What do we have to do ?

robbie_998

to get radios or music on the Luas, Dart and Dublin bus.

I recall being in Galway a while back and public transport there had radio being played through the intercom speakers.

Why can't we have this in Dublin ?

i mean taxi drivers have radios on while driving which i think is good and others talk to you which is good too.

i ask this question because on the Luas red line on the way back from town the driver had an mp3 player or something but all he was playing for the entire journey was backstreet boys.

Judgement Day

CIE tried this on the Dublin Bus fleet back in the 1970s - I don't remember why it was discontinued. That said, what makes you think that people using public transport want to have muzak inflicted on them - perhaps they appreciate some quiet time?

Godge

Would never get public transport again if I had to listen to Dublin Bus' choice of music.

Plowman

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loyatemu

robbie_998 wrote: »

i ask this question because on the Luas red line on the way back from town the driver had an mp3 player or something but all he was playing for the entire journey was backstreet boys.

and you want this on all trams and buses?

at least 50% of people on public transport have headphones on anyway, the other 50% presumably don't want to listen to music.

Bazzer2

One thing put a stop to the original plan in Dublin when it was introduced on some newly-launched city express routes during the 1990s - royalties.

The music owners kicked up about their material being played by a radio station through the bus loudspeakers to a public audience and demanded payment through the relevant performing rights authority at the time.

JayeL

If someone on public transport wants to listen to the radio or just music, let them bring their own! Having endured years of Bus Eireann drivers imposing their own choice of music drowning out what I'm choosing to listen to on my own radio (privately, of course), you don't want this on anything you're travelling in!

p.s. What's the difference between some little scumbag blaring their music out of their phone and the driver doing the same using the bus speakers? Because I can't think of one!

Cookie_Monster

they should play orchestral or classical on all form of transport. might keep the scumbags at bay.


In all seriousness though it could never work. The music would be awful, the volume would be all over the place, half the buses & trains wouldn't have it working. it would give scumbags something else to try and break.

JHMEG

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

they should play orchestral or classical on all form of transport. might keep the scumbags at bay.

Or Country & Western. Think I'd prefer the scumbags...

paulm17781

Buy a portable radio / ipod and some headphones. Last thing I want on public transport is to have music / radio forced on me.

I also despise taxi drivers putting the radio on. I find it another example of poor customer service.

Not

robbie_998 wrote: »

to get radios or music on the Luas, Dart and Dublin bus.

I recall being in Galway a while back and public transport there had radio being played through the intercom speakers.

Why can't we have this in Dublin ?

i mean taxi drivers have radios on while driving which i think is good and others talk to you which is good too.

i ask this question because on the Luas red line on the way back from town the driver had an mp3 player or something but all he was playing for the entire journey was backstreet boys.

What makes you think everyone wants to be subjected to this just because you do ? I really dont understand.

The same way I dont understand why every waiting area in the country needs to have a big widescreen TV inflicting Sky News on everyone, for Gods sakes it's miseries go round and round in a loop every 15 minutes and its not even Irish news :rolleyes:

Chuchoter

Doesn't everyone have an mp3 player by now? If you don't have one theres radio on most mobile phones. If you're not listening I assume you don't want to listen to anything.

rx8

And while you're listening to your mp3/ipod or whatever it is.....TURN THE DAMN VOLUME DOWN so I don't have to endure it while i'm driving the bus !!!:eek::eek:

xper

rx8 wrote: »

And while you're listening to your mp3/ipod or whatever it is.....TURN THE DAMN VOLUME DOWN so I don't have to endure it while i'm driving the bus !!!:eek::eek:

Driving? Try sitting beside it!
Even in the unlikely event that the music being played in question is to my taste, it's just a screechy noise when its coming from someone else's earbud or over-ear headphones. And if you are sitting beside it, it just can't be turned down low enough.

Please, people, if you want music while you travel, buy an MP3 player and buy a set of in-ear headphones to go with it so you keep it to yourself (it sounds much better anyway).

Now, on board wi-fi on the other hand ...

Run_to_da_hills

You could always just sing that tune.

BenShermin

OP you should move to Brussels, they have piped music in some of their Metro stations.

I also noticed that the scum bags on late evening Metros over there drink Chimay Blue and smoke Gauloises, much more classy than the Irish scum bag who drinks Dutch Gold and smokes JP Blues. It must have something to do with the fact that they play classical music at night:pac:.

BrianD

It's an unnecessary cost to the travelling public. BE coaches are probably the only operator will decent sound systems (as opposed to PA's) in their fleet so there is the cost of installing and maintaining the equipnt. Then theres the royalties that would have to paid on an annual basis.

Plus what station do the passengers agree on. Personaly I enjoy the silence or bring my headphones.

