Dublin Coach Experience Discussion Thread

brokenarms

brokenarms wrote: »

Seems to me, most of this Bull Sh1t is due to.

.Cutting corners,
.Not paying decent wages or hours worked
.Bad management.
.Bad maintenance.

In other words.

Privatisation .

Yet people are crying out for more of the same.

Yet Citylink, via Callinan Coaches, have none of the above issues. And Bus Éireann have many other problems.

bk wrote: »

BTW DC seem to be getting away with this bad quality of service because they have a monopoly on the routes they operate. I've always said monopolies are bad, doesn't matter if public or private, you just end up with the same lazy practices when you face no competition.

Just look at the Belfast route for proof of this. Brand new coaches due to Aircoach competition, but they put their crap on the other routes.

devnull

Weepsie wrote: »

hey ignored numerous mails and calls until I eventually got a response. They claimed the bus was there and left on time.

It's possible it left from the opposite quay, and not the one advertised as normal but it was definitely not on the correct quay. They refused to issue a refund and I wouldn't recommend them as they have lied and basically claimed I have lied.

I provided all my location data too to show I was there.

Next time if you have the same problem reference that if they do not reply to the mail within 7 days you will escalate the matter to the National Transport Authority or even better cc them on the mail and you may get a different approach.

Quackster

So it looks like the NBRU has just been censured. Don't agree with their position but it absolutely should be heard.

Stephen15

bk wrote: »

Of course we are, BE couldn't be arsed running coaches between two of our largest cities after 6pm or using the shiny new motorways that the government built for billions. Nor could they be arsed having toilets on board and were late to getting wifi and power.

The services of the likes of Aircoach, Citylink, GoBus/GoBE are vastly superior to BE's services.

DC seems to be a bad apple amongst the privates, but the rest of the privates seem to be running a fantastic, innovative and high quality services.

BTW DC seem to be getting away with this bad quality of service because they have a monopoly on the routes they operate. I've always said monopolies are bad, doesn't matter if public or private, you just end up with the same lazy practices when you face no competition.

BE is CIE, IE is CIE so I would say they did that in order to get people to fork out the extra bit and use the train.

pjohnson

Quackster wrote: »

So it looks like the NBRU has just been censured. Don't agree with their position but it absolutely should be heard.

Does the NBRU only have spam accounts on boards to release their position? I remember O'Leary rambling on a NBRU twitter? Do they not have an official way of releasing statements?

irishgirl19

Coach over took us on Sunday in monasterevin at speed when there was no broken white line on the road.
He then beeped. We were doing speed limit ffs

boardsuser1

irishgirl19 wrote: »

Coach over took us on Sunday in monasterevin at speed when there was no broken white line on the road.
He then beeped. We were doing speed limit ffs

A coach can only do 100km/h flat out!

What was the speed limit. Don't know the area hence the question.

TheQuietFella

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

A coach can only do 100km/h flat out!

What was the speed limit. Don't know the area hence the question.

Officially yes! In reality no!

boardsuser1

TheQuietFella wrote: »

Officially yes! In reality no!

All coaches I've driven only done 100!

They are governed by a limiter

Are you suggesting that the limiter was tampered with?

L1011

Prior to the coach limit increasing to 100 I saw many coaches going vastly above the limit - tampering or vague interpretations of the law had to be going on there considering there's a limiter and a tacho recording normally. Was passed by a coach when I was doing ~115 on the M8 - digital speedo that I know was at worst 1% out.

boardsuser1

L1011 wrote: »

Prior to the coach limit increasing to 100 I saw many coaches going vastly above the limit - tampering or vague interpretations of the law had to be going on there considering there's a limiter and a tacho recording normally. Was passed by a coach when I was doing ~115 on the M8 - digital speedo that I know was at worst 1% out.

I know coming down the hill on the motorway in Cork around the mitchelstown area you can comfortably hit 115. On a flat that no chance.

How old was the coach?

