Ghost buses

Victor

No, not The Ghost Bus. http://www.dublinsightseeing.ie/ghostbus/index.aspx

I'm wondering are there buses in service that aren't included in public timetables, e.g. Bus Éireann route 113 isn't listed here: http://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=247

I'm aware that sometimes two buses depart at the same time on the same route (now subject to licence restrictions).

corktina

i would have thought it quite normal to have unadvertised extras at peak times.

LXFlyer

Never heard of route 113 Victor?

Victor

lxflyer wrote: »

Never heard of route 113 Victor?

I'm not a bus nerd, I just work here.

LXFlyer

No I mean I've never heard of it!!!

Where did you see it? Where does it go?

Even looking at old timetables I can't find it.

The only thing I can think it could be is renumbering the two services in the 111 timetable that extend from Athboy to Delvin on the bus displays in a different manner to the rest of the timetable so that people know that it is different.

There are a few minor renumberings of route variants, which don't show as such in the timetable (despite the departures being there), such as the 123B via Robertstown, and the 126A also, a variant of the 126.

Victor

It seems to only be included on the route 20 timetable. http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1314893562-20.pdf

It goes from Athlone to Dublin, which would be somewhat consistent with the numbering.

lxflyer wrote: »

No I mean I've never heard of it!!!

Ah, you included a question mark.

LXFlyer

Ah ok - it may boil down to licensing.

It's probably included in the 20 timetable for completeness.

starviewadams

Empty Dublin Bus with 51*(can never make out the suffix!) passes by my house on weekday mornings at about 5am or so,all the internal lights are on but I've never seen passengers on it.

No 51's have ever come near my estate (Near Newlands Cross) so always wondered what was the story with it.

The only 51's listed on DB site are the 51D and 51X.

LXFlyer

It's what is known officially as a "ghost bus" - basically DB operate several services that operate along amalgamated routings to bring drivers into work into the garages. While some are not official departures, they can sometimes carry passengers also. Others are shown in the timetables.

That service on the 51 starts at Neilstown, and operates via Bawnogue and Clondalkin to Conyngham Road and then on to O'Connell Bridge.

January

I think there's a ghost 39 too, there was a thread here about it recently... I'll see if I can dig it up.

ETA: Seems that it's actually a timetabled service!

Stobart

starviewadams wrote: »

Empty Dublin Bus with 51*(can never make out the suffix!) passes by my house on weekday mornings at about 5am or so,all the internal lights are on but I've never seen passengers on it.

No 51's have ever come near my estate (Near Newlands Cross) so always wondered what was the story with it.

The only 51's listed on DB site are the 51D and 51X.

One passes me every morning at 6am at cherrywood junction with nangor road. Its not listed anywhere i've seen yet it picks up passengers at a few stops near me. The problem with it is that it now displays mostly 13 or sometimes 13c or other random numbers since the 51b/c finished, was always 51d up to this, no big deal you would imagine but it actually hits that junction at the exact same time as the real 13 so then you have two 13's one behind the other going around deansrath/bawnouge. One has harristown and one has o'connell st on the destination display but when they leave bawnogue they take completely different routes. At 6am a lot of people will not be alert to look at destination and just go with the number and even if they did look at destination may think it follows the 13 route to oconnell st. Db have probably overlooked the fact the buses cross path, but it still seems a bit wreckless to have two buses numbered the same going two different routes. I emailed them twice about it, didnt get a response.

Victor

Just to clarify, I just asking about buses available to the public, but not advertised or selectively advertised.

rx8

Victor wrote: »

Just to clarify, I just asking about buses available to the public, but not advertised or selectively advertised.

Ringsend have a universal that operates from 4.45am and runs through kingswood, jobstown, citywest, to tallaght village, then via route 49, to city centre and Ringsend. It picks up quite a few passengers on the way too.

Mrs OBumble

Bus in Galway City from Knocknacarra to Hewlett Packard in the morning, and back in the afternoon.

It's not on the city timetable, though I remember being able to track it down somewhere in their on-line system by searching on destination on some obscure description.

Never seen a route number on it.

This is all I know about it ... I'm amazing how much you can find to say about a simple thing like a bus.