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Bus Eireann

  • 24-09-2020 9:19pm
    #1
    barbiegirl123
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭


    Hi all,
    I was just wondering when purchasing a ticket on board Bus Eireann can you pay by card or is it cash only?


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  • #2
    JasonStatham
    Closed Accounts Posts: 548 ✭✭✭JasonStatham


    Ah yeah go ahead and clog up the entry to the Bus. I mean it'd be nigh on impossible to buy a ticket using the ticket machine.


  • #3
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,432 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Buy online as it's handier and you get a discount. You can show the driver the online ticket on your phone (or even print it out) and he gets a number off it which he types into the ticket machine, and your ticket is printed.


  • #4
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,432 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    JasonStatham wrote: »
    Ah yeah go ahead and clog up the entry to the Bus. I mean it'd be nigh on impossible to buy a ticket using the ticket machine.
    Most places don't have access to a ticket machine. It's not like the Luas.


  • #5
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,720 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    If only there was some sort of commuting and transport forum...


  • #6
    Collie D
    Registered Users Posts: 11,295 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Tough crowd


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  • #7
    Man with broke phone
    Registered Users Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Man with broke phone


    1- Go on the gear,
    2- Go the doctor
    3- Get note for the sick
    4- Go social welfare
    5- Get on the sick
    6- Get free bus travel
    7- Smoke gear down the back,
    8- Annoy all the workers who dont smoke craic


  • #8
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    barbiegirl123 wrote: »
    Hi all,
    I was just wondering when purchasing a ticket on board Bus Eireann can you pay by card or is it cash only?

    Intercity or City bus?

    For intercity / regional bus:

    No card on the bus. But buy online and show the code on your phone to the driver. If it's a return journey, keep the receipt.

    There are also ticket machines at city bus stations which accept card.

    If city bus:

    Pay cash or better yet get a leap card.


  • #9
    circadian
    Registered Users Posts: 6,896 ✭✭✭circadian


    I don't think they're entertaining buying on the bus at the minute due to limited seating. Not 100% on that but I'd be booking online.


  • #10
    JasonStatham
    Closed Accounts Posts: 548 ✭✭✭JasonStatham


    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    Most places don't have access to a ticket machine. It's not like the Luas.

    That's why you plan ahead and you have your tickets, instead of being a certified line of cretins and clogging up the entry to the bus in the middle of freezing winter.


  • #11
    Collie D
    Registered Users Posts: 11,295 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    JasonStatham wrote: »
    That's why you plan ahead and you have your tickets, instead of being a certified line of cretins and clogging up the entry to the bus in the middle of freezing winter.

    You should probably just buy a car


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  • #12
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Collie D wrote: »
    You should probably just buy a car
    if anyone says this to me again ..im gonna say YOU buy it for me ...


  • #13
    Man with broke phone
    Registered Users Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Man with broke phone


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    if anyone says this to me again ..im gonna say YOU buy it for me ...

    They probably wont.


  • #14
    Collie D
    Registered Users Posts: 11,295 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    if anyone says this to me again ..im gonna say YOU buy it for me ...

    I was saying it to that poster in particular rather than commuters in general.


  • #15
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,453 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    barbiegirl123 wrote: »
    Hi all,
    I was just wondering when purchasing a ticket on board Bus Eireann can you pay by card or is it cash only?

    Wonder no more.


  • #16
    Nigel Fairservice
    Registered Users, Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 2,172 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nigel Fairservice


    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    Buy online as it's handier and you get a discount. You can show the driver the online ticket on your phone (or even print it out) and he gets a number off it which he types into the ticket machine, and your ticket is printed.

    It would be handier if they could scan the ticket from your phone like some of the private coach companies can do.


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