TheQuietFella

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

All coaches I've driven only done 100!

They are governed by a limited.

Are you suggesting that the limiter was tampered with?

No, I'm not!

boardsuser1

TheQuietFella wrote: »

No, I'm not!

If it was going over 100 it must have been!

Make the authorities aware of it.

TheQuietFella

I've travelled enough times up & down the motorway for our bus to be
overtaken by other operators. I've often heard the drivers pass comments
but wouldn't commit to an official statement!

L1011

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

I know coming down the hill on the motorway in Cork around the mitchelstown area you can comfortably hit 115. On a flat that no chance.

How old was the coach?

It wasn't there; and to be honest I've no idea at this stage - this was a number of years ago clearly

I haven't noticed it as much since the limit went up - primarily because you see coaches going at the faster limit all the time so one wouldn't stand out as much.

Look at YouTube video of dublin coach speeding on outside lane of three lane section of N7 approaching Naas I think.

Quackster

Would DC's older stock still be on analogue tachos?

mixery

Quackster wrote: »

Would DC's older stock still be on analogue tachos?

yes

boardsuser1

Quackster wrote: »

Would DC's older stock still be on analogue tachos?

Anything before May 2006 would have the analogue tacho's.

A dream to employers who love exploitation.

They don't like digi tacho's, i prefer them

boardsuser1

No shortage of the word 'delays' here


https://twitter.com/DublinCoach1?lang=en

Quackster

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

No shortage of the word 'delays' here


https://twitter.com/DublinCoach1?lang=en

"Dublin Coach Group - QUALITY IN TRANSPORT."
:D:D

boardsuser1

Quackster wrote: »

"Dublin Coach Group - QUALITY IN TRANSPORT."
:D:D

They have 1000 less followers than they are following, must be a sign that they aren't as good as they think.

Their Facebook page is full of complaints.

Did I forget to mention that they charge drivers for their uniforms?

JCX BXC

Nobody even bothers to like or comment on the many delay messages on their facebook page anymore.

boardsuser1

JCX BXC wrote: »

Nobody even bothers to like or comment on the many delay messages on their facebook page anymore.

Just seen that on the Facebook page.

devnull

I know in the past some negative comments were deleted, unsure how widespread it was or how long it was going on for mind.

AlekSmart

devnull wrote: »

I know in the past some negative comments were deleted, unsure how widespread it was or how long it was going on for mind.

Is anybody aware as to whether the NTA monitors non-PSO operators Customer Care arrangements,in the same way they Monitor Bus Atha Cliath & Bus Éireann ?

Is there a facility whereby a company such as Dublin Coach could voluntarily sign-up to the NTA's PSO standards,which would show a degree of positive intent from DC management given these allegations of social-media manipulation now surfacing ?

I'm travelling to Kerry late on Friday with my girlfriend's dad. The only service that suits me after work is Dublin Coach so I guess I'm travelling with them again for that reason alone. Wish me luck! :pac:

We're heading to Limerick on Sunday evening and I'm getting Citylink back to Dublin, which I'm looking forward to.

devnull

Looks like they have at least two of the old coaches off service now:
https://flic.kr/p/X7pH8o

thelad95

I was on the Cork service last week and there was a massive crack and hole in the windscreen. This bus left Dublin at 10pm and the driver said there was nobody in head office to answer the phone so a replacement wouldn't be possible. Bad joke of a company at times.

_Kaiser_

soundman45 wrote: »

Look at YouTube video of dublin coach speeding on outside lane of three lane section of N7 approaching Naas I think.

I've seen DC vehicles at this alright... they're also pretty aggressive when changing lanes in heavy traffic.

Called them once as a coach was lane-hopping at speed and then diverted off at the Naas exit only to rejoin on the other side in an attempt to skip the bottleneck as the lanes drop from 3-2 (southbound). After bullying his way in front of a car, I rang them about it but they didn't seem too bothered tbh.

Certainly wouldn't inspire me to use the service anyway.