The London system is indeed a flat fare - 90p I think. Cash fares, on the other hand, start at £2. What Dublin Bus could do is say that all smartcard journeys will be charged at the lowest cash fare (currently €1.15), which would provide a pretty powerful incentive to use a smartcard). I have no idea, however, whether that will make any sort of financial sense for it after balancing the revenue lost with time gained and reduced expense processing sacks of coins.
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