LEAP CARD - Updated Summary of Cards/Functionality Available - February 2015

LXFlyer

I've updated my summary of products/functionality available on LEAP, which brings together all of the information publicly available. I'm doing this due to reading regular questions on boards.ie, and due to the fact that I think that the level of information available on official sites leaves a lot to be desired in terms of collating the information in one simple location.

If you do spot something that needs updating let me know.

I've updated this thread for the additional functionality that has been added recently, including:

• LEAP 90 rebate introduced on multi-mode trips within Dublin
• LEAP epurse now valid on Bus Eireann city services in Limerick
• LEAP now valid on Ashbourne Connect service 193

Future developments will include:

• LEAP epurse to be launched on Cork Suburban Rail services to Cobh and Midleton in Q1 2015
• LEAP to be accepted on Bus Eireann services in Waterford by mid-2015

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LEAP CARD – Cards Available:

• Adult unpersonalised
• Adult personalised
• Child LEAP card (4-15)
• Child LEAP card (16-18) - Personalised
• Student travelcard - Personalised
• Visitor LEAP Card (See below)
• Trainee LEAP Card (See below)
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  LEAP CARD – Summary of Ticket Products Available:
  
  Leap can be used in two modes:
  
• Pay-as-you-go epurse (in most cases offering discounts over cash fares)
• Period pass offering unlimited travel on one or more modes
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  PAY-AS-YOU-GO E-PURSE:
  
  · Dublin Bus (All services) - Daily and weekly (Monday-Sunday) capping applies (see below) – Tag on only - May require to interact with driver.
  
  Note:
  One person holding a LEAP card can pay for a companion on Dublin Bus using the epurse. This applies if the cardholder is using a period pass or the epurse for their own travel.
  
  · Irish Rail (Dublin Short Hop Zone only) – Daily and weekly (Monday-Sunday) capping applies (see below) – Tag on and off
  
  Note:
  The Irish Rail Short Hop Zone incorporates all stations from Kilcoole to Balbriggan, Howth, M3 Parkway and Maynooth and from Dublin Heuston to Hazelhatch.
  
  · Bus Eireann (Greater Dublin Area) – Tag on only via driver
  
  · Bus Eireann (Greater Cork Area) – Tag on only via driver
  
  · Bus Eireann (Galway City Services) – Tag on only via driver
  

· Bus Eireann (Limerick City Services)– Tag on only via driver

· City Direct (Galway City Services) – Tag on only via driver

· LUAS (All services) – Daily and weekly (Monday-Sunday) capping applies (see below) – Tag on and off

· Matthews Coaches (Bettystown-Laytown-Dublin service) – Tag on only via driver

· Wexford Bus (All services) – Tag on only via driver - See www.wexfordbus.ie for more fare information

· Swords Express (All services) – Tag on only via driver

· Collins Coaches (Dublin-Ardee-Carrickmacross services) – Tag on only via driver

· Ashbourne Connect Route 193 – Tag on only via driver

Dublin Bus, Irish Rail Short Hop, and LUAS pay-as-you-go epurse fares can be found here.

Information on using LEAP in Cork can be found here.

Information on using LEAP in Galway can be found here.

Information on using LEAP in Limerick can be found here.

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CAPPING ON PAY-AS-YOU-GO:
An automated daily or weekly (Monday-Sunday) cap will be applied to all e-purse transactions. Different caps will apply to single operators, or where two or more operators are used as below.

Single Operator Capping Levels:

Dublin Bus:
Daily - Adult €6.90 / Student €5.00 / Child €2.50
Weekly (Monday-Sunday) - Adult €27.50 / Student €20.00 / Child €8.20

Note:
For Dublin Bus Nitelink services only €2.60 of the fare contributes towards the cap. Airlink, tours and special events are excluded from the cap.

LUAS:
Daily - Adult €6.40 / Student €5.00 / Child €2.50
Weekly (Monday-Sunday) - Adult €23.50 / Student €18.00 / Child €8.20

Irish Rail (Short Hop Zone):
Daily - Adult €9.20 / Student €6.90 / Child €3.10
Weekly (Monday-Sunday) - Adult €35.50 / Student €27.00 / Child €12.00

The capping day rolls over at 04:30.

