Dublin Coach Experience Discussion Thread

devnull · 30-09-2017 11:44PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

It has many were lost even when with air coach..

One Aircoach 2004 Setra went up in Leopardstown but it was repaired.

The 2003 ones left Aircoach in something like 2009, some turned up in the UK whilst others were exported to Cyprus of all places but most of them were never spotted again after Aircoach withdrew them following new deliveres.

All but one of the 2004 ones ended up with Dublin Coach, some may now be withdrawn. Not sure what happened to the other one, it's possible it ended up in the UK on a new reg or had an issue deemed beyond economical repair

Shpudnik wrote: »

2003 I believe.

Looks like a later generation of the Citaro than that to me by the shape of it.

The only non articulated Citaros I've seen operating for Dublin Coach in Limerick have always been 2007 or 2009. When I was there at the start of September I saw a 2009 one operating alongside 2003 artics.

punisher5112 · 01-10-2017 12:08AM

devnull wrote: »

One Aircoach 2004 Setra went up in Leopardstown but it was repaired.

The 2003 ones left Aircoach in something like 2009, some turned up in the UK whilst others were exported to Cyprus of all places but most of them were never spotted again after Aircoach withdrew them following new deliveres.

All but one of the 2004 ones ended up with Dublin Coach, some may now be withdrawn. Not sure what happened to the other one, it's possible it ended up in the UK on a new reg or had an issue deemed beyond economical repair

Looks like a later generation of the Citaro than that to me by the shape of it.

The only non articulated Citaros I've seen operating for Dublin Coach in Limerick have always been 2007 or 2009. When I was there at the start of September I saw a 2009 one operating alongside 2003 artics.

Air coach lost a few more setras then that.

One went in ballinteer at their newish now not terminus also.

devnull · 01-10-2017 12:28AM

punisher5112 wrote: »

Air coach lost a few more setras then that.

One went in ballinteer at their newish now not terminus also.

Not sure about the 2003 Setras, they left in 2009, not sure if they lost any of them,

They had 20x 2004 according to here. Looking through RTOL.ie I can see that Dublin Coach have 18 of them on their books now so that leaves two missing, one which is this one, no idea what happened to the other, could have been lost I guess.

...__... · 03-10-2017 03:12PM

I pass by there depot every day
The Vanhools look nice but those king longs need to be torched for the insurance.
just walk by any day you can have your very own piece of bus memorabilia just lying on the road!

punisher5112 · 03-10-2017 05:51PM

Very true the king longs look desperate.

If they actually maintained them and fixed cosmetics they may look OK.

I do like the lights down the side when some are actually working.

boardsuser1 · 03-10-2017 06:00PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

Very true the king longs look desperate.

If they actually maintained them and fixed cosmetics they may look OK.

I do like the lights down the side when some are actually working.

King Long's are a fine machine.

Drove one for 2 days and loved it.

...__... · 04-10-2017 12:41PM

I was in a few a while back and they were good but lately theyre falling apart.
Id still buy one to convert to a camper though

punisher5112 · 04-10-2017 03:03PM

If it were me the green would go.,.. Such a rotten colour.

boardsuser1 · 04-10-2017 03:04PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

If it were me the green would go.,.. Such a rotten colour.

+1

Even the yellow they use for other brands is horrible.

04-10-2017 04:15PM

They're almost universally known as "the green bus" though, particularly outside Dublin. So it's part of the brand at this stage.

thelad95 · 04-10-2017 04:41PM

In all honesty, buses are such big vehicles, anything apart from white just looks ghastly.

As others have said, say "the green bus" anywhere and people know what you're talking about.

john boye · 04-10-2017 04:46PM

Karsini wrote: »

They're almost universally known as "the green bus" though, particularly outside Dublin. So it's part of the brand at this stage.

Albeit, a brand which doesn't appear to have a very good rep.

Quackster · 04-10-2017 06:47PM

john boye wrote: »

Albeit, a brand which doesn't appear to have a very good rep.

Alas, the fact I can travel Tralee/Red Cow for €15 means I tend to overlook the less than impressive experiences I've had with them!

thelad95 · 05-10-2017 12:28AM

Just reading some TripAdvisor reviews and the overriding problem everywhere and the main gripe customers have is the lateness of the coaches. If you look on their site, the times are completely and utterly unrealistic and do nothing to allow for morning/evening traffic which they know is an issue.

