system,harsh as they may seem,only underline how wild and uncontrolled our Society's planning and spending had become.

I have long ago given up attempting to rationalize why in the past two years I am seeing so many newly issued DSP Free Travel Scheme Passes.

In a great many cases it would appear that there is no longer a requirement to have a PAYE/PRSI contribution history or a significant disability,to provide an entitlement to Free Travel.

Yet I am mute witness as this rapidly expanding number of individuals whom the State will fully-fund should they decide to pop down to Cork,across to Galway or perhaps even across the land frontier to Belfast....this Kynareth,is one of the factors which decides why YOU move from being a child to a contributing adult with such bone jarring rapidity.

These days, I spend quite a significant period attempting to break through language and social barriers to advise individuals that their Free Pass does NOT cover their entire extended family (incuding Mother-In-Law ) or that the holder must have a Photo-ID card to validate the pass with an Urban address.

Kynareth,you need to realize,and perhaps accept,that your accelerated transition to Adulthood and the blessings of becoming a fully fledged "Contributor" will make you a fuller,more well rounded citizen and far more able to sift through bullshytt

Who's paying.....Who cares !

Cookie_Monster

AlekSmart wrote: »

Who's paying.....Who cares !

careful there Alek, you may bury your self under all that cynicism

you're right though

Kynareth

It was actually just more confusing than anything, as I didn't see the point in having the card if the student one exists, would it not have been easier for Dublin Bus to just tell you to get a Student Card than get a scholar one which as pointed out by Cookie Monster is restricted aswell as being the only card available for this group. I dunno, just seemed odd.

Thanks to all the replies for clarification, wasn't expecting so many that quickly :P