Major change for thousands of Irish bus passengers to begin next week – with fares set to be more ‘easy to understand'
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A major change is set to come into effect for Irish bus passengers
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Fares will be adjusted in accordance with the distance from Dublin
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The NTA has a new fare system that's set to simplify pricing by using the direct distance between start and end points of a passenger's journey.
And they said it aims to make fares more 'equitable and easy to understand.'
This replaces the older model where various transport providers such as Bus Éireann used separate fare zones that often didn't match up.
The Leap Card travel area has now been divided into four pricing zones.
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In Zone 1, the 90-minute fare will stay the same with €2 for adults, €1 for students and young adults and €0.65 for children.
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Zone 2 includes places such as Greystones, Kilcock, Kilcoole, Gormanston, Skerries and Sallins & Naas - and a bus ride to Dublin will cost €3.70 for adults and €1.85 for students, young adults and children.
Zone 3 includes
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Those using children, students and young adult Leap Cards in Zone 3 will now pay €2.65 to reach the city centre.
Covering more distant areas like Rathdrum and Kildare Town, Zone 4 has fares of €6.30 for adults while students,
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These fare adjustments are set to take effect on June 16 and apply to both Bus Éireann and Go-Ahead Ireland routes.
Leap Card users will still have better value than cash payers for single journey fares and new options will offer daily, weekly and monthly passes that are valid across all of the zones.
There will also be a €67.20 weekly cap for adults traveling across all four zones.
These revisions follow similar changes made to train fares in April.
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Train journeys to and from Dublin Commuter Zones 3 and 4 have seen reduced fares - from places like Drogheda, Laytown, Enfield, Newbridge, Kildare,
However, some fares between Dublin and towns like Balbriggan, Skerries, Kilcock and Sallins & Naas increased.
Fares for all trips within Dublin City Zone 1 have remain unchanged.
And the daily and weekly Leap Cap only applies within Dublin City Zone 1.
The new ePurse maximum fares are €7.50 for adults, €3.75 for students and young adults, and €3.75 for
The Intercity Luas Add-On for cross-city journeys has also been eliminated - which currently costs €1.40 for a single, €32 for a monthly, or €320 for an annual ticket.
The minimum Leap Card ePurse balance required for adult fares is now €1 for journeys within Dublin City Zone and €2.50 for Dublin Commuter Zones 2, 3, and 4.
For young adults and children, the minimum balance is only one cent.
And since April some ticket types have been discontinued, including adult, student, and child weekly and monthly tickets.
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The Leap Card travel area has now been divided into four pricing zones
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