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18-06-2016, 12:54 | #1 |
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Stations beyond Hazelhatch do not have validators or barriers active when the stations are closed. Also Sallins and Newbridge do have barriers on the upside entrances.
All stations beyond the 'hatch are firmly in the much more expensive point-to-point territory and I don't see IE giving up on that revenue soon. |
18-06-2016, 22:45 | #2 |
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Perhaps, but (a) they no longer control fares and (b) while the discount for using Leap is substantial, the number of passengers should grow. The problem is someone getting on a commuter train in Grand Canal Dock not unreasonably expecting to be able to tag-off at the other end, seeing as they can use Leap on Bus Éireann commuter services.
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Also, since one could board a Kildare train at GCD, all Leap cards would have to have a higher minimum credit than the €5 for the short-hop zone. All a bit negative but extending Leap pay-as-you-go beyond the short hop zone without driver interaction as on BE means system wide changes to min credit and, of course, bigger penalties if you forget to tag-off. Or you would need a different Leap card with higher credit limit. |
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However, pay as you go cards cannot be used beyond Balbriggan, only pre-paid monthly or yearly tickets. James |
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I was making the point that people are actually able to understand that pay-as-you-go only goes as far as the Short Hop zone boundary. Colm didn't seem to think that they could! |
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21-06-2016, 14:51 | #7 |
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The thing is, the maximum fare is already in excess of the deduction made when you tag-on.I'm not so sure of this. As I understand it, validators were fitted in Drogheda from the start to allow for people who inadvertently do this.
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Given that nobody actually reads anything any more due to being continuously bombarded with small print, it is quite likely that a lot of Leap users don't understand that it only works within short hop.
Three years after signing up most people will have forgotten the limits the first time they try to use a leap card to get to Kilcock and find out they can't tag off. |
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13-07-2016, 09:07 | #10 |
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Here's a question?
What happens when a LEAP card with a Point-to-Point ticket and e-purse is presented at Pearse? How does the system know that you are using the P2P (to Drogheda or Kildare) or want to take a DART to Bray or a commuter to Leixlip? Does it depend in the tag-off point bearing in mind that many station soutside the Short-hop zone do have validator at all times? or is this a case where separate LEAP cards are needed? |
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