Xpresso Dublin Bus 27x

No it doesn’t.

It serves all stops from Clare Hall to Donnycarney Church, then Fairview footbridge, and then Connolly Station. It misses out 11 stops served by the 27.

Outbound it serves the stop at Busaras, then Marino College, then Donnycarney Church and then all stops to Clare Hall. It misses 10 stops served by the 27.

Well then frankly, that's the drivers' fault, as they shouldn't be doing it.

You asked what the difference is, and I've told you the answer.

Wouldn't there be something insurance-related by that point, if something happened while dropping off at a stop that's not scheduled for that service? At least it's a proper stop location, but still?

I would imagine it would be covered by the fact the bus is stopped at an actual bus stop as opposed to just the side of the road.

Drivers can't be expected to memorise the exact location of each and every bus stop for the route they are driving especially if they are driving different different routes every day when the default for most drivers would be to stop at every stop when outside the city centre. Of course this could be blamed on a lack of training.

the 27X stops at every stop, and it's down to lack of driver education, they're often thrown onto a new route they barely know and don't have a list of stops... plus if they don't stop to let people off then they'll get fierce abuse from some passengers...

Not saying all drivers do that, but DB do throw a lot of drivers on the route who will stop for anyone who sticks out their hand...

Yea I imagine that once or twice you can listen to some passenger shout abuse at you, after a number of times you'd probably just stop your bus.

I know in the case of the 84x anyways, I've seen a driver pick people up at stillorgan going northbound (meant it be drop-off only) before. Now this was during one of the off-peak services mind you, drivers most likely don't do this during rush hour