Bus Éireann Fares

EdgarAllenPoo

What's going on with the Bus Eireann fares?

I hadn't used the bus in about a year so I rang up Bus Eireann to see what the cost of an adult day return from Dunshaughlin to Dublin was, I was told that it was €8.20.

I checked that online and it said it would be €6.40.

When I actually got on the bus the fare was....€7.10.

What the hell is going on? Do these people have absolutely no organisational skills whatsoever?

GerardKeating

GDM wrote:

What's going on with the Bus Eireann fares?

I hadn't used the bus in about a year so I rang up Bus Eireann to see what the cost of an adult day return from Dunshaughlin to Dublin was, I was told that it was €8.20.

I checked that online and it said it would be €6.40.

When I actually got on the bus the fare was....€7.10.

What the hell is going on? Do these people have absolutely no organisational skills whatsoever?

online fares are discounted.

EdgarAllenPoo

Fair enough but that still doesn't explain why I was given a different price over the phone to the one I paid on the day.

talkingclock

it's the moon...

skywalker_208

well i can tell you its now €9.70 from Navan to Dublin, thats what I paid the other day.
Dont do it too often thank god!

John R

GDM wrote:

Fair enough but that still doesn't explain why I was given a different price over the phone to the one I paid on the day.

On the phone you were given the monthly return fare, €8.20 not the day return fare which is €7.10.

All internet fares have a 10% discount applied.

EdgarAllenPoo

So the person on the phone was a moron then (or more likely couldn't give a $#!T€) because I asked for the day return price.


What's the cost of a student return?

E92

GDM wrote:

What's going on with the Bus Eireann fares?

I hadn't used the bus in about a year so I rang up Bus Eireann to see what the cost of an adult day return from Dunshaughlin to Dublin was, I was told that it was €8.20.

I checked that online and it said it would be €6.40.

When I actually got on the bus the fare was....€7.10.

What the hell is going on? Do these people have absolutely no organisational skills whatsoever?

We're talking about a state owned monopoly which has no incentive whatsoever to provide a better service to the ordinary punter here.
Is it really that surprising that they can't even get the most basic of basic things right?

John R

GDM wrote:

So the person on the phone was a moron then (or more likely couldn't give a $#!T€) because I asked for the day return price.


What's the cost of a student return?

€7.80

for all the fares shown by the online purchasing system divide by 9, multiply by 10 to get the regular fare.

FIONAXXXX

John R wrote:

€7.80

for all the fares shown by the online purchasing system divide by 9, multiply by 10 to get the regular fare.

The prices of the buses are only a minor issue i think, the problem i have with them is waiting i was once waiting nearly an hour for a bus it does my head in def wen they say the buses are ment to come every 15mins in the city. ahahah...

EdgarAllenPoo

I find the delay handy in one way, generally the bus I get in the morning is always delayed by the same amount of time every morning so I get an extra five or ten minutes at home.