If the timetables were actually realistic, people can make proper plans and know what they're dealing with but when they see that a coach is supposedly meant to arrive at say 11:40 but doesn't show up until 12:35 due to a combination of traffic and unrealistic expectations, then this doesn't really bode well when you have a flight to catch or business of some sort to conduct in Dublin.

tabbey · 05-10-2017 09:07AM

punisher5112 wrote: »

If it were me the green would go.,.. Such a rotten colour.

Not at all, the green is lovely.

I only travelled on DC once, I enjoyed the experience, but that was for leisure, so cannot comment on reliability.

boardsuser1 · 05-10-2017 09:09AM

tabbey wrote: »

Not at all, the green is lovely.

I only travelled on DC once, I enjoyed the experience, but that was for leisure, so cannot comment on reliability.

What was the coach and the year of it?

Was it old or modern?

punisher5112 · 05-10-2017 09:31AM

tabbey wrote: »

Not at all, the green is lovely.

I only travelled on DC once, I enjoyed the experience, but that was for leisure, so cannot comment on reliability.

If it were a different shade of green, its snot green its hidious.

tabbey · 05-10-2017 09:37AM

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

What was the coach and the year of it?

Was it old or modern?

I honestly cannot remember.

joegriffinjnr · 07-10-2017 08:04PM

The bus that went up in flames was an ex quickpark 2009 model Mercedes Ciatro. Just for the record Dublin Coach only have the one King Long.

devnull · 08-10-2017 12:24PM

I saw one of the yellow Tourismos dedicated to tours today and honestly the state of the paintwork wasn't very good.

Chippings and scuff marks in quite a few places, you can start to see bits of green in a good few places where the yellow paint has came away. and it looks pretty poor for a coach that is on a 2016 plate and there's a large dark green line of a scuff mark down the side of it and missing a fuel cap cover.

punisher5112 · 08-10-2017 12:27PM

devnull wrote: »

I saw one of the yellow Tourismos dedicated to tours today and honestly the state of the paintwork wasn't very good.

Chippings and scuff marks in quite a few places, you can start to see bits of green in a good few places where the yellow paint has came away. and it looks pretty poor for a coach that is on a 2016 plate and there's a large dark green line of a scuff mark down the side of it and missing a fuel cap cover.

I was nearly sure they were wrapped but maybe not.

devnull · 08-10-2017 12:31PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

I was nearly sure they were wrapped but maybe not.

Found a pic of one on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishtransportphotos/37179646670/in/photolist-YDrpCS-XXtBc3-XVBM4J-YZSFm6-Z1pxY8-Z1pyyX-Z1pybc-Z1pypZ-YBGazU-Z62GsG-XV5a2z-BNGG1J-YwMyPj-Z58TWc-XNh1Gr-YVbWnd-Zahn9x-Y9oxNc-YznJss-XMcLXg-Z3Jvtu-YVgJFG-Ykn9HN-Z62FQj-YAyU9J-Z4uexM-YmV8P3-XEM8xG-YGG4Cj-XCTnNV-YCf8wx-YY4NLF-XJiG9e-YCf8rT-YLLbGM-YznWgZ-XxaWKk-YyWNCh-YxT1Hu-YFiPo3-YDq2vy-YjXbUQ-YDffnb-YMbkw2-YprJeQ-Y66gyC-Y2Budu-Xi1hQA-YmZafC-Yjf3F8

Probably the same coach. Looks a little better there than it looked when I saw it in the flesh.

If you click it for a bigger size you can see the green undercoat showing.

boardsuser1 · 08-10-2017 12:37PM

devnull wrote: »

Found a pic of one on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishtransportphotos/37179646670/in/photolist-YDrpCS-XXtBc3-XVBM4J-YZSFm6-Z1pxY8-Z1pyyX-Z1pybc-Z1pypZ-YBGazU-Z62GsG-XV5a2z-BNGG1J-YwMyPj-Z58TWc-XNh1Gr-YVbWnd-Zahn9x-Y9oxNc-YznJss-XMcLXg-Z3Jvtu-YVgJFG-Ykn9HN-Z62FQj-YAyU9J-Z4uexM-YmV8P3-XEM8xG-YGG4Cj-XCTnNV-YCf8wx-YY4NLF-XJiG9e-YCf8rT-YLLbGM-YznWgZ-XxaWKk-YyWNCh-YxT1Hu-YFiPo3-YDq2vy-YjXbUQ-YDffnb-YMbkw2-YprJeQ-Y66gyC-Y2Budu-Xi1hQA-YmZafC-Yjf3F8

Probably the same coach. Looks a little better there than it looked when I saw it in the flesh.

