Useless Bus Éireann

KwackerJack · 28-09-2015 09:09AM

Vic_08 wrote: »

What time bus was it that did not show up as advertised?

930ish and 1132 didn't show as advertised!

Quoted 930 online but quoted 830 on the stop!!!

KwackerJack · 28-09-2015 09:10AM

mfceiling wrote: »

Sure it would take you no time to drive her there in that porsche of yours...

Bring a Porsche to Ballina? Are you mad!

Then I'd have to spend more time with her!

harry Bailey esq · 28-09-2015 09:10AM

I Use the 101 service from talbot st to balbriggan and vice versa maybe 15-20 times a week,and Have always found it to be a punctual,reliable and comfortable service.The Dublin/Waterford service is also pretty reliable.Maybe im one of the lucky ones,but I find BE provide a good service.Dont get me started on dublin bus though :mad:

Streetwalker · 28-09-2015 09:12AM

That's what you get for being poor OP

Eugene Norman · 28-09-2015 09:14AM

I find BE to be fine but I never use them except for weekend trips so I don't care about being a few minutes late.

Relatively good buses.

ColeTrain · 28-09-2015 09:18AM

mfceiling wrote: »

Sure it would take you no time to drive her there in that porsche of yours...

Cop on, the man has a pilots licence for god's sake. He could use his plane.

kneemos · 28-09-2015 09:19AM

KwackerJack wrote: »

930ish and 1132 didn't show as advertised!

Quoted 930 online but quoted 830 on the stop!!!

Probably summertime times that haven't been changed at the stop.

KwackerJack · 28-09-2015 09:23AM

ColeTrain wrote: »

Cop on, the man has a pilots licence for god's sake. He could use his plane.

Haven't bought one yet!! Not safe bringing a plane to Ballina. They might think it's some kind of alien or angry God and try shoot me down!

kneemos · 28-09-2015 09:24AM

KwackerJack wrote: »

930ish and 1132 didn't show as advertised!

Quoted 930 online but quoted 830 on the stop!!!

Those are daily times by the way.
Sunday times are 2206 and 0026.On the far right of the timetable.
Not surprised they didn't turn up.

KwackerJack · 28-09-2015 09:29AM

kneemos wrote: »

Those are daily times by the way.
Sunday times are 2206 and 0026.On the far right of the timetable.
Not surprised they didn't turn up.

Sunday times on the castle Street stop quoted 2030 & 2332

Also the online planner let's you buy a ticket for the times I quoted yet there is no bus running??

kneemos · 28-09-2015 09:37AM

KwackerJack wrote: »

Sunday times on the castle Street stop quoted 2030 & 2332

Also the online planner let's you buy a ticket for the times I quoted yet there is no bus running??

Pretty sure they're daily times.
Times under SU on the far right are Sunday times.

dutopia · 28-09-2015 09:38AM

KwackerJack wrote: »

Good job, Nice Porsche, Nice motorbike, Pilots license

You could make your commute far more interesting... get your girlfriend to fly the plane off a cliff, you chase her on the motorbike, jump off in midair and skydive down to the plane. Then just before Ballina you both skydive out of the plane and land in your Porsche (that you're remote controlling with your phone) right in front of the Bus Eireann. Give the driver the fingers and drive away at top speed!

Maybe I should be a movie director.

P. Breathnach · 28-09-2015 09:39AM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I Use the 101 service from talbot st to balbriggan and vice versa maybe 15-20 times a week,and Have always found it to be a punctual,reliable and comfortable service.The Dublin/Waterford service is also pretty reliable.Maybe im one of the lucky ones,but I find BE provide a good service.Dont get me started on dublin bus though :mad:

Such posts disrupt threads like this one.

KwackerJack · 28-09-2015 09:50AM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I Use the 101 service from talbot st to balbriggan and vice versa maybe 15-20 times a week,and Have always found it to be a punctual,reliable and comfortable service.The Dublin/Waterford service is also pretty reliable.Maybe im one of the lucky ones,but I find BE provide a good service.Dont get me started on dublin bus though :mad:

What do you be doing that you use the bus 20 times a week?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 28-09-2015 09:58AM

Muahahaha wrote: »

It gets worse OP, Margaret Thatcher once said “A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure”

I wouldn't agree with the failure bit but if you find yourself depending on Bus Eireann to get you from Mullingar to Ballina you're probably suffering from a mild dementia and have a sore scalp from pulling your hair out.

if, at the age if 26, a man finds himself living in a place where he he dependant on a car, he can count himself a failure.

