London Travel Card

London Travelcard

Getting around on London transport is made easy when you use a London Travelcard - add one to your London Pass order and create the complete sightseeing package!
London Public Transport Network is one of the biggest in the world and might seem little intimidating to new visitors. With access to Buses, Trams, National Rail services and the famous London Underground or ‘tube’ a day’s travel can be very expensive.
You can add a London Travelcard to every London Pass and makes your sightseeing experience more relaxing and cost efficent.

The benefits of a London Travelcard include:

• Unlimited journeys on all London Underground, Buses, Trams, Docklands Light Rail, Over-ground Trains and National Rail Services within zones 1 – 6.

• A hassle free day as you don't need to buy lots of different tickets – the travelcard includes everything you will need.

• When you buy a 6 day London Pass with Travel you get a 7 day Travelcard - that's a whole extra day for free.

Make huge savings as a single Underground ticket bought in London costs £4.00, a bus ticket is £2.20 so after 2 or 3 journeys you will be saving money.

The London Pass with Travel is a must for anyone sightseeing in London as the complete package will save you time and money, and it will make your sightseeing experience hassle free.
Find out more about how the London Pass works or check out all the attractions in London included on the Pass.
"We combined the London Pass with a 7-day Travelcard and saved a bundle. The London Pass allowed us to skip the queues for most attractions we visited, more time spent actually enjoying the things we went to see. The Travelcard made using public transit very simple and saved us a ton of money. Anyone who is thinking about a London vacation should consider buying the London Pass and the Travelcard."
Steve from Nova Scotia
"We purchased the London Pass with travel before reaching Britain so that we could maximize the time we had in London to see and experience as much as possible. We were not in any way dissappointed and the preferential entrance at some of the busy venues was great. The travel portion of the pass just took away the stress of moving around as there was no cost implication to getting on the wrong bus or train (which did inevitably happen). If I ever get to visit London again, I would buy the pass again."
Ken Jensen

FareSaver Tickets - Vancouver

FareSaver Tickets are a book of ten TransLink tickets that can be used on the Bus, SeaBus or SkyTrain. They offer savings over buying single fares.
For example, buying 10 single fare tickets for 1 zone will cost you $27.50, while using FareSaver tickets costs only $21, saving 24%. On a daily basis, travel to and from work in one zone will cost you $5.50 per day paying with cash, or $4.20 using FareSaver tickets.
Each FareSaver lets you travel for up to 90 minutes across Metro Vancouver. You can hop off for errands and then hop back on again.
You can travel for one, two or three zones by Bus, SeaBus or SkyTrain. Tickets for the West Coast Express must be purchased separately as they are priced differently.

Concession Fares

Concession fares apply to children 5 to 13 years old, secondary students ages 14 to 19 with a valid GoCard, seniors 65+ with proof of age and HandyCard holders riding conventional transit. These people can travel at a reduced price.
Please note that concession fares are not valid on HandyDART. Regular adult fares apply on HandyDART regardless of age.
Children 4 years and younger ride for free when accompanied by an adult. CNIB and War Amputee pass holders also ride for free.

The Luas Leap Card scheme

Leap Card

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 DART, Dublin bus, Iarnród Éireann and Luas; minimum top up for the card is currently €5.00.

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 offers a pre-paid electronic wallet system to buy single trip journeys on Luas, DART / Commuter and Dublin Bus but there are plans to also offer week, month and year subscriptions on the card which could follow the in the shoes of the 80day cards used in Vancouver.

History

Public transport in the larger Dublin area is offered by several companies. Apart from several private companies and the country-wide Bus Éireann transport is offered by:

• LUAS - operating two tram-lines in the city operated by Veolia Transport
• Dublin Bus - the state owned bus service operating lines in the greater Dublin transport area
• Iarnród Éireann - the national railway company offering intercity services, Commuter and DART services.

Even though the state is owner or important stake-holder for each of these services, they all have their own ticketing scheme. Until the introduction of the Leap card you could have three non-compatible 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 Ianrod Eireann card for DART or Commuter tickets.

Railway Procurement Agency

The Railway Procurement Agency started developing an integrated smartcard system. First plans were made at the end of the last century and initially it was planned to introduce an integrated card when the LUAS system would start to operate in 2005. The development of the new system had many delays and set-backs and the costs for the new system were far higher than budgeted.

Even though the state has a lot of influence in the different transport companies, it took the RPA until 2012 to actually introduce the new smart-card system for the general public.

The Leap card

The Leap card is usable on the bus, tram and local railway lines, it can only be used for single journeys within one of the systems. Any form of subscription/multi-day offerings are not possible with the Leap card: each company has their own system for that. One journey using two or more of above systems will require the user to buy separate 'single journeys' for each leg of the journey.

Even though tickets bought with the Leap card are cheaper then single journeys bought with cash money, using the Leap card for frequent travellers is more expensive than using the different weekly or monthly cards. There are plans however to extend the functionalities of the card, like the ability to "upload" a week, month or year-card to a Leap card.