If you click it for a bigger size you can see the green undercoat showing.

That looks like more than stone chips, probably a ditch i'd say, the cliffs of moher's narrow roads are very unforgiving to a coach, i had to reverse 100 yards up there one day as i met 'Helga' in her German registered tri-axle driving in the middle of the road and refusing to move in for fear of scuffing her paint work.

devnull · 08-10-2017 12:41PM

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

That looks like more than stone chips, probably a ditch i'd say, the cliffs of moher's narrow roads are very unforgiving to a coach, i had to reverse 100 yards up there one day as i met 'Helga' in her German registered tri-axle driving in the middle of the road and refusing to move in for fear of scuffing her paint work.

Yeah, come to think of it going up there wouldn't be forgiving, didn't really think of that when I saw the coach today, but you're right, looking at that picture and seeing where the coach has been it certainly wouldn't help even if the paint job doesn't look the greatest,

boardsuser1 · 08-10-2017 12:55PM

devnull wrote: »

Yeah, come to think of it going up there wouldn't be forgiving, didn't really think of that when I saw the coach today, but you're right, looking at that picture and seeing where the coach has been it certainly wouldn't help even if the paint job doesn't look the greatest,

Looking at the photo again on closer inspection, the drivers side mirror is also marked, that would most likely be from a tight left hand turn and having to almost kiss the ditch to get around it and obviously the driver caught the trees in the process.

There was a rule when i was driving coaches that if you damage them you pay for it.

If you blew off a mirror,they were called P45's,and no wonder they were, €2000 a pair plus painting, you got the P45.

If you can drive the cliffs of Moher and the ring of Kerry you can drive a coach anywhere.

Claude Wilton · 08-10-2017 04:46PM

devnull wrote: »

I saw one of the yellow Tourismos dedicated to tours today and honestly the state of the paintwork wasn't very good.

Chippings and scuff marks in quite a few places, you can start to see bits of green in a good few places where the yellow paint has came away. and it looks pretty poor for a coach that is on a 2016 plate and there's a large dark green line of a scuff mark down the side of it and missing a fuel cap cover.

Seeing as its a bus, I wouldn't be expecting the Hanging Gardens of Babylon myself.

Quackster · 08-10-2017 08:40PM

On a coach to Dublin recently, we got into a tight squeeze on Main St in Abbeyfeale (why parking is allowed on both sides is beyond me).

Driver clipped the mirror of a parked car. He immediately stopped, hopped out, took a few photos and left a note on the windscreen before carrying on.

mickmmc · 09-10-2017 10:44AM

https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanhughes/37497709746/in/faves-78398044@

A photo of a new model Tourismo in Dublin Coach green at NEC Bus & Coach show 2017 in Birmingham. Is that coach destined for Dublin Coach?

Will the window glass crack if the mirror is broken off on that coach?

Any update on the status of the 30 new Tourismos mentioned above in this thread?

boardsuser1 · 09-10-2017 10:48AM

mickmmc wrote: »

https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanhughes/37497709746/in/faves-78398044@

A photo of a new model Tourismo in Dublin Coach green at NEC Bus & Coach show 2017 in Birmingham. Is that coach destined for Dublin Coach?

Will the window glass crack if the mirror is broken off on that coach?

Any update on the status of the 30 new Tourismos mentioned above in this thread?

I cringe at the neglect that coach will suffer in the hands of DC.

devnull · 09-10-2017 10:57AM

mickmmc wrote: »

https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanhughes/37497709746/in/faves-78398044@

A photo of a new model Tourismo in Dublin Coach green at NEC Bus & Coach show 2017 in Birmingham. Is that coach destined for Dublin Coach?

Will the window glass crack if the mirror is broken off on that coach?

Any update on the status of the 30 new Tourismos mentioned above in this thread?

I really think that the Mercedes Tourismo is a nice coach, but I have to say, looking at that picture I think the new model isn't so nice, looks a bit chunky at the front-end and I'd question the mirror set-up as well, but obviously I'd need to see it in person to get a better idea of how that setup is, and the changes inside and out.

I'm not sure it's for Dublin Coach however, there is a picture of a new coach on the Dublin Coach Facebook and it's the current generation Tourismo rather than the new one, can't see the registration of it but it has a white LED display, so it's for sure brand new as all the coaches delivered to date are Orange.

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Alternatively, perhaps they are getting a mixture of old and new?

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