devnull wrote: » I assume there is a barcode reader at the barriers.
bk wrote: » Curios, do ticket checkers just look at the ticket? Or do they use another device to scan the QR code or enter the barcode on their own device?
antimatterx wrote: » I wonder what will happen in the scenario where tickets are on phones, and the phone dies.
91wx763 wrote: » Deemed as no ticket is held. New ticket or fine.
antimatterx wrote: » Something better than that will have to be conceived. That's not good enough imo, and it's going to happen.
GT89 wrote: » Also how do you get through the barriers?
goingnowhere wrote: » There is a portable device being rolled out as part of the new ticketing system. But in theory any phone with the 'app' would surfice There is funding sought to add a barcode reader to the turnstiles at key stations
MOH wrote: » Given that one of their excuses for seat reservations frequently not working is data connection issues, would that not pose a similar issue for any such devices? If the wifi goes then so does the ability to check tickets?
bk wrote: » Such devices/apps should be written in such a way that they download all ticket information to the device, so it can continue to work offline. A days worth of ticket data could easily be stored in modern mobile devices.
Resurrected this old thread.
Did anyone get any ETA on a digital leapcard recently?
That article should give you some updated information.
Government only approved the project in March of this year.
Thanks,so 2024 is best case scenario
In the meantime they have rolled out the TFI Go app which allows you buy single, 2 journey and 10 journey tickets on your phone for any Bus Éireann PSO route at LEAP prices, including towns and cities, GoAhead regional commuter routes, and are now expanding the ability to buy tickets across the Local Link network too.
It also allows you buy 24 hour and weekly tickets for use in the regional cities, and on the regional commuter routes into Dublin.
I hope they integrate it into the existing TFI app and don't start a new one.
The TFI Go App is already live.
I’ve edited my post to be clearer.
You can pay for all the services that I listed using the app on your mobile phone.
Used the app to get the 133 to Kilmacanogue the other week and it was very handy.
there were a few times, including 1 in the last month , that ive stood on a crammed 39A at the ticket reader and as i would type on my phone it would set the ticket-reader off
What is used to read those tickets when someone gets on the bus? ( Do the existing Leap machines read phones?)
You activate the ticket on the phone and show it to the driver.
It has a live timestamp and unique moving graphic, so that it doesn't look like a static image. The app also doesn't allow screenshots so you can't simply show a screenshot of a "ticket". (Photo below taken from Google)
Not sure I'd be brave enough to try that with a monthly ticket: Galway has some lads driving who've barely learned how to use the existing ticket machines, I think a phone based ticket would push them over the edge!
Any updates to this? I find it strange that I can tap my Leap card to my iPhone to top-up, but I can’t skip the card and just use Apple Wallet to NFC tap on and off transport.
it's painful. I've dropped my wallet more or less for my phone, but still have to remember my leap card.
Other than announcing contracts and tenders, when it comes to products going live NTA always take the soft launch approach. You might get an article slipped to the journal before anyone else picks up on it. But they aren't going to promote it until people are already using it for a week or two.
It won’t happen until 2025.
The entire backend operating system for PSO services ticketing is being rebuilt from scratch and that is a major job.
That’s not really true - they’ve soft launches if they do small pilot testing on one route for example, but when the “Big Bang” happens they do a big publicity launch. That is what I suspect they want to do here.
You will certainly notice when they are getting ready to launch it, as it will require new validators to be installed on all buses, next to the old ones.