Mrs OBumble

robbie_998 wrote: »

I recall being in Galway a while back and public transport there had radio being played through the intercom speakers.

I spent a year catching a bus at 8:05am, for a trip that took about 15 minutes.

One of the day's lowlights was listening to the death notices, ending with a very nasal "Galway Bay FM sympathises with the family and friends of the deceased".

'Twas kinda depressing to start the day like that. Thankfully we didn't always have same driver.

SeanW

Personal Mp3 players etc FTW!

Conway635

Before the Xpresso buses in the 90s, there was an earlier trial in the 1970s on about 10% of the Dublin City Services (as it was then) fleet.

It was branded "MUSIC ON TOP" and the buses with it were identified by special stickers.

Special hour-long programmes of easy listening music, with adverts and DJ chat were recorded by RTE personalities, and played on the buses via a reel to reel system, which was located downstairs under one of the bench seats (but which only played upstairs). At the end of each hour there would be a 5 minute gap as the system automatically recued before playing again.

This lasted for about 6 months in 1977, before being scuppered by a dispute over performance fees from the people in RTE providing the voiceovers - they decided that instead of a single fee for recording each show/advert, they wanted a "per play" fee based on how many times each tape was repeated on each bus.

This was deemed impractical, the systems fell silent, and the equipment was later removed.

C635

Conway635

Enclosed pic of one of the "Music On Top" branded buses - on route 10 at Donnybrook around 1977.

C635

Zoney

Bus Éireann often have a random radio station on in the bus. To be honest, I don't mind it on short trips (city, commuter) but I would prefer they didn't have it on the expressway routes in that environment you'd generally want your own preference. For short trips where you mightn't bother with your own music it's handy enough to have that background noise and it screens out general chatter/noise.

dowlingm

More important for me would be buskers at railway stations. They would pay an annual permit fee which would be tied to performance rights fees and in return IE would get a pair of eyes on the platform. The permits would be allocated by public audition at a city centre festival or so on.

Sometimes it's nice having a bit of music when I'm going to the subway after a hard day. Broombridge would need an orchestra composed of bikers to make any difference to the skangers though! :eek:

Cookie_Monster

buskers at stations?
:eek:

but then I'd have to beat them all to death with their own annoying instruments :mad:

mikemac

There is a bus driver who does the Waterford to Dublin, Bus Eireann route.
Man is a legend, he makes his own tapes and when some lady asked him about these, he doesn't use ipods or mp3's, old skool :cool:
Must take ages to put together these tapes.

Plays his home made tapes on every trip, people talk to him and complement him

You want to get this bus OP

Cookie_Monster

BE buses still have tape decks :eek:

Terrontress

It makes me think of the suicidal priest in Fr Ted who finally starts thinking positively and then the bus driver on the way home puts on the radio which has Radiohead playing and that gets him depressed again.

foggy_lad

feelingstressed wrote: »

There is a bus driver who does the Waterford to Dublin, Bus Eireann route.
Man is a legend, he makes his own tapes and when some lady asked him about these, he doesn't use ipods or mp3's, old skool :cool:
Must take ages to put together these tapes.

Plays his home made tapes on every trip, people talk to him and complement him

You want to get this bus OP

think he was on the 73 bus a few weeks ago playing some "irish" music, great to hear the wolfe tones instead of the usual radio tripe!

Mimikyu

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Aard

I recently took the Aircoach, with the radio being played. After about 10 minutes of changing the stations, the driver decided that the Adrian Kennedy Phone-show would be best. T_T

Limerick Dude

Not wrote: »

What makes you think everyone wants to be subjected to this just because you do ? I really dont understand.

The same way I dont understand why every waiting area in the country needs to have a big widescreen TV inflicting Sky News on everyone, for Gods sakes it's miseries go round and round in a loop every 15 minutes and its not even Irish news :rolleyes:

1. Some people are actually interested in world affairs and not just Irish ones.

2. A 24 hour Irish news station does not exist.

3. I'd rather have Sky news on a 15 minute loop than watching Fair City re-runs whilst waiting for my train.

Cookie_Monster

Limerick Dude wrote: »

3. I'd rather have Sky news on a 15 minute loop than watching Fair City re-runs whilst waiting for my train.

god no. Tabloid new channel

BBC news 24h, much better

BenShermin

Limerick Dude wrote: »

2. A 24 hour Irish news station does not exist.

I'd like to see this played on IRISH station concourses:

http://www.rte.ie/player/#l=7

Irish Rail recently switched to a feed of RTÉ News Now on station concourses.

Back on topic, the 1976 edition of Reeling in The Years had a short piece on the CIÉ Music on Top service. Shows a clip inside a bus of Larry Gogan's voice welcoming passengers to the service.