20% cut to fares for all public transport operators from April

there are a couple of different issues being mixed up into 1 which mean the claim of rural passengers being penalized is not true.

first of all bus eireann don't just operate in the cities, they operate plenty of rural routes as well, probably most of them really.

in addition to that, presumably all other PSO bus operators are subject to the fare decrease.

secondly, passengers on non-PSO operated routes unfortunately will have to pay full fares, there isn't anything the government really can do about that, it has to be on those operators to decide if viable to drop fares, and of course bus eireann expressway can't avail of the decrease unless they do it commercially dispite it being 1 company and the integration of it's services was of benefit to passengers, probably the only thing CIE have ever done in terms of integration of anything.

That last paragraph is a nasty jib at those of us whose employers don't do taxsaver. We paid full price for our monthly tickets. 😞

All PSO monthly and annual tickets are reducing in price by 20%, be they via Taxsaver or not.

Bus Éireann should change from Monday.

As I said - it should change from Monday.

The whole thing is being done in phases so there will be people who won’t benefit straight away at each phase.

Do we know when these ticket machines are going to be changed? I think a contract hasn't been signed with a supplier yet?

Tender to be awarded in 2023 and implementation in 2024 was the last indication I saw. As above the delay in government approving the outline business case has not helped.

Thanks for that Peregrine.

I think €2 is more than a fair fare (excuse the pun!). It would be my experience, that that is getting close to EU averages and ahead of some places. I really never thought the day that I could practically travel across Dublin for 90 minutes with a free transfer for €2 and then head home on my bus which is a 24 hour route. Finally getting somewhere.

If we get enforcement of bus lanes next year, we'll also gain a degree of journey time reliability. I'd say we'll just about have an average European bus service, astounding when you look at how primitive it was only 10 years ago. Credit where due.

Dublin's lack of rail coverage remains a major issue and will do even after DART+ and the long fabled metrolink.

Well that works out at 4.40 Eur a day for unlimited travel? What makes that so hard to justify?

because for a regular commuter (probably 95%+ of paying passengers) it's only €4 a day to pay on Leap with the reduced fares. Rambler is only value for someone making a 3rd distinct trip on some days. Previously (at least before the 90-minute fare was introduced) the rambler was useful for anyone who had to change buses as part of their commute.

Llllllllll

Plus I was trying to point out that it looks like the rambler fares have already been reduced.