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Is there a leap card for a 16 year old Student

  • 09-09-2012 03:20PM
    #1
    Twoandahalfmen
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    Basically Is there a leap card for a 16 year old Student. How much is it to buy and where can i get them.


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  • #2
    KD345
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    Twoandahalfmen wrote: »
    Basically Is there a leap card for a 16 year old Student. How much is it to buy and where can i get them.

    No, just child and adult Leap cards are available. Adult fares apply over 16 years. There is a new student travel card which allows you purchase discounted tickets and cash fares. It costs €12 and you must be a full time second or third level student.

    Details here:

    https://www.leapcard.ie/_uploads/Using%20a%20StudentTravelcard.pdf


  • #3
    Victor
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    KD345 wrote: »
    No, just child and adult Leap cards are available. Adult fares apply over 16 years. There is a new student travel card which allows you purchase discounted tickets and cash fares. It costs €12 and you must be a full time second or third level student.

    Details here:

    https://www.leapcard.ie/_uploads/Using%20a%20StudentTravelcard.pdf

    Note that this card does have Leap functionality.


  • #4
    jrmb
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    KD345 wrote: »
    No, just child and adult Leap cards are available. Adult fares apply over 16 years. There is a new student travel card which allows you purchase discounted tickets and cash fares. It costs €12 and you must be a full time second or third level student.

    Details here:

    https://www.leapcard.ie/_uploads/Using%20a%20StudentTravelcard.pdf

    Regardless of where you study, you can get one instantly at Trinity College's Student Union for €15 if you have a student card or attendance letter. That way, you don't have to arrange passport photos. It functions as a Leap card but on its own, the fares aren't discounted any more than a normal adult leap card. Bizarrely, separate student tickets aren't valid without it.


  • #5
    KD345
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    Victor wrote: »
    Note that this card does have Leap functionality.

    You'd wonder why they didn't just call it a student Leap card.


  • #6
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    KD345 wrote: »
    You'd wonder why they didn't just call it a student Leap card.

    Because it's not just a Leap Card. NTA tender out the "Student Travelcard" franchise and Leap availability was scoped to be part of it.
    jrmb wrote: »
    Bizarrely, separate student tickets aren't valid without it.

    I thought the Student Travelcard was always a requirement for purchasing tickets? It was when I went to college anyway.


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  • #7
    jrmb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 725 ✭✭✭jrmb


    Dravokivich wrote: »
    I thought the Student Travelcard was always a requirement for purchasing tickets? It was when I went to college anyway.

    Yes, you're right. I just don't understand why the Leap function doesn't eliminate the need to carry two separate cards if you use a weekly/monthly ticket, as a personalised Oyster card does in London.


  • #8
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    jrmb wrote: »
    Yes, you're right. I just don't understand why the Leap function doesn't eliminate the need to carry two separate cards if you use a weekly/monthly ticket, as a personalised Oyster card does in London.

    Simply because products are yet to be released on Leap and seem to be constantly pushed back. They were originally due this summer.


  • #9
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    KD345 wrote: »
    You'd wonder why they didn't just call it a student Leap card.

    That would imply that you could actually buy student tickets or get student fares with a leap card.


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