Dublin Coach Experience Discussion Thread

Terrible suggestion. Kildare town only has one stop - why take that away?

I wonder if picking up at Tesco Newbridge followed by the Church, and skipping main st., could be an option?

Otherwise, adding some peak capacity and updating timetables to be more realistic seems to be their only option. Unfortunately traffic is only getting worse with the current Government's delivery record on infrastructure.

Two 181 Tourismo's on the 726 last night. The one I was on was the one with the cream seats. Rough as hell, but reasonably clean and on time.

They had two 161C VanHools at the red cow, seems like they were on hold or waiting for something. There was no route numbres on them. Perhaps they are holding there so they can substitute a service in case of disruption.

their timetable isn’t frequent enough- every two hours isn’t great. Im not a fan of the new downgraded buses, I knew they’d cause capacity problems at busy times. If it was full at SETU I can only imagine the numbers left behind at Waterford quays and Kilkenny then. Unless a lot got off there.
I find it very annoying when sockets don’t work for charging- so much of our travel lives revolve around phones and it’s very easy to be caught short

I got the 3.45 am JJ kavannagh from Kilkenny last week- I was basically catching the morning ferry to Holyhead- so I wanted to get off city centre as per the timetable- anyhow got on and the driver tells me no can do - points to supposedly low fuel gauge and no one is booked on for the city centre. Anyhow rather than a big argument I just agreed to get off at the red cow Luas and got the 5.00 am Luas into the city with lots of time to spare - no big drama for me. But wondering is this something they can or should be doing? The bus is clearly timetabled via the city centre https://jjkavanagh.ie/timetables/main-routes-airport-routes/717-route-timetable/

it didn’t bother me and I had time to kill so hopping on the Luas was no big deal but it might be a different story for other people

Do we know if any of the 7 Vanhool T16s of a large order for 2026 that Callinan received will go to DC or just free up some of the older fleet to transfer over?

the contract for the 310 has now been extended to April and it looks like bus eireann has now been awarded it be interesting to See if that fleet get sold off after

I was on there 161TX it was on the 726 Saturday night and I found the seats very comfortable I wonder will we see any of the white buses on the 726 before April

Spotted one of the mercs on the 750 in Dundrum this morning.

Jesus the comments are a grim reflection of social media (and a minority of people)

They're only a tiny minority, but Facebook - well into the latter stages of its death throes - is full of scum like that nowadays.

the 181 Mercedes was on the 300 tonight into the city centre

got this home on Friday night. It’s the over -deckerI’ve seen on the 726