BusConnects Dublin - Big changes to Bus Network

LXFlyer, it's been 3 years since the NTA rolled out the new stops for the 33A. On most outbound stops it says 'towards Peter and Paul Church' (Balbriggan). A few bus stops still have timetables that show all buses heading to Balbriggan even though half stop short in Skerries. Inbound has the opposite problem: All buses to the Airport even though half stop in Swords. When they first launched the 175 most timetables around Tallaght showed secondary locations, ie 27, Towards Templeview Avenue (Clare Hall).

As you say it's ideology before customer information.

I brought this up with Go Ahead management many times and NTA representatives I had brief chats with. I was told not to worry.

Agree, but if this can't happen rn, then surely they should just leave that stop out (It would only be a five minute walk for people anyway). I can see this becoming a real pinch point if the lights there don't give enough green time from Tara street. (I guess given some of the other issues posters have pointed out this probably wouldn't be the highest priority one).

Got the bus to the Leinster match in the RDS this evening and spotted this at the northbound stop outside Donnybrook Garage - turns out they did update the stops which C-Spine express routes serve between CC & UCD. Southbound stop was the same, although only showed the x31.

There's logic to this madness. Well, the destination naming rather, as it's simply that these schedules show the name of the last stop as per proper continental practice and not loosely related albeit descriptive area names. The problem, one could therefore argue, is that terminus bus stops should be better named.

As for the variations on the 33A, it's a recurring theme that these print-outs can't get variations right at all. The 33A and 33B are missing them, and then the lone 220A trip carries a variation marker across half of Dublin. The 126 timetables outbound are no more helpful, showing Rathangan as the destination... that's served by only one Mon-Sat trip, the rest only as far as Kildare or Newbridge, not that you'd find out...

Expect complete calamity tomorrow. Lots of canteen talk in Earls Place.

New fares

New routes

People getting the bus from O'Connell street are now getting hoofed out at Townsend If they want to go to Ringsend, Irishtown and Sandymount and waiting for a second bus as the 1 is now cut in half.

People who want to travel to Rathmines, Terinure, Templeogue and so, from any of the big IT centers in Ringsend, now have to get 2 buses. In Winter.

And the small issue of 20 plus drivers jumping off the 27/77a to work the new C spine. There is going to be murder I rekon on that route alone. As it is one of the city's busiest routes.

And alot of spare drivers also getting marked in on the C making them no longer available to cover the vacant dutys and covid sick.

Driver shortage is getting serious. Nation wide. Euro wide..

The fuse is lite.

The C Spine is a superior service to the 1, with rush hour frequencies on average every 4 minutes. People travelling from O Connell street can board the C spine at Bachelor's walk for no extra cost. The 15a and 15b users can also switch to the C Spine, for free to continue their journey to Grand Canal Dock. Templeogue village never had a direct route to the docklands as the 15 continues to Clongriffin. The journey of least change doesn't necessarily lead to the quickest journey. That's the reason behind Busconnects.

"People getting the bus from O'Connell street are now getting hoofed out at Townsend If they want to go to Ringsend, Irishtown and Sandymount and waiting for a second bus as the 1 is now cut in half.

People who want to travel to Rathmines, Terinure, Templeogue and so, from any of the big IT centers in Ringsend, now have to get 2 buses. In Winter."

But now people who want to get to Palmerstown, Lucan and beyond have a direct route to those IT centres? I don't really get this idea that existing routings should be sacrosanct and completely off the table (leaving aside the fact that the 15A/B have only been going to Ringsend for the last few years so it's hardly a route that's been established for decades). I don't know if Bus Connects will be a success but you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

It appears the validators haven't been updated for the new €2.30 rate or is that not starting with the launch of the T90 fare? I was charged €2.50 today anyway.

Fourth time being overcharged in a week as I've discovered from my Leap record just now (2.25 x 3 instead of 1.55), so I'm having a bad run of it at the moment!

I’ve been looking for this as well, I remember seeing it before but I can’t find it now.

It worked fine for me. Took the C3 from Wellington Quay to Heuston for €1.60 (driver) and then took C1 from Heuston to Ringsend using validator and was only charged €0.70.

I'm delighted to see that people are finally realizing what DB drivers have know for many years and that is the NTA don't have a clue, take a moment to think about posters two biggest gripes about DB

Bad ticketing machines= NTA in charge of that

No 24 hour service despite DB driver agreement in place for years= NTA decide on frequency of service

name any issue you have with DB and the NTA will be the hold up bringing forth a solution

It's probably just some individual buses where it hasn't worked then? It was the C1 from Lucan to city centre.

very true .. My mistake about Templeogue. And I agree with you.

Definitely breaking a few eggs though.

Im sure a few weeks down the line it will be normalized . But as I said. Tomorrow and the weeks ahead is going to be crazy. And alot of noses will be put out of joint.

People in Sandymount . They put the stoppers on alot of plans already regarding cycle lanes and seem to have a bit of influence .

They will be reliant now on a more frequent C1 and C2 . They dont have as much as a bus shelter at townsends street , along with Garda constantly slowing things up with parking at that stop.

Shall be an interesting week for sure.