Buona Fortuna · 28-09-2015 10:00AM

KwackerJack wrote: »

What do you be doing that you use the bus 20 times a week?

Bus driver

Buona Fortuna · 28-09-2015 10:01AM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

if, at the age if 26, a man finds himself living in a place where he he dependant on a car, he can count himself a failure.

Yes because our public transport system is comprehensive and efficient :rolleyes:

jamesbere · 28-09-2015 10:06AM

dutopia wrote: »

You could make your commute far more interesting... get your girlfriend to fly the plane off a cliff, you chase her on the motorbike, jump off in midair and skydive down to the plane. Then just before Ballina you both skydive out of the plane and land in your Porsche (that you're remote controlling with your phone) right in front of the Bus Eireann. Give the driver the fingers and drive away at top speed!

Maybe I should be a movie director.

Like a scene from the Irish bond film

From ballina with love

28-09-2015 10:20AM

bodhrandude wrote: »

Worse, try using their journey planner, unbelievable.

Their journey planner is great. Well, I mean the one that's not actually accessible through the site and only if you look it up on Google.

http://journeyplanner.buseireann.ie/jp/bin/

Yup. Someone thought it a good idea to hide the most useful part.

ColeTrain · 28-09-2015 10:31AM

KwackerJack wrote: »

Haven't bought one yet!! Not safe bringing a plane to Ballina. They might think it's some kind of alien or angry God and try shoot me down!

You're right, It wouldn't be safe to fly there. They can throw stones fierce high in Ballina!!

28-09-2015 10:35AM

ColeTrain wrote: »

You're right, It wouldn't be safe to fly there. They can throw stones fierce high in Ballina!!

I heard they throw salmon.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 28-09-2015 10:42AM

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

Yes because our public transport system is comprehensive and efficient :rolleyes:

think putside the box a bit...

Buona Fortuna · 28-09-2015 01:04PM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

think putside the box a bit...

Walk? Cycle?

arayess · 28-09-2015 01:20PM

did you get the ride in the end?

Vic_08 · 28-09-2015 01:25PM

kneemos wrote: »

Those are daily times by the way.
Sunday times are 2206 and 0026.On the far right of the timetable.
Not surprised they didn't turn up.

You ought to stick to asking questions (in your own thread) 'cause you are rubbish at giving advice or reading a simple timetable.

The 2206 Sunday only and 00.26 Daily stop at the garage on the N4 to drop off only.

KwackerJack wrote: »

Sunday times on the castle Street stop quoted 2030 & 2332

Also the online planner let's you buy a ticket for the times I quoted yet there is no bus running??

Online planner quotes 08.32 AM, 11.32 AM, 21.32 PM Sligo bus to change in Ballinalack for Ballina. which matches the timetable PDFs.

seamusk84 · 28-09-2015 01:26PM

KwackerJack wrote: »

Good job, Nice Porsche, Nice motorbike, Pilots Licence! Far from a failure!

The only failure here is our so called bus service!

It was my GF that was travelling but I did not want to get into the unnecessary minor details!

Enough of a failure to not understand the concept of humility.

Anyway yeah bus eireann can be ropey, but in general they provide a solid network that a lot of us rely on.

KwackerJack · 28-09-2015 01:38PM

Proves my point about useless!

The only usable planner is not accessible via the website and I did ask the driver of the 21:32 Sligo bus and he hadn't a clue about the Mullingar to Ballina route!

Great bus driver, God forbid he ever has to take a detour!!

kneemos · 28-09-2015 02:00PM

Vic_08 wrote: »

You ought to stick to asking questions (in your own thread) 'cause you are rubbish at giving advice or reading a simple timetable.

The 2206 Sunday only and 00.26 Daily stop at the garage on the N4 to drop off only.

Online planner quotes 08.32 AM, 11.32 AM, 21.32 PM Sligo bus to change in Ballinalack for Ballina. which matches the timetable PDFs.

Don't know what the online planner quotes but there are no Sunday stops on Castle St.on the timetable I downloaded.
The 8.32 and 1132 are quoted as daily stops.
It only stops at the Garage on Sunday.

kneemos · 28-09-2015 02:06PM

kneemos wrote: »

Don't know what the online planner quotes but there are no Sunday stops on Castle St.on the timetable I downloaded.
The 8.32 and 1132 are quoted as daily stops.
It only stops at the Garage on Sunday.

There's actually no pick up on Sunday,just two drop offs at the Garage.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 28-09-2015 02:45PM

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

Walk? Cycle?

find a place that has good transppet links or campaign. never ceases to amaze how many people tolerate things as they are....

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