Shortest PSO route in Ireland

GT89

I was thinking on one of csalem's excellent photo threads regarding the B1 Balbriggan town service. That the B1 route must be Ireland's shortest bus routes if not the shortest. Would there be any other contenders for this prize I wonder.

Edit:
So far other contenders have been the 53a and the 185 Palermo only departures

Csalem

53A has to be up there.

GT89

Csalem wrote: »

53A has to be up there.

Yes had forgotten about that completely. Hasn't been running since covid afaik I wonder will it make a return after covid. Pointless route.

Csalem

185 Bray to Palermo would also be shorter than the B1.

Vic_08

Csalem wrote: »

185 Bray to Palermo would also be shorter than the B1.

Perhaps it would depend on how you chose to measure them.

Like the 185 (how has this still remained listed as a single route) the B1 is also 2 separate routes, presumably one is shorter than the other so only fair to just measure that loop against 185 "Palermo".

Then as one is bi-directional and the other is a loop do you measure one direction or a return of the 185?

Either way they are annoyingly short, particularly when you are stuck driving them. Balbriggan used to only be 1 loop and was a departure every 20 mns, around and around and around.

Few tears were shed when it was transferred out of Broadstone to Drogheda, it was a toss-up for most loathed duty in the garage between Saturday on Balbriggan or the hated 3 duty board on the 101 which was also lost to Drogheda when they took over all of that route.

Csalem

Vic_08 wrote: »

Perhaps it would depend on how you chose to measure them.

I used the measure tool on Google Maps and maybe not totally accurate but I got 4.3km for Bray Station to Bray Station via Palermo, 4.6km for the northern B1 loop and 6.6km for the southern B1 loop.

GT89

Vic_08 wrote: »

Perhaps it would depend on how you chose to measure them.

Like the 185 (how has this still remained listed as a single route) the B1 is also 2 separate routes, presumably one is shorter than the other so only fair to just measure that loop against 185 "Palermo".

Then as one is bi-directional and the other is a loop do you measure one direction or a return of the 185?

Either way they are annoyingly short, particularly when you are stuck driving them. Balbriggan used to only be 1 loop and was a departure every 20 mns, around and around and around.

Few tears were shed when it was transferred out of Broadstone to Drogheda, it was a toss-up for most loathed duty in the garage between Saturday on Balbriggan or the hated 3 duty board on the 101 which was also lost to Drogheda when they took over all of that route.

Palermo gets 4 buses an hour which is utter madness especially with all 185 departures operating via the estate. The BC plan for a Bray local service from Southern X to Palermo seems far more logical sort of like the old 145.

punisher5112

161

StreetLight

The winner for a past route has to be the 221.

http://www.dublinbusstuff.com/PhotoWeek/End221.html

Csalem

161 is about 10km in length, possibly more as it loops in Whitechurch.

In the past there was Skerries Station to Skerries town which was about the same length as the 221 - 1.2km approx.

33C - Donabate Station to Portrane Main Hall - 4km approx (though some of the variations made it longer but still less than 10km)

90 - New Wapping Street to Heuston is about 4.5km. Bus not timed for a loop like 185 / B1 but even as a loop it is about 9km at most.

33/A (certain departures) Balbriggan to Skerries - 7.6km approx

222 - Tara Street to College of Surgeons via Parnell Square - 4.2km approx one way, 8.5km for loop.


Further afield, the first town service in Drogheda was probably the one from the station to the town, which is just over 1km.