Multi-Operator Capping Levels:
The following caps apply where two or more operators are used.

Dublin Bus / LUAS / Irish Rail (Short Hop Zone):
Daily - Adult €10.00 / Student €7.50 / Child €3.50
Weekly (Monday-Sunday) - Adult €40.00 / Student €30.00 / Child €14.00

If you use one transport provider regularly and another irregularly during the day or week, the main transport operator’s cap will apply and other operator’s fares added separately until the multi-operator cap is reached.

The capping day rolls over at 04:30.

Note:
For Dublin Bus Nitelink services only €2.60 of the fare contributes towards the cap. Airlink, tours and special events are excluded from the cap.

More information on capping is available here.

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LEAP 90 DISCOUNT

If you take two or more journeys on Dublin Bus within 90 minutes of starting the first trip, using the LEAP pay-as-you-go epurse, then a discount (as listed below) will automatically apply to the second and any subsequent trips taken within 90 minutes of the previous one.

Discount Levels – Adult/Student €1 / Child €0.75 / City Centre Fare €0.60

Note that the discount does not apply to Airlink or Tour services.

Similarly, if you make a multi-mode journey using one of the combinations below within the Dublin Short Hop Zone, the discounts above will apply to the second and any subsequent trips, provided each individual trip starts within 90 minutes of the previous one.

- Luas – Dublin Bus - Luas
- Luas – DART/Commuter Rail - Dublin Bus
- Luas – DART/Commuter Rail – Luas
- DART/Commuter Rail – Dublin Bus – DART/Commuter Rail

Note that it does not apply to Luas to Luas journeys or DART/Commuter Rail to DART/Commuter Rail journeys as these trips already have specific discounted fares.

Note also, that each time you tag on a new 90 minute period will commence.

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TOPPING UP LEAP CARD E-PURSE

The LEAP card e-purse can be topped up a number of different ways:

• At one of over 400 Payzone LEAP card agents around Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway.
• At any LUAS ticket machine
• At any Irish Rail ticket machine in the Short Hop Zone
• Online at www.leapcard.ie - Note that this option requires you to subsequently visit your nominated "load location" to physically load the top-up amount onto the card. Note that online topups cannot be applied to your LEAP card via Dublin Bus or indeed other bus operator onboard ticket machines due to their memory constraints.
• Via Auto top-up - this is the easiest way of topping up the card. It automatically tops up your Leap Card with funds from your bank account, whenever your Travel Credit balance falls below €10. You can choose to Auto Top-Up by €30.00, €40.00 or €50.00. Note that this requires your card to be registered on the LEAP website and a direct debit to be set up.
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  SINGLE OPERATOR PERIOD PASSES:
  The following unlimited travel period passes / tickets can be loaded onto a LEAP card, either online (requires you to then visit a payzone outlet) or at a payzone outlet directly:
  
  Dublin Bus:
  
  Rambler 5 Day Adult - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side
  
  Rambler 30 Day Adult - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side
  
  Rambler 5 Day Student – requires Student LEAP Card - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side
  
  Rambler 30 Day Student – requires Student LEAP Card - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side
  
  Rambler 1 Day Family - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side
  
  Freedom 3 Day Pass (including Airlink and Hop on-Hop off City Tour) - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side
  
  Airlink Return Ticket - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side
  
  Hop on-Hop off City Tour ticket
  
  Annual Bus Only Travelwide Ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on only via Validator on righthand side
  
  Note that where you have more than one product loaded onto the card, you can ask the driver to select which product you wish to use by putting the card on his ticket machine. If you have two versions of the same product (e.g. 2 x 30 Day Rambler tickets), the righthand validator will automatically select the older product.
  
