Leap Card
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Greater Dublin Metropolitan Cork Limerick Galway |
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| Launched | 12 December 2011 |
| Technology | |
| Manager | National Transport Authority |
| Currency | Euro |
| Stored-value | Pay as you go |
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| Website | www.leapcard.ie |
The Leap Card is a form of integrated ticketing introduced in Dublin on 12 December 2011. It is a prepaid card which can be used on Dublin Bus, DART, Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann, Swords Express and Luas; minimum top up for the card is currently €5. The Leap Card is the result of many years work by the Railway Procurement Agency to get an integrated ticketing-scheme for the public transport in Dublin city. Initially it only offered a pre-paid electronic wallet system to buy single trip journeys on Luas, DART / Commuter and Dublin Bus but since May 2014, it also offers week, month and year subscriptions on it. In November 2016 there were over 2 million Leap card users according to the National Transport Authority.
The Leap Card is currently valid for travel in the Greater Dublin area, on Bus Éireann services in Cork, Limerick, Galway, and on Wexford Bus services to and from Dublin.
Public transport in the larger Dublin area is offered by several companies. Apart from several private companies (mainly offering large distance InterCity bus connections) and the country-wide Bus Éireann transport is offered by:
Even though the state is the owner or an important stake-holder for each of these services, they all have their own ticketing scheme. Until the introduction of the Leap card one could have three non-compatible standard tickets or smart-cards for travel within the limits of Greater Dublin: a Luas card to pay for individual journeys, a Dublin Bus smart-card for day, week or year tickets and an Iarnród Éireann card for DART or Commuter tickets. The Leap Card is also accepted on the privately owned Swords Express service, which links Swords to Dublin City Centre which is operated by Eirebus, and on the Ashbourne Connect route 193 service.
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