Dublin buses canceled?

scottie pippen

I just heard that the buses are canceled?

can anyone confirm this , since the Dublin bus site is down

I was literally on the DB site five minutes ago and apart from some curtailments, they are running as normal.

scottie pippen

Deleted User wrote: »

I was literally on the DB site five minutes ago and apart from some curtailments, they are running as normal.

thanks


all Im getting on their site
is

503 Service Unavailable



Resources to service this request are not available.


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Ficheall

I got CityLink from Galway up last night at 1:15 and GoBus back down at 7:15 this morning. The roads didn't seem that bad. I think the south-east of the country might be worse though..


oops - not Dublin Bus.. nevermind!

Yeh I'm getting the same message also but it was working fine up to very recently as I was checking the 45/a for a girl in work

edit:
back working now with some extra curtailments
http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/News-Centre/Travel-News/Weather-Disruptions

pdf added. Correct as of 13.45 according to the site

Jim

Managed to get onto the site there. As of 13:45 :

Routes Diversion
1 Operating as normal
2 Southbound, the Route is operating via the Strand Rd, Sydney Parade Ave to Merrion Rd. Operate back via Merrion Gates, Strand Rd to Irishtown. Unable to serve Sandymount Village or St John's Church..
3 Northbound, operating via nutley Lane, Merrion Gates, Strand Rd, to Irishtown to the City. Unable to serve Larkhill, operating on the Swords Road, terminating at Omni Shopping Centre. Southbound, the Route is operating via the Strand Rd, Sydney Parade Ave. Unable to serve Sandymount Village.
4
Terminating at Blackrock (Frascatti). Unable to serve Stradbrook Rd.

5 Operating as normal
7 Unable to serve Loughlinstown, operating to Cherrywood only. On the inbound journey, unable to serve Blackrock Village.
7a Unable to serve Mackintosh Park. Terminating at Rochestown Ave (The Graduate Pub).
7b Operating as normal
7d Operating as normal
8 Operating as normal
11/a Operating as normal
11b Operating as normal
13/a Operating on the main Ballymun Road only, unable to serve Balbutcher, Sillogue, Coultry, Shangan, terminating as normal in IKEA..
14 Operating as normal
14a Unable to serve Milltown Road/Dropping Well , operating on Route 14.
15 Operating as normal
15a Operating as normal
15b Terminating at Taylor's Lane
15e Operating as normal
15f Operating as normal
16 Operating as normal
16a Operating as normal
17 Operating as normal
17a Operating as normal
18 Terminating at RDS.
19 Unable to serve Tolka Estate.
19a Operating as normal
20b Terminating at Artane castle, unable to serve Maryfield Drive.
25 Operating as normal
25a Unable to serve Foxborough.
25b Unable to serve Foxborough.
25x Operating as normal
26 Operating as normal
27 Unable to serve the Loop through Darndale, operating on the Malahide Rd only.
27b Unable to serve Castletimon. operating via Dundaniel Rd/Killbarron Rd.
27x Operating as normal
29a Unable to serve St Annes Estate
31 Terminating at Howth Harbour, unable to serve Hill of Howth.
31b Terminating at Howth Harbour, unable to serve Hill of Howth.
32/b Operating as normal
32a
Operating as normal

32x Operating as normal
33 Operating as normal
33a Operating as normal
33b Terminating outside Portrane hospital, unable to access hospital grounds.
33d Operating as normal
33x Operating as normal
37 Unable to serve Skreen Road, Blackhorse Ave, operating on the current Route 39 routing.
38 Operating as normal
38a Operating as normal
39 Operating as normal
39a Operating as normal
40/a Unable to serve Finglas South, operating from N2 slip road and on to Mellowes Road.
40d Operating via Mellowes Road. Unable to serve Finglas South, the corporate park or Tyrellstown outbound, Tyrellstown OK inbound.
41 Operating as normal
41b Unable to serve Rolestown. Terminating in Swords Manor
41c Operating as normal
41x Operating as normal
42 Terminating at Sands Hotel, operating via Coast Rd only. Unable to serve Wendel Ave or Seamount.
42a/b Unable to serve Edenmore, Harmondstown or McAuley, operating via Malahide Rd, terminating at Darndale Roundabout.
43 Operating as normal
44 Terminating in Kilternan. Unble to serve Enniskerry or Ballyogan.
44b Terminating at Blue Church, Kilternan.
45 Terminating at Bray Station. Unable to serve Clonkeen Rd/Deans Grange Rd. Operating via N11 to Mount Merrion Ave.
45a Terminating at Bray Station. Unable to serve Killarney Lane.
46a Operating as normal
46e Operating as normal
47 Operating from Leopardstown roundabout only.
48a Operating as normal
49 Unable to serve Ballycullen, operating via Firhouse Rd and Firhouse Rd West.
49a Unable to serve Ballycullen, operating via Firhouse Rd and Firhouse Rd West.
50 Unable to serve Killinarden Estate, Mayberry Road or Kilnamanagh.
51 Operating as normal
51b
Unable to serve Bawnogue, operating via Nangor Rd. Unable to serve Woodford/Cherrywood, operating via Monastery Rd.