  
  Irish Rail Short Hop Zone:
  
  Annual Rail Only (Short Hop Zone) (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on/tag off
  
  
  Irish Rail Cork to Cobh & Midleton:
  
  Adult/Student Weekly unlimited travel tickets
  Adult/Child/Student Monthly unlimited travel tickets
  
  These are available from Payzone agents in Cork
  
  
  Bus Eireann Greater Dublin Area:
  
  Daily (24 hours) Greater Dublin Area zonal unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for 24 hours from date/time of first activation - available for any one of 5 different zones
  
  Weekly (7 day) Greater Dublin Area zonal unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for 7 consecutive days from date/time of first activation - available for any one of 5 different zones
  
  There are 5 coloured zones surrounding Dublin (Red, Green, Blue, Yellow and Orange) that extend cumulatively out as far as Newry, Monaghan, Cavan, Granard, Longford, Tullamore, Portlaoise and Gorey.
  
  Child 24 hour/7 day tickets are available in the Red and Green zones only, while Student 24 hour tickets are available in the Red, Green and Blue zones only.
  
  Daily and weekly tickets can be purchased on the bus from the driver and from Payzone agents.
  
  Monthly and Annual Tickets (requires personalised LEAP card) - Available for each of the Red, Green, Blue, Yellow and Orange zones. Also available via Taxsaver scheme, from your employer. Details at www.taxsaver.ie
  
  For more information on Bus Eireann zonal tickets in the Dublin Area see here.
  
  
  Bus Eireann Cork City/Suburban tickets:
  
  Daily (24 hours) Cork City/Suburban zonal unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for 24 hours from date/time of first activation - available for any one of 2 different zones
  
  Weekly (7 day) Cork City/Suburban zonal unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for 7 consecutive days from date/time of first activation - available for any one of 2 different zones
  
  Monthly and Annual Cork City/Suburban zonal unlimited travel tickets (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on only via driver and valid for a calendar month - available for any one of 2 different zones. Also available via Taxsaver scheme, from your employer. Details at www.taxsaver.ie
  
  There are 2 coloured zones surrounding Cork, the Red Zone for Cork City services 201 to 219 (excluding suburban portion of 215), and the Green Zone which additionally includes Suburban services as far as Carrigtwohill to the East, Ballincollig to the west, Crosshaven to the south, and Cloghroe to the north, covering all of routes 215, 220, 220A, 221, 223, 226, 226A and routes 260 and 261 as far as Carrigtwohill.
  
  Child and Student options exist for all zones and periods, except that there is no monthly child option for both the red and green zones.
  
  Daily and weekly tickets can be purchased on the bus from the driver and from Payzone agents.
  
  For more information on using LEAP in Cork, please see here.
  
  
  Bus Eireann Galway City tickets:
  
  Daily (24 hours) Galway City unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for 24 hours from date/time of first activation - available for adult LEAP cards only
  
  Weekly (7 day) Galway City unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for 7 consecutive days from date/time of first activation - available for adult, child and student LEAP cards
  
  Monthly Galway City unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for a calendar month - available for adult, child and student LEAP cards
  
  LEAP period passes are valid on all Bus Eireann Galway City service (routes 401-410).
  
  Daily and weekly tickets can be purchased on the bus from the driver and from Payzone agents.
  
  For more information on using LEAP on Bus Eireann in Galway, please see here.
  
  
  Bus Eireann Limerick City tickets:
  
  Daily (24 hours) Limerick City unlimited travel tickets - Tag on only via driver and valid for 24 hours from date/time of first activation - available for adult LEAP cards only
  
  LEAP period passes are valid on all Bus Eireann Limerick City service (routes 301-306).
  
  Daily tickets can be purchased on the bus from the driver and from Payzone agents.
  
  For more information on using LEAP on Bus Eireann in Limerick, please see here.

City Direct Galway City tickets:

Weekly (7 days) unlimited travel ticket – Tag on only via driver and valid for 7 consecutive days from date/time of first activation – available for adult, child and student LEAP cards

Monthly unlimited travel ticket – Tag on only via driver and valid for a calendar month – available for adult LEAP cards only


For more information on using LEAP on City Direct in Galway please see here.


