Improve bus routes

lolo62

schemingbohemia wrote: »

lolo62 wrote: »

all my birthdays would come at once if one of the many bus routes that go through inchicore was extended out to Blackrock...after going through the city
Seems possible if getting one from Ballyfermot to Finglas is!
I live just on the edge of Ballyfermot and inchicore, teach in a school in Blackrock and have just decided to ditch the car due to comical petrol prices
Only problem is now I will have to get four buses a day for four hours work
Seems crazy when I live so close to the city

So let's change everything to suit you! :rolleyes:

Changing buses is routine the world over, how many other people do you think want to go from Ballyfermot/Inchicore to Blackrock?

you sound like one if my grandparents! Thanks for taking the time to patronise, you come off as really nice person,I hope I meet you on a bus some day...that'd be real fun!

Aard

lolo62 wrote: »

you sound like one if my grandparents! Thanks for taking the time to patronise, you come off as really nice person,I hope I meet you on a bus some day...that'd be real fun!

He has a point there, lolo62. Dublin Bus are moving away from their traditional point-to-point model. Yes, a lot of people manage to get by with just one bus journey, but it will become more and more common in the future that people will need to make a transfer.

For example, even to get to the opposite side of the city centre often requires a second bus (otherwise it'd entail a 25 minute walk). So for somewhere as relatively far-flung as Blackrock, it's highly unlikely that there will ever be several different cross-city corridors passing through there.

n97 mini

lolo62 wrote: »

Only problem is now I will have to get four buses a day for four hours work

Just be thankful it's not 4 buses for 8 hours work a day!

lolo62

Aard wrote: »

lolo62 wrote: »

you sound like one if my grandparents! Thanks for taking the time to patronise, you come off as really nice person,I hope I meet you on a bus some day...that'd be real fun!

He has a point there, lolo62. Dublin Bus are moving away from their traditional point-to-point model. Yes, a lot of people manage to get by with just one bus journey, but it will become more and more common in the future that people will need to make a transfer.

For example, even to get to the opposite side of the city centre often requires a second bus (otherwise it'd entail a 25 minute walk). So for somewhere as relatively far-flung as Blackrock, it's highly unlikely that there will ever be several different cross-city corridors passing through there.

Never said he didn't have a point just felt the tone of it was condescending, which is unnecessary

lolo62

n97 mini wrote: »

lolo62 wrote: »

Only problem is now I will have to get four buses a day for four hours work

Just be thankful it's not 4 buses for 8 hours work a day!

Id gladly do 8 hours if I could get them

LXFlyer

I trust you are not paying cash and are using at the very least a Travel 90 10 Journey ticket (which will mean each trip of 2 buses will only cost you €2.15)?

schemingbohemia

lolo62 wrote: »

Never said he didn't have a point just felt the tone of it was condescending, which is unnecessary

If I'd wanted to be properly condescending I'd have pointed out all the grammatical errors in your original post that made it difficult to understand!

I'd love to meet your grandparents they sound like rocks of sense.

lolo62

schemingbohemia wrote: »

lolo62 wrote: »

Never said he didn't have a point just felt the tone of it was condescending, which is unnecessary

If I'd wanted to be properly condescending I'd have pointed out all the grammatical errors in your original post that made it difficult to understand!

I'd love to meet your grandparents they sound like rocks of sense.

Wow you're really intelligent...pointing out grammatical errors on an internet forum, that's the stuff of genius. Someone get this poster their winners medal!

The Idyll Race

schemingbohemia wrote: »

If I'd wanted to be properly condescending I'd have pointed out all the grammatical errors in your original post that made it difficult to understand!

I'd love to meet your grandparents they sound like rocks of sense.

Can we have a thumbs down button?

CIE

Hmm, gotta do something to salvage the thread...

How about re-routing the 83 to operate via Bolton Street and North King Street instead of the quays? There has to be bus route overload on the quays already (at the risk of spurring the notion of bus overload on O'Connell Street).

I was toying with the idea of extending the 123 to serve Cherryfield Road, which hasn't seen direct bus service since the 54 was re-routed to Kilnamanagh and subsequently Castle Lawns. I suspect there may be NIMBYs living down that way nowadays though...even though there's a disused bus loop on Cherryfield Avenue and all...but it wouldn't be too far away from the current terminus.

Has there ever been a route that ran along Connaught Street in Phibsborough? When the 38/A/C used to run along Church Street, Constitution Hill, Broadstone and Phibsborough Road and all, I felt that they should have run along that road and Fassaugh Road (and possibly Quarry Road) instead of turning left at the North Circular Road to reach the New Cabra Road; due to the ban on right turns at Phibsborough Cross, city-bound buses had to run via Berkeley Road/Street, Mountjoy Street and Western Way to get to Broadstone and into town. I still think that having a bus route running from Connaught Street through to Nephin Road would be more useful than the piecemeal bus routing they have nowadays (route 120 via Dowth Avenue and Fassaugh Road to Carnlough Road, route 122 from Carnlough Road to Fassaugh Avenue and Nephin Road; and of course formerly the 121 on Quarry Road). JMHO of course.

Neewbie_noob

stehyl15 wrote: »

Hi guys lets be creative here and tell me some changes on dublin bus route you like to see in the future and here are some of the changes i would like to see.
Route 63 extend to enniskerry and not go via carrickmines retail or ballyoan Route 84 when it was merged with the late 45 it should have gone to merrion sq. and not Blackrock without going via cherrywood or bray dart station.
Route 46a go to the Airport like the late 746 would anyone use the aircoach then and make a route 46 going to the phoenix park.
What are your thoughts. Sorry for the blank space just I made an error

33 should go straight to town, (just like the 33x, both routes should be merged)

33a should go from Balbriggan to Airport and have a drop off service outside swords for people wishing to go to Swords.

To stop people from swords cloggin up OUR bus routes, as they have their own, the minimum fare when going from the airport to Balbriggan should be to Lusk.

cantthinkofausername1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/80452425#Comment_80452425

Some of the then-missing route numbers now exist (or will) via BusConnects now here's a full list of them

6: Talbot St to Howth

19: Parnell Sq to Dublin Airport (will be launched alongside E-Spine later this year)

52: Ringsend to Intel

60: Docklands to Red Cow Luas

74: Eden Quay to Dundrum

99: Parkgate St to Visitor Centre

Viscount Aggro

Are there any new routes going to start from Dundrum.... Are Go Ahead taking any new routes?

thomasj

The A2 and A4 routes will be taking over from the 14 and 16 in the area and both new routes will run to Dundrum. The A2 will go to the Airport but will no longer pass through Beaumont. And the A4 will go to Swords (bypassing Airport also not serving Beaumont ) both routes will run via rathmines on the southside and swords road on the Northside running every 12 minutes.

The Mathematician

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122484517#Comment_122484517

I would say that the 80 is the closest replacement for the 14. The A2 is similar to the current 16, while the A4 is a bit similar to the old 16A.

LXFlyer

Why in God’s name is a twelve year old thread (that was written before BusConnects ever became a thing) being resurrected???