DART Feeder buses

Victor · 26-08-2013 1:34pm #1

Is it just the 102, 111 and 114 these days?

LXFlyer · 26-08-2013 3:06pm

Plus the 90.

Amirani · 26-08-2013 3:11pm

17 or 185 perhaps?

LXFlyer · 26-08-2013 3:51pm

No just the four above.

ollie103 · 26-08-2013 4:24pm

A 'private' (well, not DB!) shuttle bus service will soon be commencing in Malahide and be a useful feeder bus tot he DARt station: http://www.malahideshuttle.ie/main-page.html

Extract from the website:

After four years, we now have licence approval.

There are some hurdles still to be jumped. Watch this space for news of the launch of the service, which will probably be in October.

You can see the history of the past four years on the Licence Situation page.

One significant difference from our earlier application is that the new one is specifically focussed on meeting trains in the morning and evening peaks. Bus timings will ensure that commuters can meet all DART trains and a proportion of Commuter trains as well. No service is proposed outside the peak hours of 6.15 to 9.30 am and 4.15 to 7.45 pm.

The pages for Route and Timetable reflect the details in our approved licence.

See Licence Situation for details of our dialogue with NTA.

Malahide Shuttle has been planned as a service for Malahide residents. It has been organised in response to your suggestions, to help commuters reach the Railway Station, to avoid traffic congestion, to ease parking problems and to save you having to drive your car around the village.

LXFlyer · 26-08-2013 4:42pm

You do have to wonder how well used such a service will be considering that unlike Dublin Bus route 102, there will be no combined single or prepaid bus/rail tickets available for use on it.

devnull · 26-08-2013 6:41pm

The NTA should not be issuing licenses to bus services with vehicles that are sixteen years old and non low floor accessible, if it was a coach that is a different argument however, but there is really no excuse to use 16 year old vehicles if the picture on their site is to be believed.

KD345 · 26-08-2013 6:50pm

devnull wrote: »

The NTA should not be issuing licenses to bus services with vehicles that are sixteen years old and non low floor accessible, if it was a coach that is a different argument however, but there is really no excuse to use 16 year old vehicles if the picture on their site is to be believed.

They were my exact thoughts when I clicked on their website. I'm hoping that is a temporary image and that the buses used will be wheelchair accessible.

I'm assuming this new service will also be accepting Leap Card.

tricky D · 26-08-2013 6:53pm

I miss the 88 (Sutton Station to Howth station, around the hill).:(

LXFlyer · 26-08-2013 6:58pm

Well the 31a does virtually complete that loop during the day, while in the mornings route 31b does link Howth Station with Sutton Cross via the Summit.

tricky D · 26-08-2013 7:14pm

Yep, but not quite the same route and no where near as frequent. And absolutely none of the old community spirit with drivers waiting for you after school and Val dropping into his house to get a quick cuppa or service break.

They did bring it back for a while as the 31C but that didn't last long.

Today and over the weekend, the 31A route was cut short due to parking for a sailing championship at Sutton Sailing Club with Strand road just passable for cars.

LXFlyer · 26-08-2013 7:19pm

Indeed but lets be honest - there isn't a market for a service level comparable to the 88 - it was overkill. The loads on the 31C were pretty poor, hence the restructured 31/31a/31b operation.

tricky D · 26-08-2013 7:30pm

Yup, SUVs, yummy mummies, etc. mean little demand for it now, but back in my youth it was pretty busy.

Anyway, fond memories.

AlekSmart · 26-08-2013 11:28pm

tricky D wrote: »

Yup, SUVs, yummy mummies, etc. mean little demand for it now, but back in my youth it was pretty busy.

Anyway, fond memories.

The NTA has belatedly recognised the major problem which the Greater Dublin Area now has in relation to Car Ownership,Usership and the delicate balance it has with Public Transport provision.....

Some of the statistics and conclusions here give cause for concern....

http://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Initial-Findings-from-Census-2011.pdf

Car ownership continues to increase despite the economic downturn, but some counties are now approaching saturation
levels and these counties have shown only a small increase in
ownership levels since 2006

The NTA define saturation level as when every person legally entitled to drive a car actually owns one !!!!! :eek:

Victor · 26-08-2013 11:45pm

Spoke to Dublin Bus customer information 90, 102, 111, 114, 145(!), 184, 185.

LXFlyer · 27-08-2013 6:51am

The 184 and 185 are not DART feeder routes.

The 145 is not a DART feeder route. It is however a feeder route for the Kildare line as far as Leeson Street, in the sense that rail/feeder bus tickets can be used on that section (the bit that replaced route 92).

The only routes that are DART feeder routes, that can issue single through bus/DART tickets, are the 90, 102, 111 and 114.

bikeman1 · 15-01-2014 11:52am

Sorry for digging up an old thread. A colleague asked me in work a question about the 102 and train tickets that are valid.

He is looking to get the monthly rail only short hop taxsaver ticket. The question is: Can this ticket be used on the 102 and what are the limits of the rail ticket on the 102?

I'm aware that you can buy a return to Seabury and get the DART to Malahide and connect onto the 102 etc. But is the rail only monthly ticket valid?

Thanks in advance!

LXFlyer · 15-01-2014 12:13pm

No - rail only tickets are not valid on feeder buses.

bikeman1 · 15-01-2014 12:24pm

lxflyer wrote: »

No - rail only tickets are not valid on feeder buses.

Is there a monthly rail with Feeder ticket available then? Like the annual one?

Losty Dublin · 15-01-2014 12:31pm

bikeman1 wrote: »

Is there a monthly rail with Feeder ticket available then? Like the annual one?

There's a monthly bus and rail ticket and a seven and three day ticket option as well. For the small difference in a bus only and a bus with feeder, a bus/rail ticket is better value and more flexible.

LXFlyer · 15-01-2014 1:04pm

There doesn't appear to be a monthly version of the rail/feeder bus ticket I'm afraid.

The only option is the Short Hop Bus/Rail ticket which is available in 1 day, 3 day, 7 day, monthly and annual versions.

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