BusConnects Dublin - Bus Network Changes Discussion

Ah I should have been a more specific, thats my bad. My problem isn't with Abbey St itself but the way it is used. I don't think Abbey St is a good terminus when it's used as a part of the Talbot St loop, like with the H-spine, 6, and 130. My problem really is just with Talbot St, which I think is poorly suited as a terminus or through route for buses (or private cars for that matter). It's a narrow street that is very congested and with enough foot traffic that I'd argue should be pedestrianised.

While I am not a fan of urban services like the 33 and 41 using it for the O'Connell/Gardiner St loop, I think that loop routing could work well for limited stop services such as outer commuter and Xpresso services. The 101 I think could benefit from it over Busáras with it's stop on Gardiner St, or the 103 could use extra the extra space as it almost always has a bus using the layover point on Talbot St.

They are not going to bring the 26 back.

I've been thinking about this as I have been reading articles online or seeing reactions on social media. I understand why people are mad, they are losing some of the direct connections, even if it is an improvement in the long run. I do think the 80+130 change will be for the best (depending on what they do with the southside 80), but still I am not surprised that people are irritated. Like they really just want a bus that goes to X, wherever that may be, even if it's not exactly reasonable.

But I think this has been the most intense reaction to any route change, at least from what I have seen. There were many changes that got some strong reactions, the northside 11 and 13 changes and hourly 19, the southside 13 and the proposed hourly 58, the 145 and the loss of the direct UCD-Heuston bus. They all had reactions that led to changes for the better. Even the slow rollout of the O hasn't even seen this much backlash, and there still hasn't been any changes there.

But that they are still so mad after the updated changes and things like one of the protest organisers having the audacity to say the updated route is bad because it's a cross-city service is what really gets me. Like you say, they won't get the 26 back but how long is this going to go on even after the NTA does their best to accommodate them?

This is a good point, even before the 10/130 changes, it was going to be a drop from I believe 31bph using Talbot St, to 27bph, and now that will be dropping to 21bph. Then that isn't even considering the 33 and 41s which add their fair share of departures to Abbey St as well. So in total there is a lot of pressure relieved from the streets and termini.

I largely agree and I go back to the lack of communication on why these routing changes through the city have to happen.

Cause it’s been such a success already

This makes for grim reading. Filter by last week even. Embarrassing.

https://buscancellationsdublin.eu/

I was the victim of 2 ghost buses last week (neither of them listed on there) as the app said "due" and then nothing turned up.

Insane how its going to take 2-3 years to sort that out.

Am having mix of issues… H1 bus doesn't show on app, is scheduled and arrives. But then you risk being caught out by a 'ghost' bus. If it shows up on the road on the TFI app then you know for sure it'll arrive. Otherwise uncertain situation.

If you go into Timetables and search for the route, it puts up the times on left hand side and a route map on right with stops marked in blue. You can see little green bus icons moving along the route.

Well it was awarded in December 2023 and they're saying maybe the end of 2026.

Their contract runs from 2024 to 2029…….

Going into town later. Bus is "scheduled" for 6.58pm. Meaning they just don't know.

I'm not confident.