F****n Dublin Bus!!!

jonny68

Dublin bus are pathetic,today i waited for 40 minutes and there was no bus,ok its a Sunday and buses arent as regular as weekdays but what infuriated me was (and this is utterly amazing) the fact that 7 yes SEVEN buses went by in the space of 15/20 minutes and they were ALL out of service,what is the fcukin story there?i ended up getting a taxi into town,id have walked in and back by the time id spent waiting for a bus. the stop is served by 3 buses on a Sunday the 39,37 and 70 and 40 minutes passed and not one appeared and as i said 7 buses went by and they were all out of service,i find that to be absolutely disgraceful and id be delighted to hear what Dublin bus have to say about it,no doubt they`ll come up with some good excuse,has anybody had a similar experience where a number of buses went by and they were all out of service? :mad:

Turner

Was it around a shift change, maybe the drivers were heading back to a garage to swap drivers etc ??

jonny68

Chief--- wrote:

Was it around a shift change, maybe the drivers were heading back to a garage to swap drivers etc ??

Even if it was for that amount of buses to go by in such a relatively short space of time cant be right..40 minutes goes by and theres still no bus so fcuk that i got a taxi,i wonder how long after i left were people waiting...

Victor_Meldrew

Are you in possession of a timetable? Did you look at the timetable before venturing out, or did you just head to the bus stop, presuming that a bus would turn up? The fact that seven buses passed you, 'Ás Seirbhís' is immaterial. What you haven't said, is whether or not there was actually a bus due at the time. If there was, and it didn't turn up, you have a valid complaint and should tomorrow contact Dublin Bus Customer Service @ 8734222. Better still, contact your area garage (Phibsboro) @ 7033462. You might also like to tell them that you had to shell out for a taxi.

chewy

i was lucky enough to get a bus at kilbarrack yesterday into town straight away on the 31 route but there was the more then usual fuming people waiting at bus stops having been waiting for 45 mins and having two full buses zoom by.. so timetables mean nothing, while the dart has been down it hasn't been too bad getting a bus at the coast except for me constantly leaving my houses walking to howth junctions then going... oh ****.. and trodding to the coast
ok so they may or may not have increased the buses along the coast on sat while the darts arn't running but you think they'd definitly increase it further once the xmas shopping frenzy gets underway...

and has everyone get an intelligent response to a complaint from dublin bus, one irate woman started giving out to the bus driver when he said there's one just behind when the previous driver of a full bus had said the same thing ... and the bus driver just said there nothing I can do about it, which he can't really at that moment, the women should try to be more calm but you don't get the impression he taking note of the the problem and relaying it to managment so they could respond to the smae problem next saturday...

jonny68

Victor_Meldrew wrote:

Are you in possession of a timetable? Did you look at the timetable before venturing out, or did you just head to the bus stop, presuming that a bus would turn up? The fact that seven buses passed you, 'Ás Seirbhís' is immaterial. What you haven't said, is whether or not there was actually a bus due at the time. If there was, and it didn't turn up, you have a valid complaint and should tomorrow contact Dublin Bus Customer Service @ 8734222. Better still, contact your area garage (Phibsboro) @ 7033462. You might also like to tell them that you had to shell out for a taxi.

No i wasnt in possesion of a timetable,i looked at the times on the stop itself and there seemed to be buses due but they didnt come whilst i was there,the stop is served by 3 buses on a Sunday (more on weekdays) so where the fcuk were they?is there any point in complaining to Dublin Bus?I rang them about 3 years ago when one time i waited over 50 minutes for a bus and their response was "these things happen from time to time" which i found pathetic so io dunno if ill bother my bollox if thats the sort of response im likely to get.....

Victor

What time and what stop?

Corruptedmorals

On Friday me and my friend waited two hours for a bus to come. There was at least 5 timetabled busses in that time, three passed by on the way to Maynooth only ONE arrived back..in the space of two hours! Oh yeah, it was the 66 bus. As well as that, there was no bench to wait on, but the bus stop across the road had.

honru

A week or two ago I waited in the freezing cold at around 6pm for a 7 bus, and in the space of around 45 minutes five or so "out of order" buses passed me. I was well pissed.

Coney Island

The most frustrating thing is that the more you wait for the bus stop and the higher are the chances that when the bus comes it will be full and you will probably not even be let in....I got crazy for years after an awful bus service in Dublin, fortunately I have got a car now! And moved away....

Corruptedmorals

I had to stand all the way to Liffey Valley, but it was fine after that. I got a bus home instantly on the way back from town though, that was great.

jonny68

Victor wrote:

What time and what stop?

I dunno around 2 to 2.40pm the stop was Manor St....

APM

on a positive side, the darts resume from next weekend (on the northside) for the month of decemeber i believe, so its not all bad

John R

f®eak s&#169 wrote: »

A week or two ago I waited in the freezing cold at around 6pm for a 7 bus, and in the space of around 45 minutes five or so "out of order" buses passed me. I was well pissed.

There are alot of out of service buses on many routes heading towards the garages from the suburbs from 6 to 7.30 in the evenings. It is to do with the split shift workings that have many of the drivers working both morning and evening peak services.

call_me_fish

John R wrote:

There are alot of out of service buses on many routes heading towards the garages from the suburbs from 6 to 7.30 in the evenings. It is to do with the split shift workings that have many of the drivers working both morning and evening peak services.

i guss the dublin bus sevices want us to take taxi instead of their bus
:rolleyes: government did not pay them or something ha ha ha ha ha!!

therecklessone

call_me_fish wrote:

i guss the dublin bus sevices want us to take taxi instead of their bus
:rolleyes: government did not pay them or something ha ha ha ha ha!!

