{"id":441678,"date":"2026-05-10T12:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/441678\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:04:09","slug":"shake-up-of-public-transport-tickets-is-on-the-way-to-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/441678\/","title":{"rendered":"Shake-up of public transport tickets is on the way to Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BUS passengers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/231\/planning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> will be able to avail of a single, 90-minute fare &#8211; but not until 2028 at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>Members of council\u2019s metropolitan district &#8211; in particular Independent Elena Secas and Social Democrats Shane Hickey-O\u2019Mara &#8211; have lobbied for the introduction of a \u2018Travel 90\u2019 fare immediately.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s already in place in Dublin, with people using a prepaid TFI Leap card.<\/p>\n<p>They tap their card at the start of their first journey where a single fare is deducted.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/property\/2076900\/expected-completion-date-revealed-for-major-new-social-housing-development-in-limerick.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Expected completion date revealed for major new social housing development in Limerick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, no more money is taken irregardless of how many Dublin Bus services are used within the next hour-and-a-half.<\/p>\n<p>Here in Limerick, councillors have pointed out people would benefit, as, for example, people travelling from Corbally or the northside to either Raheen or Castletroy need to change bus in the city centre.<\/p>\n<p>As things stand, they need to pay two single fares, or else buy a day ticket.<\/p>\n<p>At March\u2019s metropolitan meeting, it was agreed to write to the National Transport Authority requesting the start of Travel 90 here.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation\u2019s deputy chief executive Hugh Creegan has replied, confirming its intended to introduce it around the time of BusConnects, currently targetted or 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn exact implementation timeline isn\u2019t yet available and depends on funding and operational readiness for the implementation of the new bus network,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>BusConnects is set to bring about the biggest transformation of local bus services in a generation.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUS passengers in Limerick will be able to avail of a single, 90-minute fare &#8211; but not until&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[27801,42,1396,44,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-441678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-bus-eireann","tag-headlines","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}