51c Unable to serve Woodford/Cherrywood, operating via Monastery Rd.
51d Operating as normal
51x Operating as normal
53 On North Quays only to/from The Point.
53a On North Quays only to/from The Point.
54a Unable to serve Fortfield Road, terminating at Marlfield Roundabout.
56/a Unable to serve Kingswood Heights. Operating via Ballymount Road, Embankment Road and Belgard Road, terminating outside The Square, Tallaght.
59 Terminating in Dalkey, operating between Dalkey and Dun Laoghaire only.
63 Unable to serve Kilternan, Ballyogan Estate or Glenamuck, terminating at Cornelscourt.
65 Terminating at Blessington
65b Unable to serve Killinarden Estate.
66 Operating as normal
66a Unable to serve Captains Hill, operating to Lousia Bridge.
66b Operating as normal
66x Operating as normal
67 Operating as normal
67x Operating as normal
68 Unable to serve Baldonnel.
69 Operating as normal
69x Operating as normal
70 Operating as normal
74 Unable to serve Stocking Avenue or Upper Ballycullen Road, operating via Lower Ballycullen Rd, Killinney Rd and terminating at Scholarstown Road.
74a Unable to serve Stocking Avenue, terminating at Scholarstown Road.
75 Terminating outside The Square, Tallaght.
76 Unable to serve New Rd, Clondalkin. Operating via Convent Rd/Fonthill Rd. Terminating outside The Square, Tallaght.
76a Unable to serve New Rd, Clondalkin. Operating via Convent Rd/Fonthill Rd.
76b Unable to serve New Rd, Clondalkin. Operating via Convent Rd/Fonthill Rd.
77 Operating as normal
77a Operating as normal
77x Operating as normal
78/a Unable to serve Neillstown and Fonthill Road. Operating from Power City to Liffey Valley. Unable to serve Bridge St, Thomas St & Killmainham
79/a Operating on Ballyfermot Road to Cherry Orchard Hospital only. Unable to serve Decies Rd.
83 Operating via Rathgar, Terenure Road West, KCR and Kimmage Road to Sundrive Road and then back on to normal routing.
84 Terminating at Bray Station.
84x Terminating at Southern Cross Rd, unable to serve Newcastle, Kilcoole or Greystones
90 Operating as normal
102 Operating as normal
104 Operating as normal
111 Operating as normal
114 Operating to Kilcross only.
116 Operating as normal
118 Operating as normal
120 Unable to serve Dowth Ave, operating via Carnlough Rd (Route 122).
121 Unable to serve QuarryRoad, operating via Carnlough Rd (Route 122). Unable to serve Francis St, operating via Patricks St.
122 Unable to serve Ashington, terminating on the Navan Rd at the Halfway House .
123 Unable to serve Marino, operating via Phillipsburgh Ave
128 Terminating at Clare Hall Rd (Donaghmede Roundabout), unable to serve Clongriffin. Terminating at Kellys Corner, unable to serve Palmerston Park and Rathmines.
130 Terminating at Clontarf Depot, unable to serve Castle Ave.
140 Operating as normal
142 Operating as normal
145 Terminating at Bray Station.
150 Unable to serve Rossmore, terminating at Wellington Roundabout.
151 Not serving East Rd, terminating at Docklands Rail Station.
161 Unable to serve Whitechurch, operate via Taylor's Lane
184 Cancelled
185 Cancelled.
210 Operating as normal
220 Unable to serve Finglas South.
236 Operating as normal
238 Unable to serve Tyrellstown.
239 Unable to serve Lucan Village, Operating via the bypass, M50.
270 Operating as normal
747 Operating as normal
748 Operating as normal

shrapnel222

that update is old though. it was done at 1345. seems like there is a lot of news around saying that all buses are cancelled until further notice but no word from dublin bus :-(

justsomebloke

the problem is that all information seems to be from 1.45 however it is only since then that buses have seemingly been pulled

