One of a wandering #straphanger’s great pleasures: nabbing the front seat of the upper level of a (non-tourist) double-decker bus—the 77A, direction Pearse DART station, #Dublin. Putting my Leap farecard to good use!
Now riding the DART (#Dublin Area Rapid Transit) out to Howth. The city’s electrified commuter rail network, serving 53 stations. A bit like #Berlin’s S-Bahn, mash-up of commuter rail and urban service. 10 mn headways, though 35 mn this Sunday.
Ok, this is mad. You have to tap your Leap card before you get on the train, but also when you get out of the DART train. But at the Howth terminus, there’s only one card reader. So 100s of passengers jostle to tap out. At least put out more readers! Grumble grumble.
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