LEAP CARD - Updated Summary of Cards/Functionality Available - February 2014

wiz569 wrote: »

Yes its a leap card m8,I think all student travel cards are now tbh,

Anyway went down to a different shop with him and they just stuck the rambler ticket on his leap card with no questions regarding needing an extra €5 credit,although I did advise him to get some anyway,

Thanks for taking the time to answer m8,its appreciated

I think it must be a bit confusing for some shop workers because there has been so much of a change and loads didn't get much help at been shown how to use the machines.

Even the ticket machines we have in the bus are not the easiest to use as there is so much to go through and also they aren't the quickest either and do crash/stall a lot.

wiz569 wrote: »

I take it your a bus driver m8?

So in a nutshell its pre-paid tickets on your leap card,validate on the right

Using credit stored on card,to buy a fare from the driver using the machine on the left,

And you can use both types of payment on the same day, automatically, without the whole thing falling down?

Is the correct guys?

If he say doesn't want to use a full day up when say only going 1 trip then it would be cheaper to use the cash purse as it's called.

Yes a driver myself.

Oh also the card can be used to allow a companion travel once there is enough credit for that journey left on the card.

If rambler is loaded the validator smart card machine will automatically use that untill it has been used up then it will automatically use the max cash fare of €2.50. So if travelling less then 13 stages ask the driver for the fare by stating the desired destination.

wiz569 wrote: »

Cheers m8,its great to get info straight from the guys in the firing line,so to speak

So both interior systems work independently of each other and if say he uses cash from the purse for one fare,then later needs to use the rambler,providing he uses the validator on the right its an automatic transaction,he wont for example need the driver to "switch the card" back into rambler mode from purse mode or vice versa,

Does that make sense?

Correct thats how it works.

Hi all,

I recently lost my student rambler ticket and all of the shops I've tried said that they don't make them anymore. Can someone explain to me the process behind getting a leap card? I don't have a student travel card unfortunately, if I walk into a shop that sells leap cards can I buy one using my student ID or is there an online process that involves posting it out to me? I'd like to get one as quickly as possible because getting 4 buses without one is very draining on my finances! The worst case scenario I can think of is that I have to apply for a student travel card, wait for it to be posted out to me and then use it to get a leap card. Unfortunately this would cost me nearly a tenner a day on buses alone and I really can't afford that!

Thanks.

lxflyer wrote: »

To avail of the student fares you must have a student travelcard.

This will also double up as a student LEAP card - you should be able to get one at your college.

You can only load student tickets onto the student LEAP card.

Click here and follow the links for more information.

You can get a normal adult LEAP card by walking into any payzone agent and purchasing one on the spot.

I suspected I might have to go into college. The problem is I'm on placement on the other side of the city and the office opening hours are pretty much the same as my working hours! I guess I'll just have to apply online and have it posted out.

Thanks.

wiz569 wrote: »

Do rambler day tickets no longer mean a full day?

They are valid for the full day but my understanding is that if you start a trip after 20:00 it will default to the epurse (if there is credit) because the system assumes you may only be making a single trip at that time and its trying to save you a days Rambler use.. The Rambler can still be used at this time but requires driver interaction..

Seaswimmer wrote: »

Not quite true. It will default to the cash purse after 20:00 at night so if you were for example going into town at 20:30 and back on the last bus it would take off 5.00 by default..

True to a point...If you have validated a Rambler for that day then it will continue to validate to close of business....The 20:00 default only comes into play if the FIRST validation of the day is occuring after that time.

Seaswimmer wrote: »

They are valid for the full day but my understanding is that if you start a trip after 20:00 it will default to the epurse (if there is credit) because the system assumes you may only be making a single trip at that time and its trying to save you a days Rambler use.. The Rambler can still be used at this time but requires driver interaction..

AlekSmart wrote: »

True to a point...If you have validated a Rambler for that day then it will continue to validate to close of business....The 20:00 default only comes into play if the FIRST validation of the day is occuring after that time.

Cheers guys again

lxflyer wrote: »

It might be worth getting a normal adult card in the meantime while you're waiting - it has a €5 refundable deposit, so you can claim it back when you get your student card.

It will mean that your bus fares cap at €6.90 each day or €27.50 per week if you use it in the epurse pay-as-you-go mode.

Or a travel90, each journey is €2.75 provided the second bus is taken within 90 minutes of the first, so €5.50 per day.

Interesting little development regarding the expansion of Leapcard on Dublin Bus.
From May the "Own Brand" DB 5 & 30 Day Rambler product is being withdrawn and will only be available on Leapcard.

The "Interesting" bit (To ME) is the advice on the leaflet which tells the Leapcard user to hold their ticket to the reader for ONE Second....I went HMMMMMmmmmmmm...as I read this,as it kinda sets the technology back quite a bit...as the current standard being rolled out by TfL in London is 300 Miliseconds per Oyster Transaction...THREE times faster than our own (More advanced) version of contactless technology.

What's the story I wonder...?