Dublin Coach Experience Discussion Thread

boardsuser1 · 10-02-2018 08:18PM

devnull wrote: »

Don't know - it could have been a coach since they also stop at UL on the 300.

This was Kildare village on October 31st, it speaks volumes of their organisation skills.

4 coaches there at the same time.

Probably one of them so that went up.

boardsuser1 · 11-02-2018 10:12AM

Just talking to a reliable source who is well in the know.

The fire in Limerick was a Mercedes Tourismo.

devnull · 11-02-2018 11:04AM

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

Just talking to a reliable source who is well in the know.

The fire in Limerick was a Mercedes Tourismo.

Almost certainly a 2014 one then I'd say - another pretty young vehicle!

boardsuser1 · 11-02-2018 11:17AM

devnull wrote: »

Almost certainly a 2014 one then I'd say - another pretty young vehicle!

Disturbing when you consider it.

If the wiring loom is in anyway gone in both coaches then it's game over.

The first question they were probably asking the driver were the daily checks done including coolant/water.

Outside of DC, what is the rate of fires for Tourismo's of that age bracket in Ireland?

I haven't heard of any, that's not to say it hasn't happened.

aaakev · 11-02-2018 11:19AM

Dublin coach own all their vehicles, they are not leased.

boardsuser1 · 11-02-2018 11:21AM

aaakev wrote: »

Dublin coach own all their vehicles, they are not leased.

Including the 171's and 181's?

devnull · 11-02-2018 11:23AM

aaakev wrote: »

Dublin coach own all their vehicles, they are not leased.

I would be very surprised if they own all of their vehicles.

They would have had to have spent approx €12m in the last 3-4 years on the 30 Tourismos alone and I doubt they have that kind of money to pay upfront - their accounts certainly don't suggest they are spending that much on new vehicles.

I could quite believe most of the second hand stuff is owned though and perhaps all.

aaakev · 11-02-2018 11:41AM

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

aaakev wrote: »

Dublin coach own all their vehicles, they are not leased.

Including the 171's and 181's?

Yup and no maintenance contracts with mercedes either. They do most of their maintenance in house

boardsuser1 · 11-02-2018 11:52AM

aaakev wrote: »

They do most of their maintenance in house

Yeah I know that bit.

devnull · 11-02-2018 11:55AM

aaakev wrote: »

Yup and no maintenance contracts with mercedes either. They do most of their maintenance in house

Where do they get the money from to buy them, is their owner really that loaded?

boardsuser1 · 11-02-2018 11:56AM

devnull wrote: »

Where do they get the money from to buy them, is their owner really that loaded?

I’d say a quick report from solocheck for about €3/4 will tell us the company is in the height of debt.

aaakev · 11-02-2018 12:00PM

devnull wrote: »

aaakev wrote: »

Yup and no maintenance contracts with mercedes either. They do most of their maintenance in house

Where do they get the money from to buy them, is their owner really that loaded?

Cant help you out on that one im afraid!

boardsuser1 · 11-02-2018 12:02PM

aaakev wrote: »

Cant help you out on that one im afraid!

Are you an employee or connected to the company in another way?

aaakev · 11-02-2018 12:04PM

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

aaakev wrote: »

Cant help you out on that one im afraid!

Are you an employee or connected to the company in another way?

No not connected to them in any way

devnull · 11-02-2018 12:14PM

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

I’d say a quick report from solocheck for about €3/4 will tell us the company is in the height of debt.

There's a few free sites to get that kind of info

Citi Bus has 3.2m of assets and Last Bus 5.5m of assets as of September 2016, so it's quite possible that they do own the Tourismos up until 2016 - there is no more recent accounts so impossible to tell about the 2017 and 2018 ones.

However the accounts for Last Bus show a bank overdraft and long term loan of approx €3m and total liabilities of approx €5m, a debt to Capital ratio of 90% and a working capital of minus 2m.

Bear in mind these are almost 18 months out of date now though.

eejoynt · 12-02-2018 01:44PM

The coach on fire at UL last week was dublin coach

there have been previous incidents with this operator of coach fires and has there not been one of a large part of the coach falling on the road

these issues are not speculation.

if such incidents happened to a plane a train or a ferry there would be an investigation by a state body.

will there be a similar investigation of coach related incidents by RSA?

monument · 12-02-2018 02:50PM

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boardsuser1 · 12-02-2018 07:30PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

This them?
https://www.duedil.com/company/ie/427301/last-bus-limited

It is, Thank you kind Sir

The_Wanderer · 13-02-2018 10:21AM

Can anybody give us a rundown on vehicle fires on the fleet?

Two buses dumped in Corcoran's Portlaoise suffering from fires. When did these take place?

s14driftking · 15-02-2018 09:51PM

Another on fire today and another break down I see on Facebook earlier.

boardsuser1 · 15-02-2018 10:51PM

s14driftking wrote: »

Another on fire today and another break down I see on Facebook earlier.

Where abouts?

aaakev · 16-02-2018 06:57AM

Fire in naas, just outside the town on the Newbridge road at jigginstown castle

aaakev · 16-02-2018 08:00AM

Just passed another breakdown on the m50 North bound before exit 5

boardsuser1 · 16-02-2018 10:32AM

Any idea what the vehicles were?

Odyssey 2005 · 16-02-2018 05:19PM

Just popped up on facyt now. M50 I believe

Edit...Pic didn't post. Another breakdown in the m50 a short while ago.

Quackster · 16-02-2018 06:17PM

Spotted a 181 reg in Limerick City this afternoon, en route to Ennis. My first time seeing something this fresh on the 300 route!

embraer170 · 16-02-2018 10:14PM

I was on a Dublin Airport to Portloise service earlier this evening (one of the very old double deckers). We had some issue before the M50 toll, the coach crawled for a while and eventually stopped under a bridge (it was raining). Since the hard shoulder was blocked by cones, we stopped on the M50 left lane. It was worrying to see passing cars and trucks not see there was a stopped coach and move to the middle lane at the very last second. Fortunately whatever issue we had got fixed in 3-4 minutes and we continued to the Red Cow. Had it lasted any longer, I would have been off the coach.

I had 40 minutes to watch a few idiotic incidents at the Red Cow. One driver hit a mirror on the lamp post opening the door (a double decker). A few minutes later he started moving while some passengers were still unloading luggage from the rear compartment (the driver was focussed on the mirror and moved off with the door open to avoid hitting it). Really lucky no one got injured.

I was surprised to see a 181 reg show up on the Killarney service I am on now. Fine coach but no WiFi unfortunately. Almost empty.

tabbey · 17-02-2018 09:14PM

embraer170 wrote: »

I had 40 minutes to watch a few idiotic incidents at the Red Cow. One driver hit a mirror on the lamp post opening the door (a double decker). A few minutes later he started moving while some passengers were still unloading luggage from the rear compartment (the driver was focussed on the mirror and moved off with the door open to avoid hitting it).

Was this also Dublin Coach?

boardsuser1 · 17-02-2018 09:17PM

tabbey wrote: »

Was this also Dublin Coach?

The Red Cow is dominated by DC.

The day i drove their coach i seen no other operator there.

Odyssey 2005 · 17-02-2018 09:31PM

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

The Red Cow is dominated by DC.

The day i drove their coach i seen no other operator there.

Think it's just JJ and DC there, never seen anyone else

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