Citylink's bus stop/shelter?

limboy

Hello,

I booked a trip to Cork from Limerick with Citylink. There website says the stop is at Upper Mallow Street, but I don't see any Citylink stop on that street. (I don't know Limerick very well)

Are they using Bus Éireann's stop maybe or did I miss something?

Thanks!

phog

limboy wrote: »

Hello,

I booked a trip to Cork from Limerick with Citylink. There website says the stop is at Upper Mallow Street, but I don't see any Citylink stop on that street. (I don't know Limerick very well)

Are they using Bus Éireann's stop maybe or did I miss something?

Thanks!

They stop opposite the entrance to the Park on Upr Mallow St.

Feardorca

limboy wrote: »

Hello,

I booked a trip to Cork from Limerick with Citylink. There website says the stop is at Upper Mallow Street, but I don't see any Citylink stop on that street. (I don't know Limerick very well)

Are they using Bus Éireann's stop maybe or did I miss something?

Thanks!

The stop is in Mallow St. It's accross the street from the park railings about a 150 yards from the Train station end. I think it's a Bus Eireann bus stop. I missed the Cork bus before Christmas as I was standing at the Station end right by the railings. Hope that helps. Citylink is a great user friendly bus service.

limboy

You mean the entrance one can see from the train station? Thanks

I wonder how much a Citylink sticker on the Bus Éireann pole would cost; to make things just a little easier...

phog

limboy wrote: »

You mean the entrance one can see from the train station? Thanks

I wonder how much a Citylink sticker on the Bus Éireann pole would cost; to make things just a little easier...

No, the entrance is on the coner of Upr Mallow St and Pery Sq.

Have a look here

limboy

Isn't that the stop for people coming from Cork. I need to go to Cork. I found this stop at the other entrance (train station).

limboy

Sorry to hear that. On another forum I read someone was waiting opposite of the FAS building, so exactly where you waited before Christmas.

So after I get on the bus, we actually drive towards the station, although Cork is in the opposite direction, towards the Shannon Bridge? Seems weird.

phog

limboy wrote: »

Isn't that the stop for people coming from Cork. I need to go to Cork. I found this stop at the other entrance (train station).

Apologies, I should have read the post properly, I thought is the Cork to Limerick bus you were meeting.

limboy

phog wrote: »

Apologies, I should have read the post properly, I thought is the Cork to Limerick bus you were meeting.

No apologies needed, you were right in your first post and Feardorca too. Just went to the stop to see which way the 12.00 bus to Cork would go. It stops, as you said, opposite the main entrance to the park. The other stop, which can be seen from the train station, is for Galway.

I wonder how many non-Limerick people have missed their bus just because Citylink is too lazy to provide information at the stop (or Bus Éireann doesn't let them)...

allimac

Feardorca wrote: »

Hope that helps. Citylink is a great user friendly bus service.

User friendly???.Not when you have to guess where the bus stop is.

Mars Bar

Feardorca wrote: »

Citylink is a great user friendly bus service.

I doubt the guy who queued for the Galway bus instead of the Cork bus and showed his ticket to the driver who didn't pay much attention to the ticket and had to get off 5 minutes on the Galway side of Limerick is impressed!

I felt sorry for the guy.

I do like City Link though, I usually have no problem with them.

Amazotheamazing

Has the new bus station been built yet? And if not, will City Link have bays in it?

Bizarre situation that City Link don't have proper stops.

Butlerowski

The transport laws in this country are archaic, some are older than the state itself. Citylink abandoned Ennis because they could not get authorisation to stop at a reasonable location for the route to run smoothly. All the government authorities, departments and companies are in effect one big nasty machine when it comes to competition. If a private bus company want to change their route or bus stop by a few hundred metres it is a lengthy process in some instances going on for years. Citylink(or anyone else) may not be authorised to label a bus stop or have their own. In Limerick Citylink can not have a sheltered bus stop because somebody in Bus Éireann knows a Garda who knows somebody else with the power to refuse them permission. This is the same problem as the political system and the country as a whole and an example of our biggest obstacles to progress. We need a serious shake up of the transport industry in Ireland, all operators should be able to pick up & drop off at Public Bus Stations. Licences should be much easier to obtain and we need the minibus to be more prevalent on quieter routes so that there can be frequent and efficient reliable sevices.

phog

Butlerowski wrote: »

The transport laws in this country are archaic, some are older than the state itself. Citylink abandoned Ennis because they could not get authorisation to stop at a reasonable location for the route to run smoothly. All the government authorities, departments and companies are in effect one big nasty machine when it comes to competition. If a private bus company want to change their route or bus stop by a few hundred metres it is a lengthy process in some instances going on for years. Citylink(or anyone else) may not be authorised to label a bus stop or have their own. In Limerick Citylink can not have a sheltered bus stop because somebody in Bus Éireann knows a Garda who knows somebody else with the power to refuse them permission. This is the same problem as the political system and the country as a whole and an example of our biggest obstacles to progress. We need a serious shake up of the transport industry in Ireland, all operators should be able to pick up & drop off at Public Bus Stations. Licences should be much easier to obtain and we need the minibus to be more prevalent on quieter routes so that there can be frequent and efficient reliable sevices.

I have no idea how true this is but if it is how difficult is it for Citylink to use googlemaps to mark their bus stops.

limboy

phog wrote: »

I have no idea how true this is but if it is how difficult is it for Citylink to use googlemaps to mark their bus stops.

Totally agree with that. Anyway, I took the bus to Cork, leaving from opposite the main entrance to the park (Perry Square).

Mc Love

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

Has the new bus station been built yet? And if not, will City Link have bays in it?

Bizarre situation that City Link don't have proper stops.

I dont think it will be built for many a year - open to correction though

Mars Bar

The reason many people use City Link is for the fact it doesn't stop in Ennis. That probably worked out better for them!

Mc Love

A lot of people use kavanaghs as well - they operate a good service

Butlerowski

phog wrote: »

I have no idea how true this is but if it is how difficult is it for Citylink to use googlemaps to mark their bus stops.

That is very true, or even a photograph on the website aswell.

Butlerowski

Mc Love wrote: »

A lot of people use kavanaghs as well - they operate a good service

Depends where you are going though. They'd be welcome more places.