Dublin Bus route 145 :(

How are The VT,s getting on lads, are they having any problems, are they getting used well? The only problem I can see is the turn from Kilarney Rd to Kilbride Lane heading towards the city. Also The lights from Kilbride Lane to Kilarney Rd heading towards Kilmac are woeful! The 145 should just stay on the Kilarney Rd!

The 145 should just stay on the Kilarney Rd

Now that is the embodiment of everything that Network Direct stands for !!

For that suggestion alone,I hereby propose Joegriffinjnr for President !

Foggy_Lad,perhaps unsurprisingly,posted....

That sounds like drivers messing up the whole thing though? Busses coming from the wrong terminus showing no number or the wrong destination is what is stopping this new route being a success!

As a Driver meself,I`v kinda had to suspend my instinct to attempt to enlighten or inform Foggy_Lad by now :rolleyes:

It`s a lost cause I fear,as his vehement dislike for Busdrivers as a group clouds all else.

So perhaps it`s best to simply allow his very firm beliefs to actually be confirmed and then to move on to other posters who may be actually interested in the mechanics of reality.

Genie_us posted...

No to be fair I don't think it is - the one this morning had no number on it but the inspector guy (who is really annoying by the way) was giving him instructions of where to go, ie he says ' be a 91 for this route' - even though the 91 was a totally different route to the 92.
Very confusing.

What you are witnessing Genie_us is the Stance Inspector attempting,under substantial pressure, to regulate the service,as best he can with the resources available to him.

It is essentially a Juggling Display and generally will attempt to satisfy a peak or spot requirement for capacity along a streatch of the route.

You are correct in the fact of the different routes coming from different garages

So the bus this morning was just dropping people off

Again here we see a re-emergence of a practive which unless absolutely necessary should be avoided as unless accurately recorded it can result in highly inaccutate route data being available for collation....and this dats is what the planners base their future schemes upon.

For example that Driver,who incidentally,"was told not to pick people up" may well be recorded as actually operating normally.....

When at some future point the Data from the Ticket Machine is downloaded and assesed by some bright-eyed young graduate,he/she has no record of the instruction to the Driver and simply sees no tickets or passes recorded on that stretch between A and B and deduces from that that no demand exists for that particular journey/service.

The reality on-the-day as described by many actual users such as Genie_us will have been large crowds of intending passengers left waiting at stops...but officially unrecorded.

I do hope that Genie_us`s representations are taken on board as the experiences of the passengers are what will decide the future of the company.

I would also stress that my opinions are just that,Opinions and nothing else,Not Policy,Not Official,Not Corporate,Not Trade Union just personal opinion based upon some level of front-line experience.

You,or indeed any poster,can take it or leave it as you find it.

foggy_lad wrote: »

That sounds like drivers messing up the whole thing though? Busses coming from the wrong terminus showing no number or the wrong destination is what is stopping this new route being a success!

Finally we have figured out why the route is not working, thanks for that foggy_lad:rolleyes:

SickCert wrote: »

Have a look at Carlisle in 1982 a little yellow advert. This type of advert/sticker saves so much time.

Don't I vaguely recollect these closer to home for a long period of time?

Axiom,s experiences with the NEW ! IMPROVED ! 145 Route.....

Yesterday, 2 came in the space of 40 mins, absolutely rammed

Today was waiting 50 mins, again only 2 jammed to the rafters went by in the space of 45 mins, got one at 16.50 after bein there from 16.00

From speaking to random folks about town and between Leeson St and Westmoreland St,Axiom`s experiences appear representative of many.

I`m uncertain of what come`s next.

It appears that a section of senior people have,shall we say...a different perspective on events as they are occurring.

A colleague yesterday had a Head Office personage on their (Late and VERY full) 145 journey.

As this HO Personage was exiting they bade the driver good day,and expressed the following incredible sentiment......:eek:

"Isn`t it great to see the buses being used again,I have`nt seen a full one for so long..."

If,and I stress IF,this is indicative of a general perception within the Management Suite,then we,both Staff and Customers,have a problem.

On the one hand we attempt to portray an image as a professional forward looking 1st World Public Transport Provider,yet if this throwaway remark is to be taken seriously our Management ethos is to be taken straight from some of the raunchier 3rd World environments which feature customers sitting on the roof along with their poultry and assorted chattels...

However,perhaps the Managerial types have taken their eye of the Elephant in the Room as outlined in Axiom`s farewell.....

Can't wait until this luas extension opens up in 3 weeks

Ignore that sentiment at your peril I say....!

Inspections on the route tomorrow after complains for passengers. Drivers beware!

SteveK101...The Drivers need not beware of anything....If the mood of the passengers I have spoken to is anything to go by it`s the Inspectors who`ll need to don the flak-jackets.

I do take your point however,that in order to present some PR image of somebody doing something,whilst nobody actually does anything,a certain element of Hi-Viz Supervisory Talent will be on display.

However,the all too apparent reality of the situation is that urgent remedial action is now required if the successful 46A and 145 service which existed prior to Sept 19 (Our own 1911 !!) is to be restored.

I do hope it stays dry for them

Once again,given the certainty amongst some posters here that this is a Driver caused situation,perhaps Foggy_Lad planted a seed in the Executive Washroom ?? :eek:

Have to say, was waiting outside Heuston the other day for more than the promised 10 min (about 30 to be precise) but overall a definate improvement in my neck of the woods. I am not waiting as long, and they are not overfilled when they get here. I think that idea of stopping them going to Bray Dart station was a genius idea. I used have to wait there for 10-20 min while they gossiped like women some days!!!