BusConnects Dublin - Bus Network Changes Discussion

Spanish Eyes

@cgcsb and @jd Thanks, it's back on the app now, probably wasn't there last night because it was not running at that time.

Ireland trains

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122555766#Comment_122555766

https://busconnects.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BusConnects-Programme-Progress-Report-July2024_Final.pdf

This may have been shared already but it has the breakdown of the passenger growth of each phase.

cgcsb

It's a bit crazy not having the it run after 6. Ya know, peak leisure times in which people may actually go to the park, but I guess that's the level of logic we're dealing with

TheChrisD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122557244#Comment_122557244

G-spine has clearly not gone as well as the others so far going by that.

VG31

I just saw on another forum that the N2 is planned to start on the 29th September.

cgcsb

That would be brilliant. Would love to see that happen

VonLuck

Is there a final route map with stops along the N2 listed yet?

LXFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122569862#Comment_122569862

Not yet other than the latest “big picture map” on the BusConnects website.

The NTA haven’t launched the next phase yet - when they do there will be plenty of posts here!

dublinman1990

Could the O route begin service on the same date as the N2? It would be great if both could start service 2 months in advance of the E-Spine going out in November.

trellheim

The n2 can launch without really co-ordinating all the others

bk

There are now clear indications of two more bus stops to go onto Griffith Avenue for the N2.

LXFlyer

The Lucan Core Bus Corridor Scheme is now approved by ABP.

https://www.pleanala.ie/en-ie/case/314942

That’s 8/12 now.

p_haugh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122580291#Comment_122580291

Timetable information, signage anda associated literature relating to the C-spine services availing of the Chapelizod Hill Road bus stops, shall refer to the inclines at and in the vicinity of these bus stops and shall provide information to prospective patrons of other bus services that are available to serve Chapelizod.

Not surprised at this, the proposed ramp up to this stop was a bit ridiculous IMO.

Seems a big section of 2-way bike lane was scrapped by Hermitage Golf course too, which is unfortunate

The element of proposed two-way cycle lane on the northside of the N4 national road, and associated works including large scale netting and other elements of boundary change at the golf course shall be omitted, from the entrance gate to the Hermitage Golf Club (west), to the existing foot cycle bridge over the N4 9 (east).

noelfirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122580427#Comment_122580427

Based on the drawings they wanted to retain 3 general traffic lanes plus a bus lane there. So without changes to the road I'm really not quire sure how that's going to work now, unless that section is going to just be a pile of crap, probably barely more than 1.5m wide, bidirectional shared space.

Oh, that's what it's going to be isn't it.

mikeybhoy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122557811#Comment_122557811

It's a complete waste of time and fresh air carrier maybe if it continued along the quays into the city centre like the 90Z proposal a couple of years it would make sense.

I think this route exists solely for the NTA to try and convince the OPW to allow regular services use the Park. The same OPW that paid 350k for a bike shelter might I add.

cgcsb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122581181#Comment_122581181

Agreed it's totally isolated from the rest of the public transport network bar a stop it shares with other routes on park gate street. If it actually went to Eden Quay it'd be packed

TheChrisD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122580427#Comment_122580427

what is it with **** golf clubs always getting other things to adjust around them

john boye

Michael McDowell's latest DUBLIN CITY TRANSPORT UPDATE newsletter is a corker.

The Kimmage bus corridor, the Belfield-Blackrock bus corridor, the Templeogue/Rathfarnham bus corridor, the Rathmines bus gate ("There is no need for a bus gate on Lower Rathmines Road. The existing route from Lower Rathmines Road to South Richmond Street is more than adequate for increased bus use with proper traffic management" are the shameless words of someone who's never done that route on a bus), the Baggot Street bus gate and the Sandymount-Pearse Street bus corridor are all VERY BAD THINGS.

He also has a negative view on the planned route for the Metrolink which is particularly galling given the long-term damage he's already done to that project.

It really is a classic of the genre.

tom1ie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122591793#Comment_122591793

He’s an absolute charlatan, how shouldn’t be allowed comment on PT as he never has or never will need the use of a functioning PT system in Dublin or Ireland.

cantthinkofausername1

I saw a new bus shelter at the 40e terminus at Broombridge Station (may be a sign of the N2 route happening soon),

Has new N2 bus stops being built yet on Broombridge Road?

Daith

I was asking about a bus stop at Broombridge for the 40e for ages. Maybe they could have built a bigger one with the N2 scheduled soon though.

markpb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122591793#Comment_122591793

Stop reading his opinion pieces. Stop talking about them online. Stop giving him exposure. It’s the only way to get the papers to stop paying him to churn out this drivel.

markpb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122591793#Comment_122591793

Stop reading his opinion pieces. Stop talking about them online. Stop giving him exposure. It’s the only way to get the papers to stop paying him to churn out this drivel.

dublinman1990

Will the O route be added to the bus stops at Heuston Station when the N2 is launched near the end of September?

We already know that the 4 bus route will eventually be added to those bus stops when the E-Spine is rolled out in November.

Is there any reason why the O route wasn't included in the internal work document on the E-Spine routes from Dublin Bus?

In an ideal situation; it should be rolled out with the N2 in September. It seems strange that the N2 is included with the E-Spine routes document but the O route is nowhere to be seen on it.

Tarabuses

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122593456#Comment_122593456

He is a rabble rouser with no regard for the general public.

p_haugh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122593608#Comment_122593608

The O route is coming after the E-spine, hence why the 11 is initially being rerouted to terminate at Infirmary Road/Park gate Street (i.e. taking over the northern routing of the 46a). I'm not sure if that will still be the case once the O route launches, however.

Disco24

Small development today. N4 city bound is now going via Clontarf Rd train stn. Will knock couple mins off morning rush hour.

bk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122595684#Comment_122595684

Do you know if it is now stopping at the bus stop in front of the DART station? Be handy if it was.

Nice change.

CatInABox

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122596437#Comment_122596437

I'd have to imagine that it does. Presumably they were just waiting until the bus lane slip was finished as part of the C2CC works before they started using it.

LXFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122596457#Comment_122596457

There is a new stop, 7863 at Clontarf Road DART station for eastbound N4 buses.

They will not serve stop 1740 on Clontarf Road any more as a result (stop 613 at the end of the Howth Road covers that stop in any case).

Westbound buses continue to use stop 1738 on Clontarf Road.