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al2637 · 21-05-2009, 08:27

Do we have any idea how the integratiged ticketing (or dare I say integrated fares?) will actually work?

They are rolling the system out at the moment in Amsterdam, it's actually quite simple to use.

Buy a smart card and load it with money, as much or as little as you want.

Checkin everytime you get on public transport, checkout everytime you get off.

Price is calculated as:
- €0.75 Base fare + €0.10/km
- If you checkout and checkin within 35minutes, the base fare is not charged again

Basically when you first checkin the system deducts €4 from your balance, when you checkout it adds the difference back.

http://www.gvb.nl/english/travellers...-products.aspx

I guess the major point is that smart card ticketing is just another ticket, what Dublin needs is an integrated fares system, which so far we haven't heard anything about.

21-05-2009, 08:27	#22
al2637 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 191	Do we have any idea how the integratiged ticketing (or dare I say integrated fares?) will actually work? They are rolling the system out at the moment in Amsterdam, it's actually quite simple to use. Buy a smart card and load it with money, as much or as little as you want. Checkin everytime you get on public transport, checkout everytime you get off. Price is calculated as: - €0.75 Base fare + €0.10/km - If you checkout and checkin within 35minutes, the base fare is not charged again Basically when you first checkin the system deducts €4 from your balance, when you checkout it adds the difference back. http://www.gvb.nl/english/travellers...-products.aspx I guess the major point is that smart card ticketing is just another ticket, what Dublin needs is an integrated fares system, which so far we haven't heard anything about.