No, I guess its called the end of their shift, and seeing as they're not being paid to work beyond their rostered hours why should they stop to pick up passangers?

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

jonny68

therecklessone wrote:

No, I guess its called the end of their shift, and seeing as they're not being paid to work beyond their rostered hours why should they stop to pick up passangers?

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I can understand that..but SEVEN fcuking buses..come now :eek:

highdef

If I were to miss the 19:05 32B from Abbey Park in Baldoyle to town on a Sunday evening, the next scheduled bus is 22:15. Over 3 hours between buses. Now that's a joke!

Dub13

ntl Technical wrote:

If I were to miss the 19:05 32B from Abbey Park in Baldoyle to town on a Sunday evening, the next scheduled bus is 22:15. Over 3 hours between buses. Now that's a joke!

But you have the Dart....!!!

ixoy

Dub13 wrote:

But you have the Dart....!!!

On a Sunday evening. There's no northside DARTs at weekends. But, I'm sure, Iarnoid Eireann would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause

Dub13

ixoy wrote:

On a Sunday evening. There's no northside DARTs at weekends. But, I'm sure, Iarnoid Eireann would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause

I forgot about that.... I live down in Grange Abbey,you should walk down and get the 29a

tk123

jonny68 wrote:

I can understand that..but SEVEN fcuking buses..come now :eek:

Johnny just WALK - you're closer to town than me and I walk - it's faster and healthier cos you're not breathing in peoples germs and you're not just sitting in traffic!

Jivin Turkey

ntl Technical wrote:

If I were to miss the 19:05 32B from Abbey Park in Baldoyle to town on a Sunday evening, the next scheduled bus is 22:15. Over 3 hours between buses. Now that's a joke!

According to the timetable there is also a bus at 1920.

http://www.dublinbus.ie/your_journey/viewer.asp?route=32b

And anyway, could you not just walk the 10 minutes and get a 32? They come regularly enough.

gazzer

Originally Posted by Victor
What time and what stop?



I dunno around 2 to 2.40pm the stop was Manor St....


I got the 38C from Mulhuddart yesterday (2.15) and was on the dual carraigeway for over an hour... it was because of the accident on the M50... i noticed on the Navan road that there was tons of people at the bus stops who were like yourself obviously waiting for the 37, 39 or 70....

Dublin bus can be really bad... i was wating for over 50 minutes last evening for a 38 home... when one eventually came at 6.30... it was packed... i was lucky to get it.

billy the squid

for someone not familiar with the dublin bus routs, I didnt have any problems waiting. you just have to know when the busses are due. for example. I knew that a bus (route 45) was due at 14.20 on a sunday from bray, so I made sure that I was at the bus stop at 14.20. simple really.

From the RDS I was able to get the number 8 bus which dropped me off at one of the quays. a little awkward, I would have preferred a westmoreland street terminus. but nonetheless I knew how to get to where I was going.

And what is it with that DART at the weekend. is it necessary to close the whole damn linf from pearse street street station onwards. had to walk from the city centre to pearse street following the line to the station and it didnt look like there was any work going on on that portion of the line.

LFCFan

There has been more than one occasion when we've had buses pass us with the 'Out of Service' sign up even though we are at start of the route and when it arrived it had it's proper sign up and it was at the correct time but when it dropped off it's last passengers the driver changed to 'Out of Service' and passed by us. When you're relying on this bus and then have to get an overpriced taxi it really makes the blood boil. I sent a complaint to Dublin Bus but never got a reply.

dabhal

The service is pretty bad.
The actual timetable isn't great in most places and even then I think most people would agree that the buses are rarely on time.
I have to wait on the 90 to hueston every day, Not the worst in the city but I've been badly caught a few times when the bus just didn't show and I had to hop in a cab across the road and then just barley make my train. Once I didn't GRRRRRRRRRAHHHHHHHHHH that was a fun night I can tell you.

The bus lanes need improvement, one that is actually the same lenght as the road its on would be nice.
Cyclists should be made give way to buses, I can't count the amount of times the bus has followed a push bike at 10mph all the way down a bus lane it's so annoying.

We need more routes and more regular buses.
It's no wonder theres gridlock. I am still happier to take my car when I can in Dublin City. It's clean, roomy and smells nice. And the driver is an angry old man.....well most of the time.

I would but money that people would leave the car behind if we had a cheap, efficient and clean alternative.

Dabhal

enterprise

Overall the bus service provided in Dublin is not that bad - saying that however there is exceptions.

A lot of the problems may not rest with the transport companies - but traffic congestion which can badly hinder and upset the timetables.

Price wise : Dublin Bus services are excellent value for money when comapred to operators in the UK which charge more and offer an even shodder service than Dublin Bus does at times.

Jivin Turkey

billy the squid wrote:

And what is it with that DART at the weekend. is it necessary to close the whole damn linf from pearse street street station onwards. had to walk from the city centre to pearse street following the line to the station and it didnt look like there was any work going on on that portion of the line.

Are you serious??? From the city centre to pearse street???? Oh my god!!!!! :rolleyes:

therecklessone

billy the squid wrote:

And what is it with that DART at the weekend. is it necessary to close the whole damn linf from pearse street street station onwards. had to walk from the city centre to pearse street following the line to the station and it didnt look like there was any work going on on that portion of the line.

There is work being done at the stations along the line to increase the length of the platforms allowing more carraiges on the trains, and increasing capacity as a result billy.

billy the squid

Jivin Turkey wrote:

Are you serious??? From the city centre to pearse street???? Oh my god!!!!! :rolleyes:

its a tedius walk when you have never done it before.

besides I never said it was like walking 8 miles, but it was an inconvenience that I could have done without.

It is easy for someone like you to be sarcastic when you probably have to navigate the southside of dublinevery day. I do not.