LUAS:

Annual LUAS all zone tickets (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on/tag off

Monthly LUAS all zone tickets (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on/tag off


Wexford Bus:

Wexford-Dublin Airport Route:
Weekly/10 Journey Ticket Adult/Student - Tag on only via driver

Wexford Local Services:
1 Day/Weekly Ticket Adult/Child - Tag on only via driver

Note that adult 1 day/weekly tickets on Wexford local services require a personalised LEAP card.


Swords Express:

10 Journey Ticket - Tag on only via driver


Collins Coaches:

10 Journey Ticket - Tag on only via driver


Ashbourne Connect:

10 Journey Ticket - Tag on only via driver

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MULTI-OPERATOR PERIOD PASSES:

Dublin Bus/Irish Rail (Short Hop Zone):

Annual Dublin Bus/Irish Rail Short Hop ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on only on Dublin Bus, tag on/tag off on Irish Rail


Dublin Bus/LUAS:

Annual Dublin Bus/LUAS ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on only on Dublin Bus, tag on/tag off on LUAS

Monthly Dublin Bus/LUAS ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on only on Dublin Bus, tag on/tag off on LUAS - Only available via Taxsaver scheme, from your employer. Details at www.taxsaver.ie


Irish Rail (Short Hop Zone)/LUAS:

Annual Irish Rail Short Hop/LUAS ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on/tag off on Irish Rail and LUAS

Monthly Irish Rail Short Hop/LUAS ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on/tag off on Irish Rail and LUAS - Only available via Taxsaver scheme, from your employer. Details at www.taxsaver.ie


Dublin Bus/Irish Rail (Short Hop Zone)/LUAS

Annual Dublin Bus/Irish Rail Short Hop/LUAS ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on only on Dublin Bus, tag on/tag off on Irish Rail and LUAS


Monthly Dublin Bus/Irish Rail Short Hop/LUAS ticket (requires personalised LEAP card) - Tag on only on Dublin Bus, tag on/tag off on Irish Rail and LUAS - Only available via Taxsaver scheme, from your employer. Details at www.taxsaver.ie


Visitor LEAP Card (only available to purchase at Dublin Airport) - Valid for 3 days (including Airlink 747) - Tag on only on Dublin Bus, tag on/tag off on Irish Rail and LUAS


Trainee LEAP Card (only available through foreign language schools to registered students) - Valid for 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks - Tag on only on Dublin Bus, tag on/tag off on Irish Rail and LUAS

Victor

December 2014 thread

stephenjudge

@lxflyer Do you intend on doing monthly updates like this, or maybe as when needed. If so what is the best way to keep updated with your future threads?

LXFlyer

stephenjudge wrote: »

@lxflyer Do you intend on doing monthly updates like this, or maybe as when needed. If so what is the best way to keep updated with your future threads?

I've updated the thread every time that there has been changes to the functionality and I intend keeping to that.


Just watch for the threads here - Victor kindly put this as a sticky.

kc56

Irish Rail Point-to-Point Annual/Monthly Taxsaver tickets are now being issued as personalised leap cards.

However they cannot be combined with Dub Bus/Luas Annual Tickets which require a separate Leap card (2015).

Dravokivich

All it is, is a ticket. The card can hold 5. Surely instead of 1 combination ticket they could allow someone to order multiple tickets if they need it, for the 1 card.

frankoreagan

To get the leap 90 discount, do you have to ask for it from the driver, or can you tag on at the right hand validator twice within the 90 minutes and it applies automatically?

Iyaibeji

Thank you so much, so much easier to understand than the website.

LXFlyer

frankoreagan wrote: »

To get the leap 90 discount, do you have to ask for it from the driver, or can you tag on at the right hand validator twice within the 90 minutes and it applies automatically?

You ask for the fare in the normal manner from the driver - €1.50, €2.05 or €2.60 (not that you can get the €2.60 fare from the right hand validator, but only if you don't have a ticket product on the card).


The discount then gets applied by the system automatically.

Avada

Interesting to see people being asked to touch FT cards on the RHS validator on Dublin Bus today. Slightly OT for this thread I know.

bg07

Random_Name wrote: »

Interesting to see people being asked to touch FT cards on the RHS validator on Dublin Bus today. Slightly OT for this thread I know.

