Student ID will no longer be accepted for cheaper young adult fares when travelling by train from next month.
Students and young adults aged from 19 – 23 can avail of reduced fares when travelling by train or other public transport.
Currently, young people can use their Student ID cards from valid national or international colleges and universities to get these reduced fares.
However, the rules will be changing from September 3 onwards which will affect student / young adult fares on all Iarnród Éireann Intercity, DART or commuter services.
From then on, only the TFI Student Leap Card, TFI Young Adult (19-23) Leap Card and Translink yLink card will be considered valid ID for reduced fares.
If a Young Adult / Student ticket is purchased at the station from a Ticket Machine the first six digits of the TFI Young Adult Leap Card number should be entered when prompted for your Student Travelcard number
Being unable to show the valid ID to go with a young adult or student ticket will result in a €100, along with the unpaid difference in the full price ticket.
The government slashed public transport fares for young adults by 50% compared with full price adult tickets in May of 2022.
Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan said at the time that when he announced a permanent 50% fare reduction for young adults in Budget 2022, he really wanted to make public transport more attractive for young people.
