Bus Eireann - Revised route 2 no longer serving Rosslare

I've been getting the 8.20am service to the Harbour and 5.30pm back to town for the past 2 1/2 years so my only option now is going to be starting work 1/2 hour earlier and finish 1/2 hour earlier in order to get the 8am down and 5pm up services.

Hopefully once this kicks in the Rosslare Harbour residents are going to get fairly ticked off at the choice of only going into town in the mornings either at 9am and then not until 1pm.

What about people in Rosslare who work in town? I usually see a fair few people getting the 8.30am bus in. What do they do now? Go in at 7am and get a coffee in O'Briens for an hour and a half?

The bus driver yesterday did say that the drivers themselves aren't too happy about the situation either.

I must try and find out whether the buses will still be going down to the garage in the port to be serviced or if all that will be done in Wexford now. Would seem crazy for the buses to be still going up and down to Rosslare but deliberately not taking any passengers.

In case it's of help to anyone there is still a route 2 bus at 08.00 from Rosslare Harbour to Wexford (this bus goes onto Dublin via Tullow) and is listed in a separate timetable:http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1256223990-5.pdf

For travelling to the late evening ferries from Rosslare there's a train at 16.37 from Dublin Connolly reaching Rosslare at 19.25 but this doesn't run on Saturday and Sunday.

Have put together the following which I believe is a full list of public transport options between Rosslare Harbour and Wexford and vice versa:

Wexford to Rosslare Harbour weekdays:
08.00 route 40 express bus Mon-Sat inclusive
11.45 route 370 local bus Mon-Sat inclusive
12.02 train Mon-Sat inclusive
12.30 route 40 express bus Mon-Sat inclusive
14.10 route 40 express bus Mon-Sat inclusive
16.04 train Mon-Sat inclusive
18.00 route 385 local bus Mon-Sat inclusive
19.04 train Mon-Fri inclusive
20.30 route 40 express bus Mon-Sat inclusive
20.40 route 2 express bus Mon-Sat inclusive
21.04 train Mon-Sat inclusive
21.10 route 132 local bus Thursdays only

Wexford to Rosslare Harbour Sundays:
08.00 route 40 express bus
12.48 train
14.10 route 40 express bus
15.55 route 40 express bus
16.08 train
20.30 route 40 express bus
20.51 train

Rosslare Harbour to Wexford weekdays:
05.35 train Mon to Fri inclusive
07.00 route 40 express bus Mon-Sat inclusive
07.20 train Mon-Sat inclusive
07.45 route 379 local bus Saturdays only
08.00 route 2 express bus Mon-Sat inclusive
08.15 route 132 local bus Thursdays only
09.00 route 40 express bus Mon-Sat inclusive
12.55 train Mon-Sat inclusive
13.00 route 40 express bus Mon-Sat inclusive
13.45 route 370 local bus Mon-Sat inclusive
14.40 route 40 express bus Mon-Sat inclusive
17.00 route 40 express bus Mon-Fri inclusive
17.55 train Mon-Sat inclusive
19.00 route 40 express bus Mon-Sat inclusive

Rosslare Harbour to Wexford Sundays
07.15 route 40 express bus
09.40 train
13.00 route 40 express bus
14.20 train
14.40 route 40 express bus
17.00 route 40 express bus
17.40 train
19.00 route 40 express bus

bmaxi wrote: »

I myself raised the issue on the Wexford forum on Boards to be met with general apathy.

The upshot of all this is that these are changes driven by accountants and not transport planners.

The two components outlined by bmaxi are directly linked.

However,the traditional Irish apathy,due in the main to having a lifestyle waay beyond what we can actually afford,is going to be seriously tested in the next 12 months,as the IMF/ECB accountancy driven directives begin to seep through.

Tin Hat time methinks ! :eek:

Just for clarification, my post #15 above was in response to yet another erroneous and predictably wrong post by Foggy Lad (which he has now deleted) in which he alleged BE were wasting money by duplicating the two routes between Waterford and Rosslare.

I certainly was not alleging anything about Alek's post which now resides above mine!

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Hang on a sec,

Does this mean that to get from Dublin to Rosslare I will either have to change at Wexford, or use the laughably pathetic train?

I only did it a few times a year, but that is a disaster.

slight tangent, but why would anyone need to go to Rosslare by public transport?

I suppose, its self explainitory that there arent that many reasons seeing as Bus Eireann have cut their service from 30+ Wexford-Rosslare connections to 5 or so to match demand!

I actually the loss of the Ballincor/Beehive/Inch/Jack Whites stops is more concerning than the loss/scaling back of the Nutely Lane one - at least in the case of the latter there are alternatives available (walk or get the 47 from UCD), but this is not the case at the former locations. It doesn't give them an edge over Wexford Bus either - Wexford Bus serve all these locations bar Inch (and if you're going into both Arklow and Gorey serving Inch doesn't make a noticeable difference in that you have to go on and off the bypass anyway).

And then of course there's the issue of Ballycanew losing it's service - ironically the services via Ballycanew are quicker, although they do mean avoiding the Ferns/Enniscorthy stops.

Surely there could at least be a limited (perhaps once a day in each direction) serving the stops being removed.

A lot of this seems to be about competing with Wexford Bus' times - which themselves are misleading - ten minutes from Gorey to Arklow? Never seen it happen, not even on the early morning services. Likewise their 16:30 Dublin Airport-Wexford departure is never on time on a weekday, usually a good 10-15 minutes out, not that this is the fault of the drivers. Bus Éireann's times may seem longer, but they're generally a truer reflection of what is actually the journey time. It's a pity the NTA can't pay closer attention to this.

lxflyer wrote: »

Well perhaps people should start lobbying the NTA to provide a subsidised service for those locations?

Spot-on.

Posters now need to re-focus in ALL such service provision issues on the NTA role.

Remember the NTA's remit is countrywide,with the hint being in the word NATIONAL.

Lets see now if the whole "Independent of the Dept of Transport" stuff actually rings true ?

Hmm, still no sign of any notices or posters in either the Wexford or Rosslare Harbour bus stops advertising the changes.

I would agree that a near 24 hour service to Rosslare is a bit excessive, but entirely cutting the entire service is also a bit stupid. They could have retained at least two or three direct services from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour to allow for connections to the ferry services.

The weird thing is that the regional summary timetable lists a 002 service from Wexford to Rosslare (dep 18.20), yet this is not mentioned on the 002 timetable. I am guessing this is the 15.30 Eurolines feeder service, but this could catch out a few people looking to use that service.

EDIT: That last service apparently only runs on Sundays (??). There is a planned 002 service ex Rosslare at 16.30 Mon to Sat.