Timetable changes & disruption

From looking at the 39/A timetable it seems that the few buses that will run this modified route will still involve running down Shelerin Road and (presumably) into Hartstown ans Huntstown to the Blanch Centre. It's almost as tortuous as the existing route (with the exception of Clonsilla Village which can get nasty). The whole of Blanch needs a proper local service and until DART comes this way (and as in any normal country the majority of buses are deployed as feeders into the faster train network) the 39 should have some backup in the shape of decent direct bus services from the greater Blanch area to the city. The likes of Ongar should have a bus that runs straight down the new road and north along Blanch Rd South to the town centre but then running straight out to the village (ie, not doubling back to get to the Clonsilla Rd.

Really of course, the priority should be the interconnector to allow these medium/high density developments along the Maynooth and Northern lines (and of course Adamstown!!) to really work and provide a decent quality of life to the poor feckers who work in town but can't afford an apartment there.

so, does it go to sandymount then to vincents, ucd and back to donnybrook garage?

if thats the case it's adding a very circuitous extension onto an already very long and slow route.

Xylophonic wrote:

Dublin Bus are pleased to announce Route 114 will be extended to Ticknock from Monday 10th July 2006.

Whereabouts in Ticknock and Bracken Hill are the stops?

The main reason for the route extension is that the drivers change over and take their breaks at Donnybrook Depot.

This extension therefore gets rid of dead ety mileage and improves public transport from Sydney Parade to UCD!

Victor wrote:

Yeah, departures have been slashed, I'll check the old timetable at home.

Old timetable is still available here: http://www.dublinbus.ie/your_journey/tt/18.html

There were 55 eastbound services mon-fri now there are 48.

spareman wrote:

If you think Dublin bus would do anything to make the driver's life easier your living on a different planet, the reason it was extended was because the residents of D4 dont like buses terminating outside there houses, it makes the place look untidy.

Running the route all the way to the garage is not for the benefit of the drivers, it means the company do not have to pay fuel duty on the out-of-service runs to/from the terminus.

http://www.dublinbus.ie/news_centre/latest_news.asp?action=view&news_id=628

Route 54A - Extended to Kiltipper Way

Dublin Bus are pleased to announce Route 54A is been extended to Kiltipper Way and and will also have a revised timetable change from Sunday 3rd December 2006.

The New timetable will be available on the web for Friday 1st December 2006.