BusConnects Dublin - Bus Network Changes Discussion

Lol if ever I saw confusion in a timetable that is it !

It looks like buses will depart the Visitor Centre, turn at Parkgate Street, pick up and immediately head back. So the Visitor Centre is the one and only terminus and layover point.

No waiting around at Parkgate Street, clogging up the 46A turnaround or the 26/69 stop.

How long must BC continue to fail before there's any official acknowledgement and recognition that it has failed? You can't solve the problem if no one's even willing to admit the problem. Are Dubliners just expected to continually exist in a state where they're served by overstretched bus network on the promise that one day it won't be overstretched anymore without any specific deadlines for when relief might come?

I mean that's the definition of a crisis and I think it has been admitted that there is a staffing crisis. Covid was a crisis, nobody could tell you when it'd be over, wars are a crisis etc. I wouldn't say BC is a failure, because it has yet to be implemented, it remains a plan on paper.

It could have been completed over a weekend

Would be a disaster if they did

Are there any local politicians who have actually looked at the plans? Usually they just tell people bus lines are getting removed.

There's only about 20 AXs left. There'll be a lot more than just those being replaced. Suspect the VTs will be safe for now though

Just the southern orbitals (plus the 74, so one radial route as well).

Hopefully - the EVs are the worse of the DB fleet from a passenger comfort perspective IMO. The legroom is poor and the seats at the back downstairs are very hard.

Route 99 has been launched, ahead of it starting on Sunday. Given PA223 was used for the photo ops I'd imagine it'll be operated by Conyngham Road.

A pity perhaps it wasn't launched before the summer but be interesting how much it's used alright

It's mainly designed for people going to the Zoo or just visiting for the day right?

I can kinda see the logic in this.

It would have been great if a bus could go through the Cabra gates as a proper bus route, but that ain't happening now.

I've seen on Youtube that EW 61 did a few runs on the C2 on Saturday. Did anyone here get on it?

What does phase 5 include? I'm lost at this stage as to what the phases and half phases are.

The Learner buses with 'driver under instruction' on them are going through St Helena's road with a greater frequency than the actual bus service so hopefully we've turned a corner so to speak in recruitment.

The southern orbitals in the form of S4, S6, S8, L25 (I Believe S2 as well?). Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 74 will also be introduced as it covers most of the section of the 17 between Rathfarnham and Rialto, and sections of the 61 around Balinteer/Whitechurch.

Anecdotally at least, I’ve noticed quite a lot of Dublin Bus training bus / buses out and about across the Northside over the last few weeks. These have been out at all times morning rush hour and even after 20:00 tonight.

Hopefully we are close to seeing these new drivers filter through onto the network and ease cancellations.

I think a key indicator of progress will be newly trained drivers not leaving after a few months having decided its not for them. I unfortunately know a couple of new drivers who left within a year due to the erratic shift schedules and poor work life balances. Unfortunately the unions won't help with that as the longtermers who are the most embedded to the unions wil not sacrifice or share the better shifts with the new bloods.

It took me 8 minutes on the Luas getting from O'Connell St South to OCS North stop.

Painful and that's before you get to the chaos after that.

There's a protest about the situation in Israel/Gaza