Dublin Bus tickets

loyatemu

is it still possible to buy a single travel 90?

I have to make 2 journeys later on, the DB website suggests they'll each cost 1.85 (btw - why doesn't the journey planner tell you the fare?) but I can easily get there and back in 90 mins. I hardly ever use the bus, no point in spending €19 on a 10-journey card.

LXFlyer

loyatemu wrote: »

is it still possible to buy a single travel 90?

I have to make 2 journeys later on, the DB website suggests they'll each cost 1.85 (btw - why doesn't the journey planner tell you the fare?) but I can easily get there and back in 90 mins. I hardly ever use the bus, no point in spending €19 on a 10-journey card.

No - it is now a smartcard which contains 10 journeys on it.

Bear in mind it does remain valid for about 15-18 months.

loyatemu

lxflyer wrote: »

No - it is now a smartcard which contains 10 journeys on it.

Bear in mind it does remain valid for about 15-18 months.

I've used the bus maybe 3 times in the last 18 months - some sort of top-up smart card (with or without a frog on it) would be handy at this point.

LXFlyer

Indeed it would.

New Haven

Only place you will get a single Travel 90 is at the Airport to facilitate tourists who have just arrived in the country. However, there is a new integrated ticket which can be topped up with a cash amount, or indeed with the equivalent of a rambler, T90 etc currently undergoing tests. It is due for public release early in the new year.

Victor

loyatemu wrote: »

I've used the bus maybe 3 times in the last 18 months - some sort of top-up smart card (with or without a frog on it) would be handy at this point.

Keep an eye on Metro Herald, RPA will be inviting members of the public to take part in the expanded ITS trial. You might get some free credit.

bk

New Haven wrote: »

It is due for public release early in the new year.

Slipped I see It was supposed to launch this year.

Victor wrote: »

Keep an eye on Metro Herald, RPA will be inviting members of the public to take part in the expanded ITS trial. You might get some free credit.

Victor can you keep us informed of this? I'm sure some people her would love to trial it

Personally I can't wait for this.

Tickityboo

Victor wrote: »

Keep an eye on Metro Herald, RPA will be inviting members of the public to take part in the expanded ITS trial. You might get some free credit.

Just finished a quick bit of driver training regarding the leap card and how it will work on Dublin Bus.
Bad news for those of you who tought it might reduce dwell times it won't.
The only fare that can deducted by the passenger on the card reader is the €2.30 one for every other fare the passenger has to put the card on the drivers ticket machine and the driver has to deduct it and any other fares the passenger wants. That's a real LEAP forward not.

Stevek101

Moving towards a flat fare will remove the need to do this. Should happen soon.

bk

Tickityboo wrote: »

The only fare that can deducted by the passenger on the card reader is the €2.30 one for every other fare the passenger has to put the card on the drivers ticket machine and the driver has to deduct it and any other fares the passenger wants.

Almost completely useless so :mad:

I suppose it will cut down on the lose change in my pocket.

Doesn't make sense either that €2.30 is the maximum fare. It should be a travel 90. I assume anyone who has a trip longer then 1.90 will jsut put a load of travel 90's on it anyway.

I wonder what would happen if you have 10 travel 90 on your card. But ask the driver for 1.65. Will it only take the 1.65 from the purse?

And then what happens if you use the reader at the right hand side, will it take the travel 90 rather then the 2.30?

My normal route is 1.65, but I could imagine sticking a couple of travel 90's on the card for the odd longer journey.

I don't see many people even taking this up if there is no incentive over cash.

I hope it tuns out that it is just a two phase process. Roll out the leap card as just a pure replacement for cash first, with low uptake and work out the bugs. Then introduce flat fares (much higher cash) a few months later, which will drive big uptake.

I admit, as someone who runs IT projects myself, I'd phase it that way. But it is just disappointing, this (flat fares and rfid cards) should have all been done years ago.

bk

Stevek101 wrote: »

Moving towards a flat fare will remove the need to do this. Should happen soon.

When you say "should", does this mean you have some actual knowledge of movement towards this or are you just expressing a hope?

Losty Dublin

Victor wrote: »

Keep an eye on Metro Herald, RPA will be inviting members of the public to take part in the expanded ITS trial. You might get some free credit.

If Metro Herald are involved does that mean that the trial passes will have nothing in them and will end up strewn on the sears and floors of buses and trains come 9AM every morning just like their papers?

LXFlyer

bk wrote: »

Tickityboo wrote: »

The only fare that can deducted by the passenger on the card reader is the €2.30 one for every other fare the passenger has to put the card on the drivers ticket machine and the driver has to deduct it and any other fares the passenger wants.

Almost completely useless so :mad:

I suppose it will cut down on the lose change in my pocket.

Doesn't make sense either that €2.30 is the maximum fare. It should be a travel 90. I assume anyone who has a trip longer then 1.90 will jsut put a load of travel 90's on it anyway.

I wonder what would happen if you have 10 travel 90 on your card. But ask the driver for 1.65. Will it only take the 1.65 from the purse?

And then what happens if you use the reader at the right hand side, will it take the travel 90 rather then the 2.30?

My normal route is 1.65, but I could imagine sticking a couple of travel 90's on the card for the odd longer journey.

I don't see many people even taking this up if there is no incentive over cash.

I hope it tuns out that it is just a two phase process. Roll out the leap card as just a pure replacement for cash first, with low uptake and work out the bugs. Then introduce flat fares (much higher cash) a few months later, which will drive big uptake.

I admit, as someone who runs IT projects myself, I'd phase it that way. But it is just disappointing, this (flat fares and rfid cards) should have all been done years ago.

This is only testing of the epurse. No final decision has been made yet as to the final fare structure.

So don't dismiss it yet. They need to test all the functionality on a wide number of buses.

Victor

Losty Dublin wrote: »

If Metro Herald are involved does that mean that the trial passes will have nothing in them and will end up strewn on the sears and floors of buses and trains come 9AM every morning just like their papers?

Advertising only I suspect.