Dublin Coach Experience Discussion Thread

Got the 726 yesterday from Portlaoise. Half 6 never came but half 7 did and left 10 mins late and was a 142 reg Tourismo. Gearbox was eff'd driver had to drive the bus manually, door had to be pulled closed so it locked properly and it felt very jerky especially on the motorway, one heap of sh*t.

One of the 08 Setras was parked up in Monasterevin, obviously broken down.

Some buses that usually do the 300 service are being taken off that and placed on the 726 to avoid services getting cancelled, yet there's loads of buses in their depot that could be used that look half decent (for their standards)

No, they could repair it but choose not to. It's also King Long, not “lion king” whatever that means...

if they would’ve done their job, the company would’ve been off the road years ago

they definitely need to purchase five double-decker for the 726 this year. I just hope they just decide not to purchase like 2016 ones.

I think the oldest bus is a 10 now cause I haven’t seen the older ones in a few days

One of the new Scania’s as well.

Damage is small but will keep it off road for a while.

Honestly I'm not sure exactly but I presume they were told something like “Up your game on the service or we'll take the route off you and tender it to another operator”

I saw a Dublin Coach Setra today that actually looked like it was in good condition very very rare to see

Waiting on the L25 home from Dundrum and a Dublin Coach citaro just passed me by going towards Dundrum Luas. Was likely on the 21:15 750 ex. Dublin Airport. First time I've seen a single decker on it!

Is there any way of knowing that a particular bus on a particular service will actually be running. I've had it happen to me twice where I went to take the 300 from Burgh Quay and the bus either just wasn't there or it said, 'not in service', which is enough to make me second-guess the whole thing.

Does the Dublin Coach app give any indication that a particular bus is actually going to go?

Dublin Coach go under like 3 different legal letterings. There was or is a 3rd one but I can't remember what it was called. At first, I thought it was “Last Bus Passive” but that's actually Aircoach so it's something else

the Nta needs to put an age limit on the company and I think that’s the only way the service is going to improve

Seen this and almost immediately knew it was them before I even clicked on it

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0514/1449118-coach-operator-case-at-wrc/