Feckin stupid dublin bus site

Auvers

tried to call them and looks like their phone lines are down as well, anybody got anything concrete?

scottie pippen

Joe the Santa wrote: »

the problem is that all information seems to be from 1.45 however it is only since then that buses have seemingly been pulled

Feckin stupid Dublin bus site

yeah got a call to say that they re all pulled in, they couldn't make up the hill near fair-view (annesly bridge I think)

Riskymove

I got a call from someone saying their bus only went as far as Five Lamps heading northside, she is walking the rest of the way

so it seems there are stoppages

January

From LiveDrive on Twitter

Dublin bus have said they will run after peak times but cannot guarantee that they will get to your destination.

cute_cow

just been on the news that buses are cancelled

January

which news?

yep on twitter too now, buses cancelled.

xalot

98fm are reporting that all buses have been told to pull in until further notice

xalot

Luas details

Red Line

Passengers please be advised the Luas Red Line is running from The Point to Tallaght.
Connolly Stop is closed due to adverse weather conditions.
Green Line

The Green Line is operating from St. Stephen’s Green to Brides Glen.

January

http://www.newstalk.ie/news/dublin-bus-slashes-service-as-snow-continues/

MsDarcy

nooo I'm bored studying ..I wanna go home

Moonbeam

1506 Dublin Bus has advised that there is currently a limited service operating on all routes.

This is due to extreme weather and icy road conditions. This is being further worsened by traffic congestion and slow speeds across the city.

The company is making every effort to maintain a level of service but this is proving very difficult due to the worsening road conditions.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1201/weather_transport_updates_live.html

ScouseMouse

Just rang DB on an internal line.

Drivers have been told to pull in if they think its unsafe......

Ghost Train

Not all routes cancelled as far I can hear on Dublin Bus radio, they're asking drivers who feel safe moving to go ahead and try to complete their routes anyone who doesn't feel it's safe to stay where they are. They are not expecting conditions to improve much

theteal

MsDarcy wrote: »

nooo I'm bored studying ..I wanna go home

I will echo this sentiment at 17.30!

Feckin' eejit here trying to save the planet, leaves the car at home...










OK, Ok, I was trying to save on parking fees

LameWorldCup

Just had call from somebody leaving Sandyford Ind Estate-the 114 from Blackrock just went past in kilcross direction, and will hopefully be back in a few mins to bring folk to Blackrock and the sweet, sweet Dart!

Bit sensationalist to write 'THEY'RE CANCELED'!

MsDarcy

Haha .. I've given up on study along time ago and have spent the last hour looking for a credible source to relieve me of my boredom ..I've two buses to get and I dont want to risk getting caught in town. that or I'm just lazy haha

foxy06

Husband is a db driver out of Ringsend and they were all told to pull in at 2.00 but then told they could move off again at 2.45 so they are not all cancelled completely at them moment anyway.

RobbieTheRobber

foxy06 wrote: »

Husband is a db driver out of Ringsend and they were all told to pull in at 2.00 but then told they could move off again at 2.45 so they are not all cancelled completely at them moment anyway.

My bus operates out of ringsend, tell your husband to keep my bus running until i get home Im going now.

foxy06

Ill get him to turn the heating on and all for ya

January

Have a look at the website now:

http://www.dublinbus.ie/

Gillo

Working on Henry St, the security guard next door called around to them and yeah it's all gone, the crap thing is none of the companies on the street seems to be making a decision to close.

Anyone up for hot whiskeys and deal with getting home at closing time??

January

Service Update: 15.30hours

Service Disruptions due to adverse weather conditions.

Wednesday 1st December 2010

Valid Dublin Bus tickets may be used on Irish Rail services.

Dublin Bus wish to advise that there is currently a limited bus service operating. This is due to extreme weather and icy road conditions. This is being further worsened by traffic ongestion and slow speeds across the city.

Dublin Bus is making every effort to maintain a level of services but this is proving very difficult due to the worsening road conditions.

