Irish Rail Fares to increase in January 2012

[Colm Moore]

http://irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=1261
Rail fares to increase in January 2012 by Corporate Communications

Iarnród Éireann advises customers that some rail fares will increase in January 2012, following a decision by the National Transport Authority to approve average increases ranging from 6 to 6.7%.

These increases will come into effect in January 2012 and follow from the reduction in funds available to subsidise public transport announced in the Dáil on Monday (December 5).

The new Leap Card (http://www.leapcard.ie/) (a smartcard card which will operate across all public transport providers) will give commuters and travellers an option to pay lower fares. The Leap card will be launched for sale next week.

The Authority has approved increases for Iarnród Éireann averaging 6% on DART and 6.7% on Commuter services. A significant discount on cash fares will continue to be available for customers using the new Leap Card. This discount ranges between 16% and 19% for single fares.

Iarnród Éireann will present fares proposals for Inter City services to the Authority, for its decision, later in December. Details of these fares will be made available after that date.

For further information on the fare increases approved, please consult the NTA Website. (http://www.nationaltransport.ie/news.html)

[Colm Moore]

http://www.nationaltransport.ie/news.htmlNational Transport Authority approves public transport fares increases.

Fares to go up in January. Customers will get significantly cheaper fares on new Leap Card.

December 9, 2011

The National Transport Authority has today (9th December 2011) approved fares increases across all public transport operators – Dublin Bus, Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Luas. These increases will come into effect in January, 2012 and follow from the reduction in funds available to subsidise public transport announced in the Dáil on Monday (December 5). All transport operators suffered deficits in 2011 and will incur deficits in 2012.

Full announcement HERE (http://www.nationaltransport.ie/downloads/Press-release-on-fares-increases-091211.pdf)

CIE Fares Report HERE (http://www.nationaltransport.ie/downloads/Cie-operators-fares-increases-Dec-2011.pdf)

Luas Fares Report HERE (http://www.nationaltransport.ie/downloads/RPA-Luas-fares-approval-Dec-2011.pdf)

[Destructix]

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http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/flabby-cie-puts-cost-on-to-you-2966902.html

[Colm Moore]

http://irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=1261 Some rail fares to increase from 4th January 2012 by Corporate Communications

Iarnród Éireann advises customers that some rail fares will increase on 4th January 2012, following a decision by the National Transport Authority to approve average increases ranging from 6 to 6.7%.

These increases follow from the reduction in funds available to subsidise public transport announced in the Budget.

The new Leap Card (www.leapcard.ie) (a smartcard card which will operate across all public transport providers) will give commuters and travellers an option to pay lower fares. The Leap card is now available.

The Authority has approved increases for Iarnród Éireann averaging 6% on DART and 6.7% on Commuter services. A significant discount on cash fares will continue to be available for customers using the new Leap Card. This discount ranges between 16% and 19% for single fares.

The following fare types will increase from 4th January 2012:


Dublin DART Commuter Fares

• Adult and Child Single, Day Return, 3 Day and 7 Day tickets together with all Weekly and Monthly fares.

• Schoolchild Single and Return tickets.

• Some Adult, Child, Schoolchild and Scholar epurse fares on Smartcards will be increased. Epurse fares apply to both the IE Smartcard and the Leap Card, but will be in all cases lower than cash fares.

• Rail/Luas and Rail/Bus/Luas fares will also be adjusted from this date.



Cork/Cobh Commuter Fares

• Adult and Child Single & Day Returns and Adult, Student and Child Weekly and Monthly fares.



Commuter Season Tickets

• Adult, Student and Child Weekly and Monthly fares will increase in all zones.

• Annual Tickets and Monthly Season Tickets issued under the Taxsaver scheme will be increased from Thursday 1st March 2012. Rail/Bus Tickets

• Fares increases to combined Bus and Rail tickets in the Dublin and Cork Commuter areas and Medium, Long and Giant Hop tickets will take place in February 2012.


Intercity fares will be subject to a separate decision by the National Transport Authority, and any increase in these will be advised in due course.

For further information on the fare increases approval, please consult the NTA Website (http://www.nationaltransport.ie/news.html).