Engineering works will take place this weekend between Mallow and Cork on (Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th October) and Longford and Sligo (Saturday evening 18th October). Bus transfers will operate on certain services. Please check our Journey Planner prior to travel.
Leap Cards can be purchased at Ticket Vending Machines in stations within the Short Hop Zone or online at www.leapcard.ie or in selected retail outlets. TFI Leap Cards are also available in many PostPoint outlets as well as all post offices nationwide.
The Leap Card can be used for rail travel between stations within the 'Dublin City and Commuter Zone'. All stations in the Greater Dublin area from Rathdrum to Drogheda, from Dublin City Centre stations to Enfield and Kildare including all DART services.
The Leap Card also works in the Cork Commuter area.
Usage outside of the Short Hop Zone and Cork commuter Rail services will result in a Fixed Payment Notice of €100 plus the relevant unpaid fare.
Travel Credit works in a similar way to mobile phone credit. Every time you use the card to travel the cost of the journey is deducted. If there is insufficient no credit on the card it cannot be used for any further journeys until it is 'Topped Up' at a ticket machine or online at www.leapcard.ie.
There are no Top-Up facilities at Ticket Offices.
1. Place the Leap Card in the slot provided.
2. Select the Top-Up Amount from options shown on the screen
3. Insert the amount selected - Notes/Coins/Credit or Debit Cards accepted
4. Remove the Leap Card from the pocket as indicated on screen
5. Your Leap Card is now Topped Up and ready for immediate use
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. This card is used to store travel credit that is deducted as and when you use it when travelling on public transport.
Customers pay less with a Leap Card than when paying for single fares with cash on DART and Commuter rail services, Dublin Bus and Luas services.
Customers can register their Leap Card online, so if it's lost or stolen, no one else can use it.
For more information, go to leapcard.ie
The Leap Card system Caps a customers use of travel credit so that once you hit the cap value you can continue to travel as normal on the applicable transport operator, but no further travel credit will be taken from your card on their services.
Once you hit the Cap value for the day of the week, you should continue to use their Leap Card as normal when travelling. You should still Touch On and Touch Off as normal in order to have a valid card for inspection.
If you make lots of trips with your Leap Card on a daily or weekly (Mon to Sun) basis, a maximum Cap value will be applied to your travel credit spend.
For more information, go to Leap Card Capping.
The system adds up how much travel credit you have used on the applicable services you have travelled on for a given day or week and then it stops taking any more fares once the applicable Cap value is reached.
For more information, go to Leap Card Capping.
A Daily Cap runs from the first service of the day to the last service in that same day.
A Weekly Cap (Mon-Sun) runs from the first service on a Monday to the last service on a Sunday.
There are a number of benefits as follows;
If you have any queries or concerns then you can contact Leap customer care and the team will investigate and liaise with you directly.
Customer Care: 0818 824 824
Calling from outside of Ireland: +353 (1) 907 9425
Monday to Friday: 7am to 7pm
Saturday and Bank Holidays: 9am to 3pm
Sunday: Closed
You are responsible for ensuring that you Tap On your Leap card at a validation point before travelling, otherwise you will be issued with a Fixed Payment Notice.
You will be issued with a Fixed Payment Notice and the card will be confiscated.
Leap card products can be used on the Cork – Cobh/Midleton routes.
Yes combined Rail and Bus Tickets are available on the Cork to Midleton route for more information please see our Fares Section.
Yes for more information please visit our Fares Sections.
Yes Leap epurse is now available in Cork for more information please visit our Fares Sections.
Yes, Annual cards are available on Leap cards in Cork.
Yes, see our Cork Smart Card section for further details on products available and applicable routes.
When you get close to a Daily or Weekly Cap you will only be charged the amount to bring you up to the Cap. After you have reached a Cap you will be charged €0.00 for subsequent travel that day or over the Week (Mon-Sun). Make sure you still 'tap-on' and 'tap-off' your Leap Card even when you have reached the daily or weekly cap.
At the start of the journey, you need to 'Touch-On' using your Leap Card at a gate or validation pole. At the end of a journey you must 'Touch-Off' to ensure the correct fare is applied.
Touch-On - Identifies the origin of the journey
Touch-Off - Identifies the destination of the journey
If you don't Touch-On you are committing fare evasion.
If you don’t Touch-Off you will pay more.
Tagging on at our gate;
Gates and Poles may on occasion fail to identify the Touch-On / Touch-Off. It is up to the customer to ensure the card has been read successfully. The two main reasons for card failure are:
1. Incorrect Positioning of Smart Card
If the Leap Card is not placed against the reader/'target' on the pole or gate, it will not be read. Ensure that the card is held steadily against the Card reading 'target' for at least a second.
Do not wave the card over the Smart Card reading target. Do not put the Smart Card into the horizontal paper ticket slot on a gate.
2. Smart Card Interference
Remove the Leap Card from your wallet or bag before using it. Other Smart Cards you may have in your wallet or bag can cause interference with this card, which will make it inoperable.
At a ticket Machine in the station
Put your card in the 'pocket' and then follow the instructions on the ticket machine screen.
Online
Log on to www.leapcard.ie to view your account history and you will be able to view your card balance.
For information on schoolchild Leap Cards go to our ticket information section