A very limited service currently operating on Routes 7, 13, 15, 16, 19(northside Only) 20, 27, 31, 40, 41, 45, 46a, 65, 65b, 77, 102, 128, 140, 145, 150,

A very limited level of service operating to Tallaght, Ballyfermot, Howth, Malahide, Ballymun, Finglas,

No services currently on the Lucan Road, Blanchardstown, Ranelagh, Ballycullen.

Further updates to follow from Dublin Bus once information becomes available.

From the Dublin Bus website

Gillo

Got out of work early, in TP Smyths and trying to figure out how to get to the far side of Blanchardstown. It's unbelievably busy seems there's a lot if people trying to sort things from the warmth if a pub.

Loving the hot whiskey by the way!

scottie pippen

I left work on baggot street at 3.05 with the intentions of walking to coolock,

I got as far as connely by 3.35, was lucky enough to get a 27.
just arrived home now. not too bad I suppose.

mrsdewinter

Dublin Bus website was a mess before today. Twice this week, I checked the site before leaving the house and found the bus service completely contradicted the information issued.
Seems to be a real disconnect between what HQ rules and what is transmitted to the drivers...

Gillo

Not sure how quickly it's updated, but even accessing the site today was tricky.
How's everyone else coping?

Saaron

Was in town trying to get home from college, the Guards said all buses were cancelled.

Only saw one bus go by and after that all were out of service.

So I walked home

jenizzle

I was prepared for the battle back home after work, but a 7 pulled up just as I was walking to the bus stop. T'was travelling quite slow but got me to the far side of Blackrock without any bother!

Mimikyu

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omg a kitty

http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Severe-Weather-Disruptions/

all last buses will be at 8 o clock

Sad Professor

From what I can see most buses aren't operating at all. But those that are will continue to operate until 8pm.

trevorku

What about the people who cannot get home tonight? Fare enough the buses cannot go on the icey roads, but imagine some people stuck in the city, especially those from commuter towns, and they cant get home, no money, nowhere to stay? Will people be sleeping in the bus shelters or what?

Dj Stiggie

trevorku wrote: »

What about the people who cannot get home tonight? Fare enough the buses cannot go on the icey roads, but imagine some people stuck in the city, especially those from commuter towns, and they cant get home, no money, nowhere to stay? Will people be sleeping in the bus shelters or what?

Trains and Luas are still running. Other than that, taxis or I suppose you'd have to stay in town

foxy06

Dublin Bus driver hubby has been waiting on the quays for a bus to drive since 6.00. Basically any buses that are out are struggling and since they are finishing at 8 a lot of people will be waiting on buses that won't come. The journeys are taking 10 times longer than usual to complete.

Nevyn

Gillo wrote: »

Not sure how quickly it's updated, but even accessing the site today was tricky.
How's everyone else coping?

The train is your best bet they are still running, get to connelly before it shuts again and get to clonsilla.

AlekSmart

Just rang DB on an internal line.

Drivers have been told to pull in if they think its unsafe......

Interesting afternoon indeed Superscouse.....almost total collapse of communication system following a lightning strike on the Three Rock Mountain radio mast.

This was compounded by the overall situation in the City Centre which essentially was a collapse of whatever Roads and Traffic systems were there.

Parnell Square was effectively blocked from 1400 to 1800 by a succession of buses unable to get traction on the uphill gradient.
One driver got stranded broadside at the Granby Row end and set in motion a chain reaction which fed back as far as Christchurch.

It was a carbon copy of the events of earlier this year in the exact same location which if nothing proves our rather spectacular reluctance to learn from past mistakes.

Provision of a plastic container of salt at this and other strategic locations would have allowed the initial problem to be dealt with speedily,but twas not to be.

What is of greater importance is the complete collapse in communication between Head Office and the Front Line.

Controllers advising drivers that they had to exercise their discretion as to whether to operate or not is most assuredly NOT a sign of a Company which has confidence in it`s own systems.

The absolute worst element is the non-availibility of definite information.
Putting a large sign in the Head Office window advising the public of a Suspension of Service would at least have allowed people to make alternative arrangements.

Instead,people were fed ambiguous and even quite obviously incorrect information in some misbegotten attempt to prove to the National Transport Authority that everything is great,boss,just great ...no problems at all...well there surely were problems today and great BIG ones too,but very few of them within Dublin Bus`s remit to solve.

