Ah Here – Luas Fares Set To Rise From December

On yer bike. Bad news for our pockets as fares for various public transport services, including the Luas, are set to increase starting December 1st. A yearly Luas ticket could rise by as much as €60 for some ticketholders, as the National Transport Authority have announced the decision to scrap three-zone monthly and annual tickets. This means all three-zone ticketholders will have to change to an all-zone ticket, taking passengers' yearly fee from €850 to €910. The Dublin Bus service has also been affected, with schoolchildren paying with cash seeing a price hike of 5c per journey. Multi-operator monthly and annual tickets will rise by between 2.6% and 2.9% on Dublin Bus services. Speaking to the Irish Mirror, Anne Graham, CEO of the National Transport Authority said: “The Authority inherited a highly complex and sometimes illogical fares structure when we took on the regulation of public transport services in Ireland at the end of 2009. "We have been moving, over the intervening years, to simplify and streamline public transport fares, so that the prices people pay more accurately reflect the journeys they’re making, and at the same time to cut back on the wide array of different fare types, stages and products, so that the whole question over the cost of travel is an easier one to understand. "This process will continue over the next few years. "We also want to further incentivise people to choose Leap card to pay for their travel – by maintaining a substantial price differential between Leap fares and cash fares."