Nitelink to be stopped after february

rich1874

My uncle is an inspector with dublin bus and he recently told me that after february there'll be no more nitlelink buses on any routes. He said the cost of fuel and wages plus the added hassle with drunken people has led them to this decision. I personally get the 67N after nights out in town and it's always packed so i can't imagine how they aren't making money on that particular route. As for worrying about dealing with drunken people that just strikes me as sheer unwillingness to provide a service to genuine people on the basis of a few bad experiences. I haven't found any confirmation of this on the web but he was pretty vehement that there will be no more nitelinks from march onwards!

Caoimhín

Boo hoo.

I live on a mountain in Leitrim, the only "nitelink" i have is a commandeered donkey.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

What if ya need to score some drugs on the other side of de city and you can't get a taxi to stop cos yis are with Anto and he looks like a scumbag?

garv123

the Uni/castletroy bus to and from the city in limerick isnt running after 9 o clock anymore from now on because of hassle with drunk people and lack of people on it.
if you arrive to the station later than 9 now it means its an extra 10er for a taxi out to your accommodation.

messymess

Caoimhín wrote: »

Boo hoo.

I live on a mountain in Leitrim, the only "nitelink" i have is a commandeered donkey.

Save us the sob story, sure all you guys drive home plastered anyways!

squod

rich1874 wrote: »

i can't imagine how they aren't making money on that particular route.

I can't imagine CIE ever making a bob. I think it needed €80m last year to keep going.

Latchy

Santana Loud Owl wrote: »

What if ya need to score some drugs on the other side of de city and you can't get a taxi to stop cos yis are with Anto and he looks like a scumbag?

You could always try get a squat near your dealer of choice ? .

revz

Surely this is an opportunity for a private company willing to put up with the drunken people to do it? As you said it's making money
I've always wondered why nightclubs/bus companies aren't doing this, the Wright venue in swords does it to certain places, 5er a head.
Surely a lot could be made from this sort of thing, for example buses at set times to/from college accommodations to nightclubs.

kirving

The NiteLink is great, I have 2 that pass near me.

I've never experience any trouble whatsoever on one. It's usually people on their own, who can't justiy a taxi.

messymess

messymess wrote: »

Save us the sob story, sure all you guys drive home plastered anyways!

Not the near queue.

FAR QUEUE!

IvySlayer

Whaaaaaaaat?

stovelid

The Nitelink is a rip off anyway. There should just be a half-hourly or even hourly night-service like a normal capital city.

IvySlayer

stovelid wrote: »

The Nitelink is a rip off anyway. There should just be a half-hourly or even hourly night-service like a normal capital city.

Still cheaper than a taxi.

orourkeda

Taxi Drivers. Get your cars ready. You may actually have some work to do.

El Horseboxo

IvySlayer wrote: »

Still cheaper than a taxi.

Yeah. If you're going home alone.

orourkeda

stovelid wrote: »

The Nitelink is a rip off anyway. There should just be a half-hourly or even hourly night-service like a normal capital city.

Whats a "normal capital city"?

mikemac

Taxi drivers will be pleased

reddevilfan

feelingstressed wrote: »

Taxi drivers will be pleased

I can see this service been privatised..... it wont make sense to shut if off completely

Chuchoter

This won't happen. They can't close town at 11 on a Saturday. Thats madness.

Dravokivich

squod wrote: »

I can't imagine CIE ever making a bob. I think it needed €80m last year to keep going.

It's been operating at a loss for a very long time.

OP,

In regards to 67N, they aren't judging just 1 route if they are going to pull the Nitelink service based on that. it will be overall performance of the service.

TBH, it think it's nuts, because in big cities in other countries, they've got some form of public transport running 24 / 7.

stovelid

orourkeda wrote: »

Whats a "normal capital city"?

Not Cork.

Corruptedmorals

If this goes ahead I'll be raging. I live in Leixlip and my taxi costs €30, 6 times the Nitelink fare. I go out with people who live nowere near me. Brilliant news, bad enough they only run two days a week, and they already pulled the last one. I've been getting the 66N for 5 years, usually the 4 or old half 4 one, no trouble worth writing about. The, 67N, 33N, 46N, 39N, 7N and 77N should be kept going. A few others could be combined and the 66N/67N could be like they used to do midweek, also acting as a 25N.

Caoimhín

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

If this goes ahead I'll be raging. I live in Leixlip and my taxi costs €30, 6 times the Nitelink fare. I go out with people who live nowere near me. Brilliant news, bad enough they only run two days a week, and they already pulled the last one. I've been getting the 66N for 5 years, usually the 4 or old half 4 one, no trouble worth writing about. The 66N, 67N, 25N, 33N, 46N, 39N, 7N and 77N should be kept going. A few others could be combined and the 66N/67N could be like they used to do midweek.

The monsters.

Corruptedmorals

Caoimhín wrote: »

The monsters.

I'm sure your mountain is within walking distance!

skywalker_208

Boohoo thats just shocking....
And belongs in the Dublin forum not AH....

Latchy

Dravokivich wrote: »

TBH, it think it's nuts, because in big cities in other countries, they've got some form of public transport running 24 / 7.

Indeed and vital for people who have to work into the early hrs to .

Caoimhín wrote: »

The monsters.

LoL's

kenmc

orourkeda wrote: »

Whats a "normal capital city"?

stovelid wrote: »

Not Cork.

And certainly not Dublin either Stupid bloody public transport closing down just cos it gets a bit dark. Barcelona, for example, not even a capital city, has 24 hour metros every saturday night, and around public holidays e.g. new years eve etc. you know, like when people might like to go out a bit later than usual.

