Disruption to Dublin Bus services

thomasj

Buses are suspended in the blanchardstown area. Drivers have been told to stop and wait for further instruction from the garage.

LostinBlanch

Moncrieff on Newstalk saying that they have confirmation from DB that all Dublin busses have been pulled in on the side of the roads until the roads are gritted. Whenever that is. :rolleyes:

EDIT: According to Moncrieff, the roads aren't getting gritted until between 3 & 5 tomorrow morning! So you might want to take note.
I heard that a bus skidded in Drumcondra so that could be the reason. The roads are like glass to be fair.

Passengers have been asked to get off busses and apparently they have been cancelled for the rest of the day.

Can't access their site to see if this is true.

Whippersnapper

I've been told that they may not be back at all today.

Agent J

Just been announced on Newstalk.

All Dublin buses are pulling in now. All will be offline.

Also no road gritting will be taking place until tomorrow morning either.

dub_commuter

Oh Jesus christ, it's nowhere near bad enough to pull the whole network in, some areas yes whole network no.

Afraid this is a massive FAIL.

The Black Oil

Last Updated 12:45

Sort it out, DB.

Agent J

dub_commuter wrote: »

Afraid this is a massive FAIL.

Its Dublin bus.
What else do you expect?

dub_commuter

No update on the Dublin Bus website, total massive fail, come on time for the government to break this companhy up, it is clearly right to withdraw buses from effected areas, but a friend of mine has just spoke to a driver who is VERY ANGRY at the decision as his roads are clear and he wants to operate.

The maangement over the last few days are clearly out of their depth and changes need to be made sooner rather than later.

whosedaddy?

from aaroadwatch...

** DO NOT MAKE ANY UNNECESSARY JOURNEYS AROUND DUBLIN.**Very heavy traffic around the city centre most major routes. Anyone travelling today is advised to use the train, DART or Luas.** * All Dublin Bus services are temporarily grounded. * Red Line Luas services are running from Tallaght to Abbey St only.

Ham'nd'egger

Update 3PM on www.dublinbus.ie.

Dublin Bus wishes to advise customers that due to the recent heavy snowfall there is serious disruption to most services. There are dangerous driving conditions on all main city arteries and we are waiting for roads to be made safe before resuming services. We will have more up to date information available here as soon as possible.

Due to high volumes of traffic to dublinbus.ie we have been experiencing problems with the site for which we would like to apologise and are making every effort to rectify.

Agent J

Dublin bus could do 3 things which would ensure the word would spread independant of their website.

Twitter,
Facebook,
Boards.

Put a note on each and the word would spread in seconds.

mikekerry

when your stranded miles from home dublin bus are the last crowd of people you'd be depending on to get home.
just when the service is needed most they do what they do best.
nothing

Carroller16

From dublinbus.ie:

Dublin Bus wishes to advise customers that due to the recent heavy snowfall there is serious disruption to most services. There are dangerous driving conditions on all main city arteries and we are waiting for roads to be made safe before resuming services. We will have more up to date information available here as soon as possible.

Due to high volumes of traffic to dublinbus.ie we have been experiencing problems with the site for which we would like to apologise and are making every effort to rectify.

Last Updated 6th Jan 2010 - 15:00

The Black Oil

I don't have a twitter page, but DB don't seem to have updated theirs since September..it's a pity they (or CIE) don't interact with people via a 'talk to' section on boards. They need to do a better job at using the web.

As usual with these things we apply an Irish solution to an Irish problem.

dub_commuter

Dublin Bus wishes to advise customers that due to the recent heavy snowfall there is serious disruption to most services. There are dangerous driving conditions on all main city arteries and we are waiting for roads to be made safe before resuming services. We will have more up to date information available here as soon as possible.

Priceless, they can't even admit they're cancelled, but later on say they will resume later.

Glad to see whilst we're all screwed the spin doctor is alive and well.

stop

Hamndegger wrote: »

Update 3PM on www.dublinbus.ie.