For frequent travellers using only one system one can use the day, weekly, monthly or year-cards for the required route or system. For people who need to use two or more different systems there are several options: the LUAS offers 'combi' subscriptions to be used on LUAS and Dublin Bus.

Cost of fares

According to the operator fares bought with the Leap card are cheaper then single journeys paid with cash. For Dublin bus this is indeed true as they increased their cash paid tickets by 15-20% when the card was introduced. Until 2 January 2012 a 4-7 stage fare using Dublin Bus would have cost €1.60, with the Leap card the price is now €1.70 or €1.90 otherwise. For LUAS a single zone journey with Leap costs €1.45 while the same cash price is €1.60 or €1.70.

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I have chosen to show these as they are ones I felt were attractive regardless of the information they have. All designers are credited on Dribble.

SkyTrain, Vancouver BC Canada

SkyTrain

Launched in 1986, SkyTrain is the oldest and one of the longest fully-automated, driverless, rapid transit systems in the world. The Expo and Millennium SkyTrain Lines connect downtown Vancouver with the cities of Burnaby, New Westminster and Surrey. The Canada Line connects downtown Vancouver to the Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and the city of Richmond.

SkyTrain runs on a mostly elevated guideway, high above city streets, though there are a few stations located underground. The name SkyTrain is derived from the first SkyTrain line, the Expo Line.

British Columbia Rapid Transit Company Ltd. (BCRTC), on behalf of TransLink, maintains and operates two of the three SkyTrain lines in Metro Vancouver.

Both the Expo and the Millennium lines are operated out of BCRTC’s Operations and Maintenance Centre in Burnaby, BC where more than 630 dedicated staff work in the areas of administration, engineering, elevator and escalator maintenance, field operations, vehicle maintenance and wayside maintenance.

BCRTC currently serves about 250,000 passengers per weekday and has an on-time service delivery performance rating of 95.46 per cent.

                                             Fare Charges.

Here are three fare zones in Metro Vancouver. The number of zone boundaries you cross during your trip will determine your fare. Use our Fare Zone Map to find out how many zones you'll cross for your next trip. Each zone is a different colour.

Common Fare Zones

Certain designated locations of fare zones along fare zone boundaries have been classified as common to each adjacent zone. Passengers are permitted travel to/from such designated common fare zone locations for a one-zone fare.

Fare Zone Boundary between Yellow and Red zones

Passengers connecting between the following bus stops and destinations along the #28 bus route may travel for a one-zone fare:

• Kootenay Loop to Yellow Zone
• Hastings at Boundary to Burnaby/New Westminster in Red Zone
• Boundary at Lougheed to/from Yellow Zone, or to/from Burnaby/New Westminster in Red Zone
• Kincaid at Smith: to/from Burnaby/New Westminster in Red Zone
• Boundary and Vanness to/from Red Zone, by walking to/from Kingsway on Boundary Road
• Joyce Station: all Yellow Zone bus service and westbound SkyTrain service 

Regular fares are applicable for any other connections.

Fare Zone Boundary between Red and Green Zones

• Annacis Island is a Common Zone. Passengers travelling between Annacis Island and either the Red or Green zone are permitted to travel for a one-zone fare. Passengers that purchase a one-zone cash fare on Annacis Island receive a two-zone fare valid for both the Red and Green Zone.
• Passengers connecting from all bus stops on North Road between Cottonwood Avenue and the Highway #1 Overpass (including the Lougheed Mall Transit Exchange) are permitted to travel into either the Red or Green Zone for a one-zone fare.

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Dublin Transport

Dublin Bus

Dublin Bus provides bus services within Dublin city and to and from the surrounding areas. These services include city bus services, Railink, School link, Airlink, Nitelink and DART feeder buses. Dublin Bus also operates day tours and is obliged to provide services to people with disabilities.
Bus Éireann provides various bus services on a network of routes throughout Ireland. It operates intercity coach services and provides commuter services for major cities. City and town bus services are also provided, together with a local bus service throughout the country. Aircoach provides a 24-hour luxury coach service between Dublin Airport and Dublin city. Aircoach operate five routes, Ballsbridge and Leopardstown, which serve Dublin’s top hotels and places of business, Cork, and Belfast.

DUBLIN DART

In Dublin, the electric rail system called the DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) is a quick and easy way to get around Dublin. It runs along the coast of the Irish Sea from Malahide or Howth in north County Dublin soutwards as far as Greystones, Co Wicklow.

Dublin LUAS

Luas is a state of the art light rail transit system that provides an attractive and unique alternative to the private car.

Veolia Transdev Ireland operate Luas on behalf of Railway Procurement Agency, the authority responsible for the procurement of railway infrastructure systems in a public - private partnership.

Veolia Transdev is the transport division of Veolia Environnement, Europe's largest private passenger transport company.

For further information on Luas and future extensions to the Luas network please click here.

Be Green With Luas Line.

Commuter Lines for Luas

Luas Leap Card

A Leap Card is a reusable plastic smart card that can be used instead of paper tickets to pay-as-you-go for transport in Dublin. Time based tickets (e.g. a weekly or monthly ticket) will be made available on Leap Cards in the near future.

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