Annual Dart Tickets expired early?

Mark Gleeson · 03-01-2008, 13:09

There are three different issuers of tickets, IE, Dublin Bus and Veoila so certain ones may be ok

Sounds like a software bug in the exit validation gates

Chopper · 03-01-2008, 14:27

Most tickets would not work in at the exit in Docklands this morning

Thomas Ralph · 03-01-2008, 19:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Sounds like a software bug in the exit validation gates

There are plenty of those. I get Faircard returns from Sandymount to Cork and about half the time they get rejected as No Valid Route in Connolly on the way back.

Colm Donoghue · 03-01-2008, 20:05

An annual ticket of mine failed at the start of August '05 when it was valid till the start of September '05. I too was suspicious.
There was no exit validation then so I just kept the ticket for the month.

zag · 08-01-2008, 12:47

My annual bus & rail ticket failed when inserted into a validator on a bus a few months back, but continued working in the validators at DART stations. I went back to Abbey Street and got a new one issued, but when I got on the next bus it told me the ticket wasn't valid. I went back to Abbey Street who didn't believe me and sent me out to check in another bus, and they eventually issued me with another ticket. It failed too next time I got on a bus. The front of the ticket clearly shows it is valid for the bus, so I just show it to the driver every time I get on a bus. My only guess is that they incorrectly programmed (3 times) the ticket as a train only one.

One of these days I will summon up the energy to go back in, but for the mean time I am just getting used to the bus validator beeping at me.

Anyone else have this problem with their ticket ?

z

Mark Gleeson · 08-01-2008, 13:06

The readers on the buses are notorious

Donal Quinn · 08-01-2008, 14:00

i have annual bus and luas and i never put it in to the validators. i just show it to the drivers and they nod happily, sometimes pressing a button on their machines

one guy asked me to put it in the machine and i politely asked him if he was sure it wouldn't get stuck in it or ruin it and he smiled and waved me on

zag · 08-01-2008, 14:00

Mark,

I used to get some problems with the bus validators - like maybe 1 in 10 failing, but this is now 100% failure for the last 6 weeks or so.

z

03-01-2008, 13:09	#1
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	There are three different issuers of tickets, IE, Dublin Bus and Veoila so certain ones may be ok Sounds like a software bug in the exit validation gates __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know

08-01-2008, 12:47	#5
zag Regular Poster Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 199	Bus & train tickets My annual bus & rail ticket failed when inserted into a validator on a bus a few months back, but continued working in the validators at DART stations. I went back to Abbey Street and got a new one issued, but when I got on the next bus it told me the ticket wasn't valid. I went back to Abbey Street who didn't believe me and sent me out to check in another bus, and they eventually issued me with another ticket. It failed too next time I got on a bus. The front of the ticket clearly shows it is valid for the bus, so I just show it to the driver every time I get on a bus. My only guess is that they incorrectly programmed (3 times) the ticket as a train only one. One of these days I will summon up the energy to go back in, but for the mean time I am just getting used to the bus validator beeping at me. Anyone else have this problem with their ticket ? z

08-01-2008, 13:06	#6
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	The readers on the buses are notorious __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know

08-01-2008, 14:00	#7
Donal Quinn Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 267	i have annual bus and luas and i never put it in to the validators. i just show it to the drivers and they nod happily, sometimes pressing a button on their machines one guy asked me to put it in the machine and i politely asked him if he was sure it wouldn't get stuck in it or ruin it and he smiled and waved me on __________________ It's the little things....

08-01-2008, 14:00	#8
zag Regular Poster Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 199	Notorious Mark, I used to get some problems with the bus validators - like maybe 1 in 10 failing, but this is now 100% failure for the last 6 weeks or so. z

03-01-2008, 14:27	#2
Chopper Regular Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 30	Most tickets would not work in at the exit in Docklands this morning

03-01-2008, 20:05	#4
Colm Donoghue Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 873	An annual ticket of mine failed at the start of August '05 when it was valid till the start of September '05. I too was suspicious. There was no exit validation then so I just kept the ticket for the month.

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