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Leap your way to lower fares! If you are a regular student leapcard user, you might be glad to hear that a cap has been put on the amount you can spend while using your Leap card on one day or week. The National transport Authority has introduced a new capping service, whereby you cannot spend over a certain amount during a daily or weekly time period on Dublin Bus, Dart/Commuter Rail and Luas. The Leap Card system caps your use of Travel Credit so that once you hit the Cap value you can continue as normal but at no cost, no matter whether you have been using Dublin Bus, Luas, Dart or Commuter Rail.
The Cap Amount The maximum daily and weekly public transport fares will apply for Leap Card users as follows: Daily Weekly Adult
€10.00
Student Child
€7.50 €3.50
Adult
€40
Student Child
€30 €14
How to use your Student Travelcard Using a Student Travelcard could not be easier. Here is a fool proof ‘how-to’ guide Your Leap Card can be used on Dublin Bus, Luas & rail travel between stations within the ‘Short Hop Zone’. This Zone includes all stations in the Dublin area from Greystones to Balbriggan and Commuter Stations from Dublin City Centre to Maynooth and from Dublin Heuston to Hazelhatch.
Dart/Commuter Rail
Luas
Dublin Bus
Touch-On / Touch-Off at a Gate • Hold the Leap Card against the validator on the gate.
Touch on: • Touch-On at the start of your journey at a Luas Validator located at each end of a Luas platform.
Touch on: For City Centre, short (1 - 3 stages), medium (4 - 7 stages) and long (8 - 13 stages) journeys tell the driver your destination and hold your Leap Card to the target on the driver’s ticket machine and the correct fare will be deducted from your Travel Credit. For longer journeys (over 13 stages) Touch On at the Leap Card Validator on the right hand side as you enter the bus and the flat fare will be deducted from your Travel Credit.
• If you have credit on the Leap Card, the gate will open and allow you to enter and start your journey. • Your current Travel Credit balance will appear on the display on the gate. A default fare will be deducted from the Travel Credit on your card when you Touch-On and when you Touch-Off the appropriate amount will be refunded to your card for your journey. • When you arrive at your destination, ‘touch-off’ and this will activate the gates and let you through. How to Top-Up • Top-Up your Student Travelcard at ticket machines in all DART and Commuter Rail stations in the ‘Short Hop Zone’. • Top-Up online at https://www.leapcard. ie/en/NavigationPages/LoginSelection. aspx • Or at any Payzone centre.
• To Touch-On place the card in front of the Validator. A default fare will be deducted from the Travel Credit on your card when you Touch-On and when you Touch-Off the appropriate amount will be refunded to your card for your journey. • You will hear a tone to let you know you have successfully Touched On. How to Top-Up • Top-Up your Student Travelcard at ticket machines in all Luas stations in the ‘Short Hop Zone’. • Top-Up online at https://www.leapcard. ie/en/NavigationPages/LoginSelection. aspx • Or at any Payzone centre.
How to Top-Up: • Top-Up online at https://www.leapcard. ie/en/NavigationPages/LoginSelection. aspx • Or at any Payzone centre. • If you have purchased a Rambler ticket for your Leap card, you validate on the right hand side when you get on the bus in the same way as you validate a paper Rambler ticket. Find your nearest PayZone centre here: http://www.payzone.ie/paywithpayzone. jsp?pt=74
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Ever Wonder Which is the Best One to Buy? Firstly for those of you who don’t know, leap cards can save you hundreds per year. Not only are leapcards cheaper than paying with cash, you can also use your Student Travelcard to avail of cheaper weekly and monthly tickets. From December onwards you can no longer buy paper Student monthly/weekly tickets from Dublin Bus, Dart/Commuter Rail or Luas. If you still want to avail of these tickets, students must upload them onto their Student Travelcards.
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Leapcard Battle of the Leapcards
To make things simple we’ve made up a little diagram to show you show much you can save. Dublin Bus
Adult
Student
Savings
Rambler 5 Day
€25.00
€18.30
27% Cheaper!
Rambler 30 Day:
€125.00
€91.50
27% Cheaper!
30 day Bus & Luas
€131.50
€98.00
25% Cheaper!
Adult
Student
Savings
Weekly ticket:
€32.30
€23.50
28% Cheaper!
Monthly ticket:
€122.00
€85.00
30% Cheaper!
Monthly Short Hop Bus/Rail
€142.00
€108.00
24% Cheaper!
Adult
Student
Savings
30 Day Flexi All Zones
€91.00
€65.00
28% Cheaper!
7 Day Flexi - All Zones
€23.50
€18.00
23% Cheaper!
30 Day Combi - Luas & Bus
€131.50
€98.00
25% Cheaper!
DART
Luas
Leap into the New Year and and save money! Just in case you still weren’t entirely convinced we got our Student Travelcard journalist to compare her monthly transport expenses between paying cash and using her Student Travelcard. The first part of her daily commute to work is a train ride on the Dart. Paying with cash costs €2.80. The second leg of the journey involved a bus ride from the city centre to our offices in Blanchardstown which also amounted to €2.80. Her total weekly spend was €56. The next week our journalists used her Student Travelcard. The Travelcard saved her .50c on the dart each journey and 35c on the bus. Overall she saved €8.50 using pay-as-you-go on her leap card! However, since our reporter is very savvy, she bought a Student Monthly Short Hop Bus and Rail ticket with her Student Travelcard, only costing €119 per month – equalling €29.75 per week. Saving an astonishing €1,042 per year compared with paying Adult leapcard pay-as-you-go fares and saving €408 compared with paying the Adult Monthly Short Hop Bus and Rail Leapcard fare. The Student Monthly Short Hop Bus and Rail ticket is only available on your Student Travelcard. Normal adult leap fair is €156 per month.
It pays to be savvy. Buy your Student Travelcard and save!
Download you Student Travelcard application form here!
APP
National Transport Authority The world is now at your finger tips, well the island of Ireland anyway. The National Transport Authority has just released a new App which helps you plan your journeys doorto-door, anywhere in Ireland, via public transport and/or walking The new Journey Planner from Transport for Ireland lets you see all of the public transport options and plan your journey times more accurately. The Planner covers bus, rail, tram, taxis, ferries and walking – 120 operators in total – with fully mappedout route information, printable timetables and details of overall journey times. The National Journey Planner has Apps specifically developed for Android and Apple Smartphones.
They can be downloaded FREE on your Smartphone.
iPhone App: Click here to download from the Apple Appstore
Android App: Click here to download from Google Play