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Bus Fares

lodgepole · 2005-12-26 23:50:38

Absolute shower of kunts Hiking the price is one thing, but this fare will require a 5c coin at all times. Which is the biggest pain in the fupping arse. How can such a ****ty bus service justify raising their prices again? I spent a year living in Toronto and i've been on the verge of smashing bus stops since i've been…

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#52 30-12-2005 10:55am

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ChillyS wrote:

Yeah, coming back from town the service is pretty ok, however going into town when they are suppossed to be on the way back from Ongar you can wait up to an hour, kinda annoying when you're stood there looking at the warm house but too scared to go in cos you dont want to miss the next one!!

if they leave town every ten minutes but only come back every half hour to 45 mins i think ongar is some kind of bus bermuda triangle

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#53 30-12-2005 11:37am

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I dont mind paying an extra 5cent, its just having to have a 5 cent on me for bus fare(I dislike small change)

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#54 30-12-2005 12:05pm

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Commander Vimes wrote:

if they leave town every ten minutes but only come back every half hour to 45 mins i think ongar is some kind of bus bermuda triangle

Or more a case of the buses switching to "out of service" mode I reckon. My big problem with that is when you're waiting for a bus near the outside of town, about two buses go past with "Out of service" written on them. You hop on the next bus and get off at the terminus. You see the two buses still there. About five minutes later, you see them drive off and back into town, still with "Out of service" written on them. You ask people in work who got the bus all the way in from the city centre and they say they saw those buses drive past them as well while they were waiting for their bus. It happens quite a good bit. So it's like the bus drivers do a whole round trip of the route but don't bother to take passengers. I'd love to know what the deal with that is.

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#55 30-12-2005 12:34pm

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Stark wrote:

Or more a case of the buses switching to "out of service" mode I reckon. My big problem with that is when you're waiting for a bus near the outside of town, about two buses go past with "Out of service" written on them. You hop on the next bus and get off at the terminus. You see the two buses still there. About five minutes later, you see them drive off and back into town, still with "Out of service" written on them. You ask people in work who got the bus all the way in from the city centre and they say they saw those buses drive past them as well while they were waiting for their bus. It happens quite a good bit. So it's like the bus drivers do a whole round trip of the route but don't bother to take passengers. I'd love to know what the deal with that is.

petrol possibly? lunch breaks? there's a fair few possibilities there in fairness

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#56 29-10-2014 6:44am

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Bus fares (and DART and Irish Rail) should not be increasing, they should be used to encourage people to use public transport not discourage them. CIE should be more efficient and more commercially minded in some cases to make best with what revenue and subsidy they get, and actually get more passengers by being more dependable and client friendly - which they seem to have no plan or inclination to do so since their solution is always ah sure we will put in for a price hike!

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#57 29-10-2014 7:11am

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Zombie thread. Spooky.

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#58 29-10-2014 8:33am

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They run a decent service imo, and the price is quite fair compared to alternative travel costs. €1230 gets you unlimited citywide travel for a year. Very cost effective compared to running a car. Most importantly, the service is constantly improving in every which way - it's a far superior service now in terms of reliability and accessibility than it was 12 years ago.

Ultimately, cash fares should be abolished. People should simply not be provided the option to pay via cash when boarding the bus. Pre paid tickets distributed via Leap should be the only option. And don't worry, we're heading that way.

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#59 29-10-2014 8:39am

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Bus Eireann average wage: €50,623
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Dublin Bus average wage: €52,656

Aircoach : €37.713
Lothian Scotland: €42,765
First Manchester: €30,470

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#60 29-10-2014 8:51am

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SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Bus Eireann average wage: €50,623
Irish Rail average wage: €53,108
Dublin Bus average wage: €52,656

Aircoach : €37.713
Lothian Scotland: €42,765
First Manchester: €30,470

The average wage tells us nothing in reference to what most people are getting paid..

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#61 29-10-2014 9:02am

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Get a leep card there the greatest thing since slice bread.

Seriously what are people doing on Dublin bus using change in this day and age, Why would anyone spend more money by using cash!!.

Its a fiver deposit to get a leep card and if you decide you don't want the card you get the fiver back.

It is something like a 15% cheaper to use a leep card.

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#62 29-10-2014 9:16am

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mariaalice wrote: »

Get a leep card there the greatest thing since slice bread.

Seriously what are people doing on Dublin bus using change in this day and age, Why would anyone spend more money by using cash!!.

Its a fiver deposit to get a leep card and if you decide you don't want the card you get the fiver back.

It is something like a 15% cheaper to use a leep card.

SHILL!!!!

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#63 29-10-2014 9:17am

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SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Bus Eireann average wage: €50,623
Irish Rail average wage: €53,108
Dublin Bus average wage: €52,656

Aircoach : €37.713
Lothian Scotland: €42,765
First Manchester: €30,470

I have no interest in what workers in Manchester or Northern England in general earn. We are a different country with different price points and different expectations.

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#64 29-10-2014 9:20am

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LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Ultimately, cash fares should be abolished. People should simply not be provided the option to pay via cash when boarding the bus. Pre paid tickets distributed via Leap should be the only option. And don't worry, we're heading that way.

It's either contactless or Oyster here - and tbh it works great, nobody fiddling around for change.

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#65 29-10-2014 9:21am

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Dravokivich wrote: »

SHILL!!!!

:pac:

its the people fumbling with change that gets to me plus the sheer stupidity of using money when its cheaper to user a leep card.

Also there should be Luse's everywhere.

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#66 29-10-2014 9:22am

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rainbow kirby wrote: »

It's either contactless or Oyster here - and tbh it works great, nobody fiddling around for change.

It would work well here too, if the bloody leap card readers worked.

Four times in as many months, I've been told to get off the bus because the reader won't work and I haven't had change on me. I use a leap card so that I don't have to carry change!

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#67 29-10-2014 9:31am

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It would work well here too, if the bloody leap card readers worked.

Four times in as many months, I've been told to get off the bus because the reader won't work and I haven't had change on me. I use a leap card so that I don't have to carry change!

That happened to me recently, except I was allowed to stay on the bus, I think if you use it twice in quick secession ( I got two different bus's one after the other and both were short journey ) its get brain freeze or something and cant figure out what happening and wont read your card.

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#68 29-10-2014 9:34am

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mariaalice wrote: »

That happened to me recently, except I was allowed to stay on the bus, I think if you use it twice in quick secession ( I got two different bus's one after the other and both were short journey ) its get brain freeze or something and cant figure out what happening and wont read your card.

I've never gotten buses in quick succession, the card reader was just fcuked :pac: a few times, they've waved me on, but it's a pain in the hole being late for work because their bloody technology won't work

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#69 29-10-2014 9:39am

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Dublin Coach lads, the way forward

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#70 29-10-2014 10:07am

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Bus Fares are ridiculous - they should be easy i.e. 1 euro, 1.50 and 2 euro etc, so you dont have to fumble for 5 and 10 cents
LEAP cards should be able to be topped up online, or via phone - heck you should be able to use your phone to pay for the bus
or bank card contact less payments
integrated ticketing is almost there with leap but needs to be universal on BE, IE, Arrow, DART, LUAS, and BUS

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#71 29-10-2014 10:11am

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Dravokivich wrote: »

SHILL!!!!

:pac:

Couldn't be, she can't even spell LEAP correctly.

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#72 29-10-2014 10:24am

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Hopefully created a new thread here

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