The Leap Card Thread

[comcor]

Is this definitely fully launched for cash fares in Cork?

I need to go to Midleton tomorrow and am presuming my LEAP Card (Cork bus ticket plus a cash balance from when I've used it in Dublin) will work.

[berneyarms]

Originally Posted by comcor

Is this definitely fully launched for cash fares in Cork?

I need to go to Midleton tomorrow and am presuming my LEAP Card (Cork bus ticket plus a cash balance from when I've used it in Dublin) will work.

Yes it is.

https://about.leapcard.ie/cork

[James Shields]

Hope this is appropriate place to post this.

New family Leap cards for €10 for 24 hours:

https://about.leapcard.ie/leap-family-card

Covers Dart, Short Hop Commuter, Luas, Dublin Bus (including Airlink and Nitelink) and Bus Eireann "Red Zone".

I hadn't heard of Red Zone, so I went looking and found this:

http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1380638...d-Brochure.pdf

Great to see BE adopting a zonal system, but there's still a vast discrepancy in fares charged. For example Drogheda and Navan are both in the blue zone, and similar distances from Dublin, but cash fares are €8.00 to Drogheda but €14.30 to Navan. Leap card fares are €7.80 and €11.44 respectively.

Sorry this is moving away from rail, but if they adopt a zone system, shouldn't they apply it to all relevant fares?

James

[berneyarms]

Originally Posted by James Shields

Hope this is appropriate place to post this.

New family Leap cards for €10 for 24 hours:

https://about.leapcard.ie/leap-family-card

Covers Dart, Short Hop Commuter, Luas, Dublin Bus (including Airlink and Nitelink) and Bus Eireann "Red Zone".

I hadn't heard of Red Zone, so I went looking and found this:

http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1380638...d-Brochure.pdf

Great to see BE adopting a zonal system, but there's still a vast discrepancy in fares charged. For example Drogheda and Navan are both in the blue zone, and similar distances from Dublin, but cash fares are €8.00 to Drogheda but €14.30 to Navan. Leap card fares are €7.80 and €11.44 respectively.

Sorry this is moving away from rail, but if they adopt a zone system, shouldn't they apply it to all relevant fares?

James

The zones only apply to the 24 hour, weekly, monthly and annual tickets on Bus Eireann.

The cash fares and pay-as-you-go LEAP fares are based on the staged fare system and I can't see that changing any time soon.

[Thomas J Stamp]

i got one which may be handy for easter, its a pity it isnt top-up-able because then it would encourage me to organise family days out a lot more as opposed to once in a blue moon (without the car)

[berneyarms]

Originally Posted by Thomas J Stamp

i got one which may be handy for easter, its a pity it isnt top-up-able because then it would encourage me to organise family days out a lot more as opposed to once in a blue moon (without the car)

Totally agree - these cards, or at least this ticket option needs to become a standard option. I appreciate it would be at a higher price but nevertheless it should be an option.

[James Shields]

Originally Posted by berneyarms

Totally agree - these cards, or at least this ticket option needs to become a standard option. I appreciate it would be at a higher price but nevertheless it should be an option.

They need to be available from ticket vending machines too - and available at Dublin airport.