BusConnects Dublin - Bus Network Changes Discussion

I can understand them using this 'every 15-20 minutes' format downroute but surely the timetable at the terminus should have actual departure times.

The issues eith the F spine roll out are

1. Lack of bus priority on the southside
2. Lack of bus priority at Whitworth road
3. Buses not turning up

The 23/24 going via Christchurch was a brilliant initiative, it gave a decent north-south route for the west of the city centre, instead of every single other bus doing quays or ocs.

Weird how instead of solving the actual problem parts they just take away the only beneficial part.

Thats been the same since the 90s.

Sticking any buses up or down Bridge St is a nightmare theres a reason there were none there before .. All that traffic diverted from the city centre has to go somewhere to get onto the quays or across the river as it is now really the only place to do so west of OCS its busy literally ALL the time. Stand at the top of Bridge St and watch - its frequently too full to enter ( and leads to huge traffic menaces like taxis and other queue jumpers coming up the side).

Reversing St Augustine St and maybe a northbound lane allowing exit to the quays at Bridgefoot St/Watling St would also take a huge amount of relief.

Would have been ideal to stick them down Capel St/Parliament St but the do-gooders put paid to that one

The "do-gooders" made Parliament Street, Capel Street and Liffey Street much more pleasant by pedestrianising them. Dublin has a real lack of pedestrianised areas compared to other major European cities.

The lack of provisioning adequate bus lanes and restricting car traffic through the city centre shouldn't impede pedestrianising areas, which are an improvement in almost all cases.

A silly comment. There's more than enough space on Bridge st and Christchurch for proper bus priority. Capel St and Parliament St were never really suitable for double Decker buses.

GAI clearly have a serious driver and/or mechanic shortage. That level of cancellations can't be blamed only on traffic, particularly the late evening and night ones.

The only GAI route I really use is the N2 (thankfully not for work) and certain departures are cancelled most days.

The 10:35 to Clontarf only operates as far as the Ballyboggan Road a lot of the time. From looking at Bus Times, the bus then usually goes up to Finglas to operate the 11:28 N6 to Killester. That's not a traffic problem, that's an operational issue.

It was also partially cancelled on the 1st December https://bustimes.org/vehicles/ie-186?date=2025-12-01

The 15:40 to Clontarf and the 15:45 to Heuston are also often cancelled. Both are the first of the two extra afternoon/evening peak duties.

DB obviously have issues as well but I haven't seen this pattern of certain departures being cancelled routinely for non-traffic reasons, at least on the routes I use.

Will the 14/15 or Their renamed D spine routes not run down there?

Thanks for the info.

Thats quite few buses per hour northbound going up aungier street/georges st up to Dame street then.

I understand why - having cycling to/from work that direction every day the road so narrow and with little to no bus lanes. Can sometimes take a 14/15 20 mins to the mile up to Dame street - you'd walk quicker.

When about is the D spine meant to launched?

I'd have thought that the O spine needs to launch with or before the A spine. The two main routes along the SCR along Harrington Street were the 9 and 16 with 68 and 122 as more minor routes. The 9 is already gone with the F spine and the 16 will go with the A spine.

And the 68 will be gone with the next phase.