Dublin Bus wishes to advise customers that due to the recent heavy snowfall there is serious disruption to most services. There are dangerous driving conditions on all main city arteries and we are waiting for roads to be made safe before resuming services. We will have more up to date information available here as soon as possible.

Due to high volumes of traffic to dublinbus.ie we have been experiencing problems with the site for which we would like to apologise and are making every effort to rectify.

which appeared around 15:45 not 15:00.. DB PR BS!

dub_commuter

No doubt they willl wheel Cliona out soon with the usual mix of lies and spin.

Ham'nd'egger

stop wrote: »

which appeared around 15:45 not 15:00.. DB PR BS!

I assume you didn't read the last bit;)

Whippersnapper

Will they honour my bus ticket tomorrow then? I bought a prepaid one which will now pass it's 24 hours without being used again and therefore I'm losing money on it. :rolleyes:

shltter

KC61 wrote: »

This is odd.

Having done some checking, as far as I know the only bus route currently controlled from the central unit is the 123.

All other routes remain controlled from the respective depots, until the next rollout of the AVLC.

The website is being updated at Head Office, but they do rely on the information supplied by the garages.

No all buses are controlled by central now no radio in depots thats why the depots have no idea whats happening

dub_commuter

shltter wrote: »

No all buses are controlled by central now no radio in depots thats why the depots have no idea whats happening

I must say that the pepole in central control are totally out of their depth and the only effect they have had on everyne has been NEGATIVE, VERY NEGATIVE.

They are clerly unfit for the job and the people in the garages could do MUCH better.

Denalihighway

From DB website

Dublin Bus wishes to advise customers that due to the recent heavy snowfall there is serious disruption to most services. There are dangerous driving conditions on all main city arteries and we are waiting for roads to be made safe before resuming services. We will have more up to date information available here as soon as possible.

Due to high volumes of traffic to dublinbus.ie we have been experiencing problems with the site for which we would like to apologise and are making every effort to rectify.

Last Updated 15:00

Basically they want the roads gritted before they go to work...don't know what to make of it to be honest, seems quite heavy handed but probably in public interest - hard to believe a lot of routes are bad enough to just say "right, shut em all down"

but then...I don't really know what I'm talking about...

KC61

shltter wrote: »

No all buses are controlled by central now no radio in depots thats why the depots have no idea whats happening

Thanks for the clarification.

Agent J

A few hours of snow and they pull the whole damn city?

How do other countries cope with actual snow?

Whippersnapper

News on Radio 1 just said that Dublin Bus hope to resume after roads have been gritted in the next hour or so.

spoonface

Agent J wrote: »

Dublin bus could do 3 things which would ensure the word would spread independant of their website.

Twitter,
Facebook,
Boards.

Put a note on each and the word would spread in seconds.

I txted the Dublin Bus timetable thingie and it confirms that buses are not running.

shltter

dub_commuter wrote: »

I must say that the pepole in central control are totally out of their depth and the only effect they have had on everyne has been NEGATIVE, VERY NEGATIVE.

They are clerly unfit for the job and the people in the garages could do MUCH better.

Same people that used to do the job in depots just moved to central control. The problem is that there is now a lack of contact between drivers and the people controlling the routes. Decisions are now being made for the whole city it seems rather than on a local basis.
Also there is a bigger emphasis on safety in Dublin Bus in general now so people are unwilling to take a "chance" as they would have done in years gone by.

stop

Hamndegger wrote: »

I assume you didn't read the last bit;)

You assume incorrectly.
I was able to access the rest of the site until the switched it off when the posted that message.

Peyton Manning

Hey guys, dont think this is the right thread, so is there a thread for general bus eireann disruption enquiries? Just wondering if the Dublin - Cork and Dublin - Belfast routes are running as normal. Didnt see anything on their website, and have got no answers ringing Busaras. Nothing about it on the website, but rather be safe than sorry!