BusConnects Dublin - Big changes to Bus Network

There was one exception though with that rule on bilingual displays. In the old days; if you went on the 45 bus to Bray Seafront sometime between the 1990's/2000's, it would be written in English only and no Irish translation will be available on the destination displays. I don't know how that was the norm back then when it could have been easily translated into Irish.

Spotted a PA in town earlier with a green TFI logo on the front under the windscreen, looks well I have to say, hopefully they will be applied to all buses in the new livery.

It was under the windscreen in the Centre, was driving at the time, it was on Abbey Street out of service. It was green in color.

They'll also have them from new on the EAs and EWs

I remember the 17A’s going around with blank scrolls and via Beaumont Hospital. Was there any reason for that or just so they didn’t have to change them at either end. It was a mad route back in the day! True Dub route!

Expect lots more bus and driver shortages from this week on,as we're all being forced to take a winter weeks holidays. So 60-70 drivers on annual leave who don't necessarily want to be. (Including myself) No changes allowed unless you get a colleague to swap with you. The only response you get is well "yiz voted for it"...

Brain dead is what they are.

funny enough in my depot there is some flex on holidays.. but who takes holidays in January?

Yeah, but you have to pay top dollar now for the high-up expensive resorts, since all the snow is gone from the popular low-down one's. ;)

Way beyond our €815 gross weekly starting salary.

Is annual leave not happening throughout the year anyway?

It is important for employers (and a legal requirement) that employees have their annual leave. It is also normal for an employer to dictate annual leave in line with requirements of business. It just wouldn't work running a bus service where everyone took their holidays in the same concentrated period. It makes sense to be clearing through the AL throughout the year.

If you don't have kids, it's a great time to go away. It's not always about frying on a sun lounger. Cheap flights right across Europe now (just booked an €80 return flight myself) and plenty to see and do away from rip off Ireland.

Going by the Tapatalk forums, SG499 (which is in the new TFI Livery) now also has the Dublin bus logo & name on its rear!

I suspect the rear logo is just a one off. There's a small number of buses that have them. 2 Donnybrook buses have had them for a while and one even has a front logo.

Anyone out that way know if and when the new BusHub at Liffey Valley will be operational? Maybe it is already.

Without the bus connects routes in place there won't be much of a service at it. G buses can often be an hour apart.

Thanks for taking the time to give me the info. Won't be up there till the end of next week or so, and I just wondered how it was progressing. I think the trek from the main road on the C routes will be an absolute pain if anyone needs to connect with local services at the hub. Would many be bothered I wonder? I think there is a new bridge being built further West though. Without sounding cynical, how long will that take?

Anyway, I have friends further back in Palmerstown and there are some mutterings about bus stop changes and the removal of the no.18 from the village etc. It seems to be a journey in itself to find out any information, but I'm sure it will sort itself out eventually.