Derry-Dublin Bus Shakeup

munchkin_utd

Very strange,
From next sunday for 2 months the service from Derry to Dublin (via Airport) is reduced from 11 to 5 services Daily.

Then, it goes back up to 10 services each way daily, with 2 of the services each way direct non stop, taking a mere 2h50min, or 2h30min between airport and Derry!!

(And in the meantime, in a parallel universe, the regulators won't allow any express services on the Dublin to Cavan route down the M3 AT ALL meaning on a Friday evening a similar travel time as it takes to get to DERRY!)

EDIT:
Heres the new timetable FROM next Sunday onwards, incl the change again in April
http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1297440887-33.pdf

Heres the timetable at the moment, till next Saturday
http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1282302140-33.pdf

irish_goat

This has completely ****ed up my weekend work plans now. Unless they start running double decker buses on the Friday and Sunday services there's no way these are gonna work.

mgmt

munchkin_utd wrote: »

(And in the meantime, in a parallel universe, the regulators won't allow any express services on the Dublin to Cavan route down the M3 AT ALL meaning on a Friday evening a similar travel time as it takes to get to DERRY!)

I've said this before but, BE is not allowed on the M3 until a private operator establishes a business on it first. Licences have been given to private operators already but obviously have not started yet.

dowlingm

Maybe GoBus will apply - then it magically becomes "associated" with BE per the recent announcement...