It should also be noted that in those four hours only two Gardai arrived towards the end of the situation to cast a withering gaze over the chaos and ask a private coach driver why he had "Parked" his coach skewways ....that was one mighty lucky Garda that did`nt find himself flat on his ass with his cap in his gob!!!!! :mad:

At 1720,the City Council put in an appearance with a Gritter which did much to get the place untangled,but by then it was far too little,far too late.

I did hear however that the Government Emergency Committee managed to get themselves into gear this evening to discuss how well the emergency response plan was going.....I suspect we will see a expert review group set up to expertly review stuff.

Something is wrong here,very wrong.

I fully accept that these weather conditions are harsh,although well and accurately predicted for over a week now.

I am sick of hearing of the 55,000 tonnes of treatment stockpiled,but yet I have the very strong suspicion that Local authorities are reluctant to pay the overtime rates to get staff out early and late and as a result the gritting is being carried out in the thick of traffic by only a few good men !

Dublin Bus`s and Dublin City`s situation rather reflected the state of the country in general...Nobody Willing to Take a Decision....plenty of executives,but all very busy at other stuff.

I`m happy enough that I did my best,as did most of my colleagues today,however there has to be a cut-off point at which the risk outweighs the benefit of continued operation without the support systems in place and that point arrived this afternoon.

Kensington

It was an almighty mess up by both Dublin Bus management and Dublin City council today.

I wouldn't for a second blame a driver for refusing to drive a bus in those conditions. The driver on the 150 at lunchtime today was doing his level best to keep the bus under control but it was drifting and sliding around every turn. It was as unsafe for passengers on the bus as it was for him.

But this thing of conflicting information is crazy. The website said minor disruption to routes (in between site downtime), RTÉ said a minimal service, one bus driver was under the impression they were done for the day, an inspector insisted there were only curtailment to services. How are you supposed to make arrangements when you don't know what the situation is!

Someone needed to weigh up the situation and make a call - to continue with service, albeit with curtailments, or call an all out stoppage. At least with an all out stoppage, people can plan to make alternative arrangements, instead of going in vain to a bus stop in the belief their bus will probably show up, or might show up, when in actual fact it wouldn't as the route was stopped. Feeding conflicting or vague information like this does nothing only piss members of the public off no-end and I imagine that unfortunately it's the drivers themselves that bear the brunt of this dissatisfaction.

As for DCC, there's absolutely no point in sending a gritter and salt truck crew out to try and relieve a blockage in rush hour traffic. They need to be out gritting at lunchtime, clearing the roads in preparation for the evening rush. Shut streets to clear them if you have to. Situations like today need proactive planning, not reactive action.

AlekSmart

Situations like today need proactive planning, not reactive action.

+1 Kensington.

However I`m convinced that we are not being given the full story behind this scenario.

The absence of support services throughout the Dublin Region is blatantly obvious.

There are issues surrounding the area of Working Time Directives (Anti-Productive Nonsense in the main) and Health & Safety laws (again of dubious benefit) but for a Capital City to comprehensively collapse for the second time in 12 months is entering Oscar Wilde territory.

When will any of the senior administrators have the decency to tell the full truth and be done with it.

Ah well..back up at 0500 to see what it like then

honru

The situation this afternoon/evening was so ambiguous. I feel in such scenarios they should switch buses to a Sunday timetable, since most routes on Sundays are limited anyway.

robbie_998

walked home from work today as a result... finished at about 8 ish

heads up to anyone that liffey valley shopping centre was meant to be open til 9 tonight was empty.

shops began closing around 6 and 7 because everyone was worried about getting home

only dunnes and vue remained open.

dunno whats happening tomorrow

Corruptedmorals

robbie_998 wrote: »

only dunnes and vue remained open.

What a surprise..stayed open in town too, the one I used to work in and the other 2. They were very busy and Dunnes wouldn't close unless it was dead. Lifey Valley though, that's quite the walk home!

I got the impression when I left my house from the db website that everything was fine! Stranded again, ended up walking to my sister's in ringsend. So frustrating.

Fortune_Cookie

f®eak s©enery wrote: »

The situation this afternoon/evening was so ambiguous. I feel in such scenarios they should switch buses to a Sunday timetable, since most routes on Sundays are limited anyway.

Early this morning, a 78A driver actually told me they were running a Sunday service today. There was no mention of that at all on the Dublin Bus website today!