Dublin Bus/LUAS add on from Newbridge

KildareNewby · 29-01-2019, 09:25

Absolutely get your point on outwith the short hop.

Why the difficulty around the add on - surely it's a simple update? It shouldn't take months to sort out.

Last question on this:

If I renew my point to point plus 90/145/luas as it stands will I then be able to upgrade to the Dublin bus add on at the proportionate rate for the remainder of the annual pass when it becomes applicable or, more likely, will I have to wait until I renew my annual pass again?

James Shields · 29-01-2019, 11:51

I currently pay €2640 for a Drogheda to Dublin point-to-point on the taxsaver scheme.

I'm happy enough with the price I pay, but what irks me is that users with a short hop zone ticket can travel anywhere in the short hop zone on their ticket, while I can only travel to stations between Drogheda and Dublin. In addition, the gymnastics required to make a journey from one of the stations covered by my annual ticket to one outside on my leap card are often more hassle then they're worth, and on at least one occasion I decided it would be easier to just drive.

It would be nice if point-to-point tickets included the short hop zone.

Better still would be to recognise that many people commute to Dublin from much further than the extremities of the short hop zone. Offering a medium hop zone ticket would probably be revenue neutral for Irish Rail, as well as being easier to administer, but would give commuters outside the short hop zone a better deal.

James Howard · 29-01-2019, 14:07

There was an agreement in principle to bring in a Bus / Luas / Commuter rail add-on for point-to-point tickets in last November's fare determination. They acknowledged that it was going to be difficult to implement so it might be next year before it happens.

The whole rail-only nature of point-to-point tickets is just silly. There are two expressway busses heading through Mullingar, Edgeworthstown and Longford after the last train and it would make perfect logical sense to be able to buy an add-on to get access to those busses.

I suggested this to the NTA a couple of years ago but you might as well ask to be able to take a sub-orbital rocket to Longford since Expressway is a "commercial" service.

berneyarms · 29-01-2019, 14:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Howard

There was an agreement in principle to bring in a Bus / Luas / Commuter rail add-on for point-to-point tickets in last November's fare determination. They acknowledged that it was going to be difficult to implement so it might be next year before it happens.

The whole rail-only nature of point-to-point tickets is just silly. There are two expressway busses heading through Mullingar, Edgeworthstown and Longford after the last train and it would make perfect logical sense to be able to buy an add-on to get access to those busses.

I suggested this to the NTA a couple of years ago but you might as well ask to be able to take a sub-orbital rocket to Longford since Expressway is a "commercial" service.

Expressway is a commercially operated service - it receives no subsidy, so no need for quotation marks.

I don’t see how that could work in practice - you’d have other operators up in arms over it.

It could only work with maybe an extended 115 to/from Longford.

berneyarms · 29-01-2019, 14:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by KildareNewby

Absolutely get your point on outwith the short hop.

Why the difficulty around the add on - surely it's a simple update? It shouldn't take months to sort out.

Last question on this:

If I renew my point to point plus 90/145/luas as it stands will I then be able to upgrade to the Dublin bus add on at the proportionate rate for the remainder of the annual pass when it becomes applicable or, more likely, will I have to wait until I renew my annual pass again?

Nothing to do with ticketing is ever straightforward - we will have to wait and see what happens.

Mark Gleeson · 29-01-2019, 15:35

Technically there are two solutions here

Point to Point + Dublin city buses (its not just Dublin Bus...)
Point to Point + Luas

Thats complex as its a new ticket type which needs to be understood by a lot of hardware

The easy solution is to load two separate tickets onto the card, Leap card allows for at least 5 if not more 'products' to be loaded at the same time
Point to Point + Dublin Bus Annual

Requires no IT changes on the ground just some minor admin at the IE office end when issuing the tickets.

29-01-2019, 15:35	#6
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Technically there are two solutions here Point to Point + Dublin city buses (its not just Dublin Bus...) Point to Point + Luas Thats complex as its a new ticket type which needs to be understood by a lot of hardware The easy solution is to load two separate tickets onto the card, Leap card allows for at least 5 if not more 'products' to be loaded at the same time Point to Point + Dublin Bus Annual Requires no IT changes on the ground just some minor admin at the IE office end when issuing the tickets. __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know

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29-01-2019, 09:25	#1
KildareNewby New to the board Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 3	Absolutely get your point on outwith the short hop. Why the difficulty around the add on - surely it's a simple update? It shouldn't take months to sort out. Last question on this: If I renew my point to point plus 90/145/luas as it stands will I then be able to upgrade to the Dublin bus add on at the proportionate rate for the remainder of the annual pass when it becomes applicable or, more likely, will I have to wait until I renew my annual pass again?

29-01-2019, 11:51	#2
James Shields Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Drogheda, Ireland Posts: 1,275	I currently pay €2640 for a Drogheda to Dublin point-to-point on the taxsaver scheme. I'm happy enough with the price I pay, but what irks me is that users with a short hop zone ticket can travel anywhere in the short hop zone on their ticket, while I can only travel to stations between Drogheda and Dublin. In addition, the gymnastics required to make a journey from one of the stations covered by my annual ticket to one outside on my leap card are often more hassle then they're worth, and on at least one occasion I decided it would be easier to just drive. It would be nice if point-to-point tickets included the short hop zone. Better still would be to recognise that many people commute to Dublin from much further than the extremities of the short hop zone. Offering a medium hop zone ticket would probably be revenue neutral for Irish Rail, as well as being easier to administer, but would give commuters outside the short hop zone a better deal.

29-01-2019, 14:07	#3
James Howard Really Really Regluar Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sligo Line Posts: 1,115	There was an agreement in principle to bring in a Bus / Luas / Commuter rail add-on for point-to-point tickets in last November's fare determination. They acknowledged that it was going to be difficult to implement so it might be next year before it happens. The whole rail-only nature of point-to-point tickets is just silly. There are two expressway busses heading through Mullingar, Edgeworthstown and Longford after the last train and it would make perfect logical sense to be able to buy an add-on to get access to those busses. I suggested this to the NTA a couple of years ago but you might as well ask to be able to take a sub-orbital rocket to Longford since Expressway is a "commercial" service.