Ticket machine is printing Weekly Tickets.
However the card that printed out of the machine had a blank rectangle with a note saying "Write in CIE ID No below in biro' Valid only with current CIE ID Card I've been getting the weekly tickets for a while now, without any ID at the counter ( been putting off getting the id card for ages) Have the rules on weekly tickets be changed? Can staff at Pearse or Connolly stop me and make me buy a single/1 day return journey ticket as I don't have a CIE ID card? |
All weekly and monthly tickets have always required a id card. Section 36 http://www.railusers.ie/resources/IE...riage_2004.pdf
You are liable to pay the single fare for the journey if caught or may be fined. Curiously the ticket vending machine doesn't require you to punch the code in on the screen like it does for student tickets 3 and 7 day point to point tickets do not require a id card Id cards available in person Dublin Bus on O'Connell Street |
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I think some (but not all) of the DB ticket selling shops will also give you ID cards as well. |
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Veoila have a simple solution, staff hand out the cards themselves on the Luas and folks just have to write their names and attach picture themselves. No reason why Irish Rail and DB couldn't do the same. |
Luas guys accept the CIE issued cards as well
Veoila don't have a public office, Irish Rail has many tens of offices |
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It's yet another one of the small issues that passengers must jump through hoops for. |
Dublin Bus can take your photo digitally so no further expense beyond their 3 euro charge (passport photos are 6 euro a go at the moment) http://www.dublinbus.ie/fares_and_ti...hoto_cards.asp
ID cards are available on production of a passport photo at most booking offices, (reads as intercity only) If you buy your ticket via ticketmaster they will send out the card you attach the photo. The only way to get a luas one is to fill in a form, which is only available online. IE and DB will issue it on a walk in basis, customer service desk Connolly and Heuston will handle it while you wait |
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Edit: Any piece of paper with your photo and a random number which matches the number on your ticket should work if we had any modicum of common sense. A driving license number or passport number should be just as (if not more) acceptable. |
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Thats not so bad. As for the Luas ID, you can get it from Veoila staff. I've seen ticket inspectors hand them out to people who have monthly tickets but no ID. |
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However legally the CIE and Veoila officials have no right to inspect or retain any id other than that they issue |
Thanks, I will dispatch myself to O Connell Street ASAP to get a ticket.
Lucky I haven't been asked for ID all this time... I just wished the staff at the counter had've warned me when buying the tickets...been a year doing this now.. |
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I was buying monthly tickets for over a year and even though I had the ID, I was never asked once for it. |
The rules are you need to have the matching ID
We all know Irish Rail will one morning go on a zero tolerance power trip, so be warned, be prepared. End of the day there is very little we can do if you get caught in breech of the conditions |
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LUAS checkers do not like new Dublin Bus white ID cards, even though they are valid as ID for LUAS and joint ticket - I had to intervene to stop someone being fined the other day when they ignored the "CIE" in big letters..... LC |
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In Toronto you had the option pre-transferable tickets to use a drivers licence rather than TTC ID. However, licences here are credit card sized so they fit well in a double display plastic cover.
It's easy to see whether a transit authority/department of transport is committed to saving the environment or maximising revenue by whether they want passes to be transferable or not - since transferability and easy tax credits, sales of passes in Toronto and offpeak ridership has increased significantly. |
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Maybe it's a good thing that I was getting off the tram today as the Veolia inspectors were getting on. (My ticket says 7DAY BUS90. LUAS as its ticket type, from Dublin Connolly to Sandymount, but does not have I.F.S. printed.) |
But it has Luas on it
3 and 7 day don't need ID To confirm, Sutton, Malahide, Bray, Dun Laoghaire and Pearse all will issue the ID on production of photo |
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