BusConnects Dublin - Bus Network Changes Discussion

How is funding being curtailed in the face of the biggest ramp-up in bus services in the history of the state?

Unbelievable that funds would be cut at a time like this when the need has never been greater and thingss are actually progressing for a change.

The "F-Spine" will be mid-2025 at the earliest. Most probably a lot later. The E Spine is due in September this year and that still looks like it's not going to be on time.

Have funds actually been cut or is that just speculation? That's ridiculous if true. And very surprising given how strong the Greens have been in government on public transport.

EA 15 had completed it's first set of departures on the 99 yesterday.

My reading of the article from the author above says that it went off without a hitch on it's first day of revenue service in Dublin yesterday. The author said that the EA's are very comfortable from a passenger perspective which bodes very well when the O route gets rolled out with the N2 for BusConnects which is hopefully some time this year.

Wonder are there any other routes they would go on the L58/L59 would make sense for single deckers.

Looks the next Phase of Bus Connects is coming

https://www.echo.ie/completely-inadequate-capacity-issues-on-the-existing-65-bus-route/

That article really doesn't say much other than Paul Murphy looking for some routes to be brought in quicker. There's absolutely no reference to the next phase coming.

Next phase is the E1/E2 etc and as per previous posters that's continually getting pushed out.

Some changes have already been implemented, mainly with the 142. It got a new bill when most of its duties were moved from Harristown to Clontarf, and as part of that it was updated to start/finish at UCD Village (stop 7963) now that the Sports Centre stop (stop 877) has been gotten rid of.

Now in saying that, the data feed still has the S4 stopping there (yet the stop is physically blocked off), so it isn't fully up to date

I would say it's just an acknowledgement that Bus Connects will take a lot longer than they'd hoped and some routes urgently need improvement and can't just wait indefinitely until everything is in place for the routes to be Bus Connected.

Is there any hints of what routes may see these changes? Is it for those routes on the A/B/D/E/F spines?

The O planned frequency with only singledeckers - I just can't see it working .. can an SG not fit under Macken st bridge at all ? UBR56 (Macken St Bridge ) height is 4.38 and an B5TL is 4.325 …. dig out a few inches under the roadway for a safety margin or is that not a runner at all

( for context I am sure I've seen doubledeckers under Sarsfield Bridge ) and thats only

4.37 so even lower )

https://www.irishrail.ie/Admin/IrishRail/media/Imported/bridgeheights1.pdf

yep the G1,G2 and 60 run under there so why not under Macken St ?

Filter right onto Infirmary Road as well and NCR priority at NCR/New Cabra road ( currently New Cabra road has priority). Also you'd need 50/50 light time at Drumcondra/NCR cross and at 5 Lamps and Beckett bridge given the current tailbacks