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Unread 01-05-2012, 12:00   #74
Jack O'Neill
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Default Item in today's Irish Times

Great leap forward on travel card's time rule


AND ANOTHER follow-up from last week. A reader’s daughter who was using a Leap card to go from north Co Dublin to Greystones found she was double-billed for each journey because it took longer than 90 minutes to complete and once that 90-minute threshold was reached an additional fare was charged.

Our reader reviewed the Irish Rail timetable and discovered it was virtually impossible to travel from north Co Dublin to Greystones within 90 minutes – even if using Dart-only journeys rather than combinations of commuter rail and Dart.

A spokeswoman for the National Transport Authority contacted us last week and said the issue has now been addressed. The authority has been in touch with Irish Rail and modifications are being made to the Leap Card which should be in place, subject to testing, within two weeks.
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