[tipperaryjim]

Originally Posted by Stevek101

You could just type in the name of the street, you don't have to know the number of the stop.

However, small signs are going to be affixed to all bus stop with the stop number as well as the number written in braille. This will come in handy when real time information of the bus comes into play as well as being useful for the route planner. Some have already been put up.

KC got in there before me.

cheers for the feedback guys!

I guess my big issue lies in the fact that I don't know the name of the street I want to go to.

For example, if I want to go down Pearse Street, I need to know the exact crossing street of the stop that i want to get off which I don't know. The previous site enables one to identify all streets that went down Pearse Street. This one however, is way too specific for general, casual bus users.

Also, in terms of getting familiar with the bus stop numbers, this does not facilitate any tour planning for trips to places in Dublin that I have never been. Since I live in Dublin and find it confusing, one can only imagine the impact this could have on tourist.

I'm sure the issue could be relieved somewhat should DB integrate some sort of a mapping tool online that will help one identify the numbers of each bus stop by searching for specific locations (as per google maps, etc).

[munchkin_utd]

just looking for some feedback here.

I was over last weekend in Dublin and stayed at the nice and reasonably priced Maldron Hotel, on Cardiff Lane, off Pearse st, behind the grand canal theatre.

I tried to find what bus options I had to town using the website.
I failed.
AND - standing in the rain, and gale force wind, on my holidays with a pregnant wife and baby in the buggy, to wait for a bus that I dont know exists or not, let alone not knowing when the unknown bus is theoretically supposed to leave its depot somewhere 15km away - wasnt an option.
(meaning walking and taxis and luas were what happened, depending on how bad wind and rain was)

Am I missing something or is the route planner just impossible to use?

(And is the company doing the route planner an offshoot of the taxi drivers federation? because you'd swear they were trying to hide the bus info from you and drive you into a taxi)

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Originally Posted by munchkin_utd

just looking for some feedback here.

I was over last weekend in Dublin and stayed at the nice and reasonably priced Maldron Hotel, on Cardiff Lane, off Pearse st, behind the grand canal theatre.

I tried to find what bus options I had to town using the website.
I failed.
AND - standing in the rain, and gale force wind, on my holidays with a pregnant wife and baby in the buggy, to wait for a bus that I dont know exists or not, let alone not knowing when the unknown bus is theoretically supposed to leave its depot somewhere 15km away - wasnt an option.
(meaning walking and taxis and luas were what happened, depending on how bad wind and rain was)

Am I missing something or is the route planner just impossible to use?

(And is the company doing the route planner an offshoot of the taxi drivers federation? because you'd swear they were trying to hide the bus info from you and drive you into a taxi)

The Hotel's website lists Dublin Bus route 3 as the nearest bus stop. With this information you could have checked the Dublin Bus site for the Route 3 timetable. There is a link (shown as "View on map") on the timetable showing each stop on the route. By clicking on the stop nearest Cardiff Lane, you would be told of the many routes which stop there, some of which begin their journey from Ringsend Garage, which is only a few minutes away and thus easy to time.

Coming from town would have been much more difficult to time due to the issues regarding timetabling you mentioned. However the routes 50/77/77a are frequent enough.

All that said, the route planner is a nightmare, I wouldn't bother with it.

[foggy_lad]

My suggestion is to look up the area on google maps and it will show the different bus/rail stops if available when you zoom in to street level. then look up the routes on the Dublin Bus site because the route planner is rubbish.

[patrickmooney]

I use that hotel all the time. It's local to the my work and my gym is in the basement. There is little or no public transport links. You've to walk over the liffey to the luas or back to pearse or grand canal dock for the dart. Or back to pearse for the main buses. It's a bad area to be caught needing public transport.

Originally Posted by munchkin_utd

just looking for some feedback here.

I was over last weekend in Dublin and stayed at the nice and reasonably priced Maldron Hotel, on Cardiff Lane, off Pearse st, behind the grand canal theatre.

I tried to find what bus options I had to town using the website.
I failed.
AND - standing in the rain, and gale force wind, on my holidays with a pregnant wife and baby in the buggy, to wait for a bus that I dont know exists or not, let alone not knowing when the unknown bus is theoretically supposed to leave its depot somewhere 15km away - wasnt an option.
(meaning walking and taxis and luas were what happened, depending on how bad wind and rain was)

Am I missing something or is the route planner just impossible to use?

(And is the company doing the route planner an offshoot of the taxi drivers federation? because you'd swear they were trying to hide the bus info from you and drive you into a taxi)