BusConnects Dublin - Bus Network Changes Discussion

DaBluBoi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123200753#Comment_123200753

Perhaps they'll use Shanliss Park? Or maybe they'll convert the junction into a roundabout and expand where stop 222 is for terminus space?

jd

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123201118#Comment_123201118

There is some green space to work with (is it belong to Santry Garda Station?)

LXFlyer

It’s probably another example of the practicalities not having been completely thought through.

There’s nowhere to turn there other than looping around via Shanowen Road and Shanowen Avenue.

p_haugh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123200753#Comment_123200753

I wonder will it terminate the same way the 1 currently does, would need to do the loop shanliss loop again before heading out onto Collins Avenue.

trellheim

Lots of 11 phantom buses at the moment annoying people on the NCR at the moment, it really is frustrating to see the massive downgrade in service from the 46a

Busman Paddy Lasty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123201455#Comment_123201455

I have even less of a clue now. The 1 finishes and starts in the same direction with set down possible. But this A3 is the opposite.

If an A3 terminates coming "down" Shanliss road, it would have to do a turn. A large roundabout or do a turnabout in the Garda station if that's possible.

mikeybhoy

If DB are struggling for depot space surely the obvious thing to do would be to expand Harristown plenty of room to expand out there.

AX636

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123202925#Comment_123202925

They are looking at a place on naas road that's all I can say

bk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123203347#Comment_123203347

I'd guess more of a replacement for Conyngham Road which looks likely to be turned into apartments. Though hopefully it would be bigger so room to expand.

AX636

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123204218#Comment_123204218

And Ringsend

p_haugh

Express route changes (for the X25, 26, 27, 28, 31 & 32) due to come into effect from the 3rd March are viewable on Bus times now, and as expected Heuston is now to be treated as a pick-up stop inbound in the monrings. See below for comparison.

Existing timetable for X25

Timetable for the X25 from the 3rd March

p_haugh

Also, wouldn't like to mix up these Express routes when boarding at UCD, could very easily end up heading to the wrong side of the city if you weren't paying attention!

stop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123204667#Comment_123204667

Surely the 27X will have that Xpresso branding sign still in the window making it oh so very easy to spot the difference!

D8 boy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123204628#Comment_123204628

Describing the X25 stop on Arran Quay as "The Coombe" is terrible. It's not bustimes.org fault - they show the data they get presumably from some GTFS file from the NTA. The TFI journey planner shows the same daft name. The NTA really need to take charge of bus stop names.

Taisteal Éireann

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123206862#Comment_123206862

There are literally hundreds if not thousands of mistakes like this across the country. One big one I noticed recently is Ardmore Studios in Bray is listed as being in Ballsbridge. Route N2 also has a number of places in Cabra, Finglas and Glasnevin described as 'Dublin City', but I would imagine this is due to the council area.

BusGuy

I'm not impressed with how Dublin's public transport system works, especially for buses. 1 month since the changes on the E-Spine, there has been a decrease in my personal opinion on how our public transport system works here.

Go-Ahead Ireland's bus shortage: This event was pretty surprising for me. Putting 117s on mostly S-spine routes confuses me, mostly because if there is a bus shortage, other routes will lose out on the frequency that was planned before the final network revision, which happened, I think, in 2020. 

E-Spine: For the first time since Phase 5b launched, I find the E-spine quite a disadvantage for all of Dublin. Re-routing the 11 to Phoneix Park is probably one of the dumbest decisions that the NTA has made, mostly because of the traffic that the NCR has during peak hours. If the Sandford Road in Ranelagh can barely handle traffic, what to say about other roads that are used by buses?

Complete revamp of bus interiors: Every time I see a wheelchair getting on a bus, I wonder why won't DB move the wheelchair ramp to the rear doors. It would increase space for wheelchair users to move around in, and it would also speed up the boarding process but slow down the de-boarding.

Speakable Next Stop Screens: For this, Dublin already has what is the next stop, but this time, I'm speaking about the "13 to Grange Castle" bit. Yes, people could ask or read the driver or the scrolls, but what if the driver doesn't know any English?

D8 boy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123208572#Comment_123208572

It would seem like a basic thing to get right but apparently not.

BusGuy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123208572#Comment_123208572

Links back to my original post.

A2000

A new side effect of our inadequate transport system.

LXFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123211535#Comment_123211535

This is nothing to do with BusConnects as this is a regional commuter service.

There aren’t enough double decks to cover every single commuter trip. Some journeys around the shoulders of the peak would have be single deck operated.

VG31

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123211588#Comment_123211588

Read the reply from TFI again.

L1011

The LFs don't have toilets either, so they wouldn't have helped!

A2000

You obviously didn't read the

Post.

dfx-

At least the incontinence indicates it's not an AI response unlike the rest of the reply. They didn't 'provide feedback for the team concerned' they wanted an answer.

Are they paying the contractors for that sort of dreadful generic social media response?

LXFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123211746#Comment_123211746

Just the original part tbh - I try to avoid reading the TFI replies as they are excruciating.

trellheim

whoever wrote the reply is not a native english speaker . incontinence is a spellcheck so it wasnt reviewed but "may we recommend to get connected" would never be written by a native speaker

Qrt

It’s pretty obvious the BPO company running the show have set up staff in India or elsewhere to guide the general public round Ireland.

Outsourcing in general rarely works well for customers in the private sector, but going down this route in the public sector shows genuine contempt for passengers.

mikeybhoy

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mikeybhoy

On an EW for the first time ever today on the 39. Have to say the bus felt really nice very smooth and very quiet compared to the SGs and PAs. Anyone when more will be rolled out?

AX636

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123221325#Comment_123221325

The gas thing is they are bringing old EV buses back to Summerhill as there is 16 EW buses off the road at the minute, with various issues, with some off since last August with surging issues DB nor Wright's want to claim responsibility for it