Welfare website says that free travel card holders with a public services card can now use their card as a leap card at Irish rail stations i.e. they no longer need to get a ticket at a ticket office. it's supposed to be used similarly on the Luas and Dublin Bus

http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/780_Free-Travel.aspx

Trampas

Silly question but why can't you get a day return on bus eireann Dublin greater area?

It's cheaper to pay with cash for day return over leapcard as not always you use the 24 hour service.

Dravokivich

Trampas wrote: »

Silly question but why can't you get a day return on bus eireann Dublin greater area?

It's cheaper to pay with cash for day return over leapcard as not always you use the 24 hour service.

That's more so due to how the zones are laid out. if you are closer to the inside of it, as opposed to closer to the outside of it, there's quite a few times when you are better off just paying cash.

Peppa Pig

Ho long does it take for DB journeys to appear in the online history?
I thought it would be instant, but after 2 journeys today the balance hasn't changed and the auto top is still not active.

Victor

Peppa Pig wrote: »

Ho long does it take for DB journeys to appear in the online history?
I thought it would be instant, but after 2 journeys today the balance hasn't changed and the auto top is still not active.

The ticket validators on buses can only do downloads when they get back to the garage, so 95-99% of the time you won't see the dedications until the next day. It might happen the same day with a tiny proportion of buses and might take an extra day occasionally when the buses are stored overnight in one of the remote garages - Bray or Skerries..

Alexanderis

If I add a 7 day ticket to a leap card online, will it be loaded on the Leap card when I touch it to Bus Eirean validator or do I need to go to a payzone store to have it loaded onto the card?

LXFlyer

Alexanderis wrote: »

If I add a 7 day ticket to a leap card online, will it be loaded on the Leap card when I touch it to Bus Eirean validator or do I need to go to a payzone store to have it loaded onto the card?

Unfortunately if you buy online you need to touch a live terminal, which means going to a Payzone agent!

Why not just buy it from the driver?

That will be instantly onto your card.

Fratton Fred

Does the 5 Euro emergency credit still apply?

Dravokivich

Not all 5 euro. Once you go negative, you can't use the credit any more until you top up.

dazberry

Dravokivich wrote: »

Not all 5 euro. Once you go negative, you can't use the credit any more until you top up.

Zero is also considered negative in this sense.

D.

Dravokivich

dazberry wrote: »

Zero is also considered negative in this sense.

D.

Well. it's nothing. You'd want to have quite a set of transactions to get it to zero as well with the fares having odd digits now.

Fratton Fred

Great, thanks. I couldn't see anything on the leapcard website.

loyatemu

Question about the Leap90 discount - if you have to go to the driver on Dublin Bus and its your second journey (say after getting off the Luas) - do you state the full fare or the discounted fare?

LXFlyer

State the full fare.

The system will apply the discount automatically.

Victor

loyatemu wrote: »

Question about the Leap90 discount - if you have to go to the driver on Dublin Bus and its your second journey (say after getting off the Luas) - do you state the full fare or the discounted fare?

Properly, you are meant to state your destination.

However, the drivers has a selection of buttons they can press for a given distance. Stating a particular fare is complicated, given that here are cash, Leap, adult, child, schoolchild, etc. fares.

LXFlyer

Victor wrote: »

Properly, you are meant to state your destination.

However, the drivers has a selection of buttons they can press for a given distance. Stating a particular fare is complicated, given that here are cash, Leap, adult, child, schoolchild, etc. fares.

Well if you know the fare already I really don't see the issue in stating the fare.

The drivers are not blind and can see that you're putting a LEAP card on the machine.

AlekSmart

It's worth publicising that Dublin Bus has installed a Leapcard Reader in the front window of it's HQ,59 O'Connell St.

It can be used to check Leapcard Balances,as a Load Point to collect credit and to enable Taxsaver Collections.

This is a long overdue and very necessary advance for Leapcard,and hopefully will be replicated across the City Centre.

Victor

New thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057476595