Amsterdam has night busses every day of the week

Our fcukin trams don't even meet in the middle

Larianne

feelingstressed wrote: »

Taxi drivers will be pleased

Pubs/clubs won't be.

There's no way I'd be going into town as much if there is no nitelink. 25-30 euro on a taxi home instead of 5, not gonna happen.

WindSock

Ahh that's a shame. It is my only chance to interact with real people. And by real people, I mean drunks. And by interact I mean sit and stare out of the window for the whole journey and hope they don't try and talk to me.

Tar.Aldarion

squod wrote: »

I can't imagine CIE ever making a bob. I think it needed €80m last year to keep going.

perhaps if they changed the terms and conditions on the ticket so that they could spend the extra money people spend on tickets and never collect, it might help out.

punchdrunk

no more looking down tops from the top deck outside 21's...jesus wept!

chucken1

skywalker_208 wrote: »

Boohoo thats just shocking....
And belongs in the Dublin forum not AH....

But dont you know everyone lives in Dublin!? :P

But seriously..dont you love the way they talk in numbers..the 67b,54r and the 44dd bus-train-luas??!

We have "the bus" once a day! :eek:

Latchy

punchdrunk wrote: »

no more looking down tops from the top deck outside 21's...jesus wept!

jaziz no ..how bad can it get

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

perhaps if they changed the terms and conditions on the ticket so that they could spend the extra money people spend on tickets and never collect, it might help out.

Or if at least all that loose change is going to a charity then so be it .

gurramok

So this a boom to the taxi drivers. Feck sake it still costs a fortune to have a night out in Dublin. :mad:

Tchaikovsky

kenmc wrote: »

Barcelona, for example, not even a capital city, has 24 hour metros every saturday night, and around public holidays e.g. new years eve etc. you know, like when people might like to go out a bit later than usual.

One of the benifits of living under a fascist dictatorship for 36 years.

Bottle_of_Smoke

kenmc wrote: »

And certainly not Dublin either Stupid bloody public transport closing down just cos it gets a bit dark. Barcelona, for example, not even a capital city, has 24 hour metros every saturday night, and around public holidays e.g. new years eve etc. you know, like when people might like to go out a bit later than usual.

Amsterdam has night busses every day of the week

Our fcukin trams don't even meet in the middle

dublin metropoltan area 1.6million people

barcelona metropolitan area 5 million people

Yakult

Why dont they just run the Luas 24/7?

WindSock

Yakult wrote: »

Why dont they just run the Luas 24/7?

Oh damn you, I want a Yakult now.

Tchaikovsky

Yakult wrote: »

Why dont they just run the Luas 24/7?

It doesn't serve all the destinations catered for by the bus service.

I hope a private company comes in and runs every night. I had to quit my job in the city centre when they got rid of the midweek service :mad:.
Then Dublin Bus will come in and saturate said routes.. as they always do!

jetsonx

Tchaikovsky wrote: »

Then Dublin Bus will come in and saturate said routes.. as they always do!

Yeah, its amazing how efficient state run bus companies become when there is the whiff of competition. Dublin Bus only never took their Dublin Airport routes seriously until Aircoach came along.

Hurricane-Dean

Not a chance I will be paying €20-€30 maybe more depending how many are out in a taxi instead of €5 on the bus! Bastads!

thee glitz

Dravokivich wrote: »

It's been operating at a loss for a very long time.

Dublin Bus is the only profitable part of CIE. I can't see how they're not making
money on Nitelinks. I get the 66n/67n occasionally and they're usually busy
and not much trouble. Anyways, db is a public service organisation. Continuing
loss making routes may be desirable.

Also, op or uncle probably heard incorrectly.

macquarie

The VFI and their politician buddies will never allow this to happen.

plein de force

maybe they're talking about this kind of trouble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dRQr9DFDqU

rich1874

thee glitz wrote: »

Dublin Bus is the only profitable part of CIE. I can't see how they're not making
money on Nitelinks. I get the 66n/67n occasionally and they're usually busy
and not much trouble. Anyways, db is a public service organisation. Continuing
loss making routes may be desirable.

Also, op or uncle probably heard incorrectly.

I certainly hope one of us has heard wrong, but given that he is the controller on westmoreland street Nitelinks I hardly think he's picked it up wrong. And i did question him pretty rigoruously. But we live in hope!

littlehedgehog

*shrugs* same as many people, I just won't be going out in town then!
Also, last bus is going to be MENTAL now

CrazyBiscuit

The pubs/clubs in the city centre will not be happy.

I wont be happy either.

starviewadams

Meh,I've been walking from town up to Rialto most week nights I'm out to get a cheaper taxi home anyways,my nitelink is usually full of scumbags so I dont particularly like using it.

mikemac

macquarie wrote: »

The VFI and their politician buddies will never allow this to happen.

The VFI have nothing to do with Dublin

You're thinking of the LVA

ceadaoin.

This isn't a surprise, Dublin is backwards when it comes to public transport. Is it really so hard to construct a tram system that actually connects the 2 lines ffs

Most other capital cities have some form of 24 hr public transport, 7 days a week. Good news for taxi drivers anyway

Cool Mo D

thee glitz wrote: »

Dublin Bus is the only profitable part of CIE. I can't see how they're not making
money on Nitelinks. I get the 66n/67n occasionally and they're usually busy
and not much trouble. Anyways, db is a public service organisation. Continuing
loss making routes may be desirable.

Also, op or uncle probably heard incorrectly.

Dublin bus is not profitable, and never has been.