I have a bus & rail ticket and my photo is on it. I was also made get one of those IDs from O'Connell street and then told to submit a photograph too!

I happened to ring Tullamore Railway station today and was told that I could buy a student monthly ticket, including Luas to the City Centre (for someone else, I'm too old to be a student)

Also, you can pick up the student travelcard straight away from the Students Union in Trinity, so I presume you can in other colleges as well.

Surprise surprise it exists

You can but only if you are registered first since you need a college ID card

Trinity College, Student Union Centre.
University College Dublin, Old Students Union.
Dublin City University, Student Union.
Alan Hanna's Book Shop, Kevin Street, Dublin 2.
University College Cork, UCC Travel, Students Centre.
SAYIT Travel, 76 Grand Parade, Cork.
University College Limerick, Students Union.
NUI Galway, Students Union.

There is a constant queue in TCD at the moment and Freshers week is still 3 weeks away

Well today was the start of my three year stint as a commuter. Wow, what an experience. :eek:

Arriving at my train home twenty minutes before it was due to leave only to be told that there was only standing space left was pretty dissapointing. It bugs me that you have to pay the same for a ticket whether you have a nice, cosy chair or are cruished against a door (as I was today).

Make sure you keep fighting the good fight guys - God knows things can only get better.

Got my Student Travel card today - in good time I must say.

Yesterday and today I have asked for a Student Day Return to Dublin City Centre. I keep being given "weekender" tickets, which are valid for two weeks - obviously not a day return. These tickets cost €14 from Newbridge and therefore save me a whopping €1 - which in student language equated to a maximum of five cans of Bavaria per week - simply not good enough. :p

Is there no student day return? Newbridge Station seem to doubt it's existance...

There is no such thing as a student day return

All student tickets are valid for 30 days from the issued date, ie the valid from date (you can buy in advance), there is no day return option

On the upside it means if you don't get home on the return portion you can use it on another day

Student fare is 12 euro, I checked the IE system better still I have a Student return from Heuston to Newbridge in front of me and it says €12

To Dublin city centre - not Heuston.

its €14 so, confirmed

hey
it seems that the online ticket booking thingy lets me book seats at the student rate
i thought it was only full price tickets..

is this new or am i slow

Nope its been like that since the off

The seat res system will offer the full range of tickets
Adult/Child/Student/Farecard/Weekender are offered on all routes except cross border

It will even allow a student to travel first class

WARNING TO PHILLY!

Back in my student days (as I put my pipe in me gob), it was traditional to have a few evening pints to discuss the days business (on selected nights). My commute to Naas was by bus from the quays at 10.45. Same place every night I went for it. Now, the current train service is a completely different scenario. The last train (should you ever depend on it Philly) departs heuston at 22.45. But beware! Some night you may show up in heuston and it'll be sitting at platform 3 (nice and handy and quickly accessible) However, don't even think about planning your journey to "dash in the door at heuston and head for platform 3". Always plan your last minute dash for the very last train home on the basis of it departing from somewhere like platform 1. (the outer reaches of heuston station.)

For some strange reason and one that was highlighted at a public meeting in Newbridge last March, IE, in their infinate wisdom, insist on running the last train to Kildare from Platform 1, while closer platforms lie idle. To date they keep doing it, despite a promise to change it. Be careful man.

Furthermore, you could take the last train to Newbridge from Pearse, Tara St or Connolly stations, if IE were actually interested in providing a decent train service, even in times of stretched capacity. (at that time of night, its irrelevent anyway) But the powers that be think you might be confused by all of this. In reality it because of outdated work practices and managements reluctance to tackle it. They prefer to offer poor excuses, in a condescending and arrogant fashion. But thats a different story.

Anyway, me pipe is gone out, so Im off for me slippers and a nice cup of ovaltine.