New City Tour Coach Service

devnull

Looks like Dublin Coach will enter this market with a much more upmarket service.

http://dublincoach.ie/news.php#50

If they get their price point and marketing right, it could really hit Dublin Bus and Citysightseeing.

AlekSmart

devnull wrote: »

Looks like Dublin Coach will enter this market with a much more upmarket service.

http://dublincoach.ie/news.php#50

If they get their price point and marketing right, it could really hit Dublin Bus and Citysightseeing.

I await the list of Stops.......A fleet full height 11 mtr Tri-Axle Touring Coaches laid atop the current on-street infrastructure will be an interesting experiment....

Plenty of business (old and new) in the market,however it cannot simply be assumed that any single operator can drop it's new service straight in without having had some form of ruler run over it from the perspective of the City itself.

Will Dualway be required to abandon it's imaginary Stop at Sackville Place ?

Will Dualway be required to remove it's static Ticket Sales Bus from Nassau St.?

Will the Road Train Tour be allocated a suitable O Connell St Platform which does not pose a real danger to pedestrians,motorists and it's own customers...currently it appears to operate on a Wing & Prayer,until it contributes to a fatality.?

City Tours and Coach Tours generally are TOTALLY different from Stage Carriage Bus Services.

As yet I'm unsure whether the NTA,DCC and Gardai actually see BUS & COACH requirements as being inherently different,and often contradictory to each other.

As somebody who has operated BOTH service types over the years,I can state categorically that,if they are to operate SAFELY and efficiently,they require Segregation.

It is not an option to have both service types sharing Stops and/or Layover points,unless you are in the business of conflict.

Perhaps,over the coming week,we will see a flurry of new safety audited Dublin Coach Tour stops,each with plenty of manouvering room to allow for the longer dwell times it's targeted,more discerning,wealthier target market will demand.

Perhaps.......

circular flexing

Here are the stops

Inchicore Road Opposite Hilton Hotel
St Johns Road Heuston Station
Phoenix Park Dublin Zoo
Parkgate Street Heuston Station
Wolfe Tone Quay Collins Barracks
Smithfield
Batchelor's Walk The Tanning Shop
Parnell Sq North Writers Museum
O' Connell's St Gresham Hotel
Abbey St Opposite Wynns Hotel
Custom House Quay Jurys Hotel
North Wall Quay Clarion Hotel
Cardiff Lane Bord Gais Energy Theatre
Pembroke Road Ballsbridge Hotel
Merrion Rd Oppoite RDS
Simmonscourt Rd Bewleys Hotel
Morehampton Rd No: 45
Leeson St Upper Junction with Appian Way
Merrion Sq West Opposite Mont Clare
Merrion St No: 26/27
St Stephen's Green North Stephen's Court
Dawson St No: 59
College Green No: 18/19
Lord Edward's Street Opposite Arlington Hotel
Christ Church Place Jurys Hotel
St Patrick's Close St Patrick's Cathedral
Market St South Guiness Storehouse
Military Road Museum of Modern Art
Royal Hospital Museum of Modern Art

AlekSmart

circular flexing wrote: »

Here are the stops

Nothing new,cruel or unusual there...however,in the City Centre area it duly adds another 11Mtr vehicle every 15 mins with a requirement to access the kerb.

With the vehicles being,as I understand it,new 11 mtr,tri-axle, hi-floor touring coaches this should stimulate the authorities into taking a tape-measure to the locations and asking a question...can we ensure SAFE access/egress to the Stop for Dublin Coach Tour vehicles.

It's all academic I know,but I would dearly love to present the City Manager with a form for HIM to sign,declaring his willingness to accept responsibility for this simple element of his duties ?